KHS ensures long-term line operation

Supplier component discontinuation offensive with this proactive service, the KHS Group, prevents costly machine downtimes at beverage plants and safeguards the long service lives of its filling and packaging machinery. With the availability of significant components becoming ever shorter, KHS’ discontinuation management scheme makes sure plant equipment stays up and running. This topic is gaining in importance in our digital age, where electronic components have shorter product life cycles. KHS not only brings its systems into line with state of the art; operators also benefit from increased machine efficiency thanks to the use of new technologies. A supplier’s component has undergone extensive further development; modified legislation calls for technical changes to be made – KHS Service is proactively tackling the problem of supplier components no longer being available and having to be replaced by new solutions. “We support our partners with our knowledge of any technical changes required to make sure that machinery continues to function and production runs smoothly at the beverage bottling plant,” states Klaus Thatenhorst, head of the Standards Department at KHS.…

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