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The largest provider of solutions for the corrugated cardboard industry, BHS Corrugated has led the market in the manufacture of corrugators and corrugating rolls for more than 50 years. The German multinational company is present in more than 20 countries and has around 1,600 employees - among them is Stephan Cavalcanti.
Current Maintenance Supervisor at BHS Corrugated South America, Cavalcanti started working in the industry in 2008, at a company that provided services for Petrobras. He was responsible for quality control, monitoring and support for field instruments and equipment installed at the oil company.
Despite already being in the industry, Stephan’s path only crossed with maintenance in 2017, when a colleague who worked at BHS called him to join the team. Five years later, he is responsible for all electrical, electronic, and building maintenance for the multinational’s Latin American unit.
The moment he received the alert, Stephan rushed to the asset and saw that the case was indeed serious, which was intensified by the fact that the equipment was very old and robust.
Even so, by identifying the fault long before it could harm the operation, it was possible to solve the problem without much damage. With the help of the platform, the team discovered that the issue was with the equipment’s pulleys and belts, which were replaced with new parts.
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Cavalcanti says that, with TRACTIAN, he now has control over his assets and activities in a way he never imagined possible before.
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“Today I can keep up with 100% of what is happening in the factory. I saw a change in the vibration of the machine on the platform and I went to talk to the operator, told him that I had received the alert, and when we got close to the engine, we saw that there really was a misalignment. In other words, I was able to predict something that not even the machine operator had seen yet, and probably would not see.”
Another great advantage of the system, according to Stephan, is that it allows the team to do preventive work based exactly on the number of hours the machine has been working.
Thus, instead of defining random component changes every one or two months, the team performs interventions with more precision, replacing components only when it is actually time to do so. And this automated planning, which saves time and industry resources, is only possible thanks to the combination of CMMS and intelligent sensors.
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This integration, according to Stephan, not only allowed for saving of thousands of dollars in the first few months, but also provides, every day, an easier and more efficient routine for the BHS maintenance team, which can now count on precise data, graphs, histories, real-time communication, plans, procedures, and a technology that really doesn’t let any sign of failure go unnoticed.
Would you also like to see this transformation in your industry’s day-to-day maintenance? Join the BHS Corrugated team and talk to our experts to find out how TRACTIAN’s predictive system can boost your asset management results.
