Reliability analysis of hanger shot blast KAZO machine in foundry plant

Abstract

In a metal casting industry, Hanger Shot Blast KAZO machine plays a very vital role for blasting. The downtime equipment data for the last five years, 2013 to 2017, shows that the hanger shot blast KAZO is the machine which frequently encounters downtime with the number of 503,75 hours. As the only blasting machine with 2 (two) tons of load capacity, the issues of hanger shot blast KAZO affect to the targeted production process of company. Moreover, it increases risk of safety for the workers surround the machine. The purpose of this current research is to find out the reliability value of the item/ component of hover shot blast KAZO machine using Reliability Analysis method. The malfunction of its component is reviewed by FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis). While the risk assessment is obtained from RPN (Risk Priority Number) calculation - MTTF value and reliability value R(t). The result of this current study found that there are 21 malfunctions on hanger shot blast KAZO machine. MTTF analysis shows the highest MTTF value is 9195,324 hours for bearing impeller component and the lowest is 3498,997 hours for motor components. Meanwhile, reliability analysis shows that the largest reliability value with 0.999915 is encountered by motor contactor of crane, while with a value of 0.26385, hanger rotator motor contactor component encountered the lowest reliability value.