Reducing downtime: cam indexers increase the dependability of tobacco packers
Productivity and financial efficiency in the tobacco packing sector directly depend on the dependability of equipment. Cam indexer's great performance as the central gearbox component of cigarette packers can greatly lower downtime and increase the general equipment dependability.
I. Improving critical technology dependability
Design of gearbox free of backlash
Adopting a conjugate cam construction helps to totally solve the backlash issue with conventional gear gearbox. Measured data indicates that the design lowers the 65% gearbox system failure rate.
Extended lubricating system
Comparatively with the conventional construction, innovative sealing structure and specific grease coordination increase maintenance interval to 8000 hours, so reducing maintenance downtime by 40%.
II. Intelligent Monitoring to Stop Failure
Condition monitoring in real time
Integrated temperature and vibration sensors help to prevent sudden downtime by warning of possible problems up to 48 hours ahead.
Through big data, intelligent diagnostic systems analyses operating parameters and automatically detects aberrant states with an accuracy rate of up to 95%.
III. Success of pragmatic application
Large-scale cigarette manufacturing application cases reveal that:
Average annual downtime has dropped from 120 hours to 35 hours.
The overall equipment efficiency (OEE) rose to 94
Maintenance expenses dropped thirty percent
450 packs/minute is a stable packing speed.