RDI Technologies

A sudden increase in manufacturing demand is great news, but it can create challenges on the manufacturing floor. While increased demand for a product represents positive growth and profit, that spike can prove chaotic on the production floor. Pushing too hard without sufficient preparation can even potentially result in costly process breakdowns. Preparing a production floor to successfully accommodate a spike in demand relies on seeking solutions related to both staff and mechanical production assets. Ensuring that employees are prepared with additional training is as important as ensuring production assets are efficiently functioning with effective vibration monitoring technology. Vibration Monitoring Maximize the Output Capacity of Production Assets On most production floors, the machinery is not operating at maximum capacity. Manufacturing and production companies tend to run with a “capacity cushion,” both to avoid taxing the equipment and to accommodate ...

Production facilities can suffer from efficiency breakdowns that are easy to overlook. Keeping critical production assets up and running requires a team of qualified staff and regular maintenance, but it also requires that businesses carefully audit their production processes and make decisions informed by data. The challenge can be identifying and resolving less obvious production floor issues, which might only be revealed with technologically advanced tools and new processes. Implementing solutions like non-contact vibration analysis equipment to reduce risk of asset failure and identify bottlenecks can add up to a more efficient operation. Motion Amplification Avoiding Production Floor Bottlenecks Bottlenecks in the production process can cause reductions in efficiency, output, and revenue. One of the main challenges associated with reducing or eliminating those bottlenecks is being aware that they exist in the first place. Identifying them may require an audit...