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How to reduce downtime in Industrial maintenance shutdowns up to 20%?

Maintenance downtime of a production plant is a critical event in many respects. In many areas of the traditional process industry, maintenance shutdowns are planned very carefully in advance to minimize the duration of the production interruption. However, delays often occur during the implementation of the shutdown, one of the reasons for which is the lack of tools that would support the management of the shutdown work. . For example, in the paper industry, during one maintenance day, there can be up to more than 200 tasks performed by different parties, e.g. production

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Did you know that modern applications and remote task management solutions can reduce accidents?

In forest industry companies, the number of work accidents has decreased over the past 10 years, which is evident from the statistics of Metsäteollisuus ry. The goal is zero accidents. It is possible to achieve it by developing work processes and work methods. Achieving the desired target level is essentially influenced by the commitment and attitudes of the personnel. Did you know that modern applications and remote support solutions can have a significant impact on reducing accidents? The Tool4pro work management application developed by us can be used to develop and improve safety [...]

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It pays to develop the management of production problems in industrial sites

Many people working in industry are very familiar with various production-related problems. Every production plant has different problems from time to time, the solution of which takes a varying amount of time. A lot of money is lost in these in the long run. In order to solve the problems, meetings are held, where action plans are made and responsible persons are defined for the tasks. Tasks usually include various experiments and corrections in different areas. In this way, tasks often go beyond organizational boundaries and [...]

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Is the digitalization of industry fast enough?

I stopped for a moment to think about communication technology, mobile technology and how significantly they have changed my everyday life at home, but especially in my work in the process industry. I start this story from the beginning of my studies in 1994. At that time, the use of e-mail on Unix machines was quite new. In 1996, at my summer job at a paper factory, foremen primarily used pagers and landlines to communicate information. E-mail already existed, but it was still not used much for information

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Industrial maintenance - what is a maintenance shutdown and what makes planning it challenging?

In an industrial maintenance shutdown, the plant must be shut down for maintenance and upkeep, because the equipment cannot be serviced while it is running. During a maintenance shutdown, as much preventive maintenance, maintenance and required repairs as possible are carried out, so that production can run smoothly after the shutdown ends. Maintenance downtime is a challenging event, so careful planning is essential. During the event, a lot of work is done in a limited time by several different parties [...]

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Tool4pro and Sotkamo Silver cooperation

Domestic mining company Sotkamo Silver Oy begins to manage daily work and process maintenance downtime with the help of Tool4pro. The personnel of Sotkamo Silver Oy has been strongly involved in the development phase of the application, and it is a pleasure to continue towards production use "This is a significant step for a new type of digital work management in industry", says CEO Lasse Kauppinen Tool4pro. "Tool4pro creates excellent opportunities for us to be remarkable

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