Hi Homegrown "Mechanical Support!."
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I would like to introduce the concept & topic of a sustainable mechanical operational system for project management & handling in an environment that demands high efficiency and responsible actions to maintain an effective system.
Key aspects to be explored in such an undermined yet widely defined system from an observational view would include the effect of quality & price on a installed system with direct correlation and impact of this on operations of the system performance.
If we further gather information regarding key aspects of quality as being a high performance system that withstands a set duration of time to perform the given task at a running cost in essence evaluating its impact on performance & end to end daily outputs as a key measure of the systems is the manageability throughout the production line of a particular product the is arguably my point throughout.
What this really means is that price effects quality which in return has a life cycle of a set period of time (The duration of the system) which will fail in operation if the running costs are not maintained at the base line which the performance is measured at.
For a quick guide line of performance measures we must look at the effective system design in place and the output of the product installed. An effective system should function at peak performance to minimize the output of the product thus maintaining the duration life cycle which in return will maintain the system performance and therefore we can conclude the performance of a product at the desired result of outputs is related to the system outcome.
Therefore what this all means is that the basic judgment of mine remains in product choice with minimum capacity of the actual product performance that is required to reach the desired system performance.
Such product choice may be arguable expensive for such a base line but the cycle of duration of product life will be increased above its average cycle and the running costs will be minimized over a greater duration creating a sustainable design.
The error is understandably choosing the limitations of the product in today's systems to handle the capacity of maximum outputs and therefore keeping the running costs down for a shorter product life cycle vs an arguably sustainable design with its own limitations of initial costs and standard performance base line measure.
What can be said about this is when you choose a mechanical system that of which at minimal performance meets its standard requirements it will also meet a sustainable future system design requirements by out performing its life product cycle and maintenance requirements reducing the running costs of this operational system at high key performance levels according to the system design whilst insuring performance levels maybe maintained and/or adjusted.
So where is the problem clearly? The high initial cost of such a system will only limit itself if the system is operational for a duration longer than the operational life span of the product which is the usual case in a low cost system & product but i don't think will be in this case mentioned as the duration will be greatly lengthened in regards to the whole operation of the system and product.
In management terms we must agree on 2 rules that will allow such a cost to dissipate the running cost of a sustainable system and its value before we can marginalize our profitability. The only argument can be is such a system is too expensive initially but we also turn a blind eye to the whole operation capacity of the product installed. If a system can run efficiently what effects should be considered in this case when it runs ineffectively and out performed its system capacity? The key aspect here is to consider such systems if they are to have effect on other interdependent systems. Running at minimal capacity is a sustainable design for future expansions of the system or other systems sustained by the current operational system at running minimum capacity to achieve the performance desired.
So is it always sustainable to run a system at minimal capacity for its duration? As i have presented the point of view this may be the case in some mechanical designs but the arguable cost, time and space may not fit this model therefore i have taken arguably industrial mechanical ventilators as an example;
"A ventilator running at minimum capacity providing the system with the desired performance," What do you think?
By Rami Hammam,
