Evidence
Read together, they show molds here are cleaned after they fail, not at a set count.
On our visit
Mold cleaned in a stopped press
17:35On our visit we saw a mold cleaned inside a stopped press, its job half done.
Checked by eye on a frame of our video
Repair log on the mold shop wall
22:10On the one page we read, most repairs came after a mold failed in a press.
Checked by eye on a frame of our video
Staff remark on mold repairs
22:34 to 22:43Plant staff told us a mold is fixed when it stops. No one named a cleaning plan.
Said by plant staff during our visit
No counter on molds on the rack
24:40Of the 14 molds we saw on the rack, none had a counter of how many times it has closed.
Counted by eye on frames of our video
Plant records
Repairs logged after a failure
Of 212 mold repairs in twelve months, 171 came after the mold failed in a press.
The mold shop repair log, twelve months
Stops on eight molds
Eight molds stop a press about nine times per week between them.
The ERP downtime log, twelve months