Identifying the types of machine downtime in manufacturing
Marvo
In the manufacturing industry, it is nearly impossible to avoid experiencing the different types of downtime. In 2023 ABB carried out an industry survey of more than 3000 businesses across the globe. Only 1% responded to say that they experienced no unplanned outages of critical equipment at all. In contrast, a whopping 8% experienced unplanned downtime every single day. As well as this, there are instances in which the machine downtime is not unplanned.