We have a weigher/packing machine combination at work, this combination simply isn't efficient, the original management compromised and brought the wrong weigher based on cost.?and the throughput is so poor we've paid ever since.
New manager...
'Colin, look at this weigher it's so slow'
'Yes, we know, it's the wrong combination of machines'
'Yebbut, what if we speed up those flaps, look, they close in about 1/2 a second I reckon we could speed that up'
'Hmmmm, you could but you'd be making a tiny tiny difference overall'
'Yes, and look how slow that product is coming along the vibrator in feed, it's slowing the weigher down'
'It's travelling slow because the indeed needs cleaning'
'Ok, what if we speed the vibrator up'
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'Be easier and proper just to clean the machine wouldn't it'
'Yebbut, we're not allowed to climb across the machine'
Oh FFS I thought, you're just determined not to have to clean it.
'And there lies the problem 'I said....'the culture is all wrong here which is exactly why I want out and move to the sister company....you're trying all sorts of stuff to gain fractions of seconds when all you have to do is clean the bl00dy machine'
So I sprayed some food grade silicone on the vibrator which is a short cut to doing the job properly...cleaning it...or getting rid of the stickiness. Instantly.....
'There you go, look at the speed the products going now, it's flying....all you have to do is clean it'
'Ok, so what about the flap times etc etc'
I can't tell you the expletives that circled in my mind, cretins, waste of time, fcuk wits etc etc etc are mild. I can't wait to start my new job in a few weeks.
17 years experience and you're just banging your head against a wall trying to educate guys that have just come into the industry.
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