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Not long ago, Guan Lianbo, the Minister of Equipment Management Department of Haolianghe Fertilizer Branch Company, Beidahuang Agricultural Co., Ltd., happily told me: "Last year, the company repaired 135 old devices (sets), saving nearly 1 million yuan in expenses." This is another highlight of the company relying on technological innovation to achieve cost savings and efficiency enhancement, insisting on treating the repair and reuse of old equipment as an important task to reduce production costs and improve economic benefits, turning waste into treasure, and achieving remarkable results.
Haolianghe Fertilizer Branch Company focuses on cost-saving and efficiency enhancement, looking at the big picture while starting with small steps. It adheres to the principle of "using old ones if they can be used, repairing them if possible instead of discarding," and carries out repair and reuse activities earnestly. Combining with the actual production situation of the enterprise, it formulated and implemented the "Management and Assessment Measures for Repair and Reuse," and insisted on placing idle or damaged equipment, parts, and pipelines dismantled during maintenance in designated locations for unified management in daily management. An old material warehouse was established to select corresponding materials according to actual needs for repair and reuse work. Equipment management personnel conduct on-site identification and strict inspections to confirm the value of repairing old equipment parts, organize personnel to carry out timely repairs, and ensure that no parts are easily discarded. For equipment with high economic value and high technical content, the company organizes technical forces to tackle and repair them, greatly reducing the investment in new equipment and new materials.
It is understood that last year, this enterprise organized the technical forces of the maintenance workshop, electrical workshop, and instrument workshop to repair a total of 135 devices (pieces, sets) including various valves, flanges, instruments, motors, etc., manufactured by countries such as the United States and Japan. Among them, a single high-pressure angle valve made in Japan for the pump room of the old urea system is worth 50,000 yuan. Multiple cam flex valves used in the gasification frame of the gas-making workshop can save the company 40,000 yuan each, and the price of intelligent transmitters produced in the United States is also 8,000 yuan per unit.
In order to ensure the quality of equipment repair and guarantee the normal operation of equipment, Haolianghe Fertilizer Branch Company also organized relevant departments to carefully carry out the quality acceptance work of reused equipment or parts. Not only should the repaired equipment be registered in detail, but also corresponding marks should be made on the equipment. The trial period should be determined according to the equipment performance, and quality tracking should be implemented. Only after passing the acceptance inspection can the equipment be put into use or stored as backup, ensuring both cost savings and stable production.
In addition, according to the "Management and Assessment Measures for Repair and Reuse," the enterprise implements a reward mechanism. The management department calculates the economic value created by the repaired parts based on the current price of new equipment and new parts of the same specifications and models, and gives appropriate rewards to the maintenance personnel according to the proportion, greatly stimulating the enthusiasm of employees to participate in repair and reuse activities. Last year, they saved the company more than 970,000 yuan in expenses. (He Qian)