Sir Richard Branson once said, “Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t want to”.
The pressure is increasing on chemical and mineral processors to train their young apprentices, retain and internally promote existing mechanical technicians and replace the older generation of expert engineers to extend the life of their existing equipment, increase machine availability and meet with exacting production targets.
Our customers in asset maintenance, equipment reliability and maintenance management talk to British Rema’s rotary engineering team about how to look after and motivate their preventive maintenance teams.
One of our most long-standing customers in the cement sector told us:
Due to the emerging gap between experienced mechanical engineers, technicians and fitters about to retire and those just joining as apprentices or replacing staff from existing teams. British Rema Rotary Engineering is being increasingly asked to run in-house and public training seminars for many of the world’s most well-known chemical and mineral material processing companies.
Our senior qualified mechanical engineers specialise in maintenance, repair and overhaul of multi-station kilns, dryers, coolers, drums and reaction vessels.
The team has first-hand experience of the many issues that can arise from a lack of understanding of rotary vessel operation gained by working in a huge number of sectors on a variety of processes and are qualified to instruct on the basic theory of inspection and trouble-shooting and best practice preventive maintenance planning.
“Inspection of vessel condition is the key”, commented British Rema Rotary Engineering Ltd’s Sales Manager, Robert Fellows, who boasts many years of experience in the processing industries. Robert also has significant equipment installation and repair projects experience as well as process equipment commissioning, and the supervision of ongoing maintenance contracts for key account customers.
“Maintenance staff need to understand the basic theory as well as the practice behind what to look out for under normal machine operating conditions. A planned, informed and methodical approach to regular maintenance is a must and our engineers can teach basic principles, routines and methodologies to optimise preventive maintenance on a daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annual and annual basis,” he added.
If you are interested in training your maintenance team, please visit our webpage at https://britishrema.co.uk/what-we-do/rotary-engineering/training/
