Pavlína Pustějovská

The Evaluation of Efficiency of the Use of Machine Working Time in the Industrial Company – Case Study

Abstract In the paper the evaluation of efficiency of the use of machines in the selected production company was presented. The OEE method (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) was used for the analysis. The selected company deals with the production of tapered roller bearings. The analysis of effectiveness was done for 17 automatic grinding lines working in the department of grinding rollers. Low level of efficiency of machines was affected by problems with the availability of machines and devices. The causes of machine downtime on these lines was also analyzed. Three basic causes of downtime were identified: no kanban card, diamonding, no operator. Ways to improve the use of these machines were suggested. The analysis takes into account the actual results from the production process and covers the period of one calendar year.

Study of CO2 Emissions Decrease in Metallurgy Industry of Czech Republic

The paper deals with possibilities of decrease in CO2 emissions in Moravian Silesian region, Czech Republic, typical of metallurgy industry. It analyses various kinds of technical and technological approaches of metallurgical industry to this problem. It discusses application of hydro – carbon fuels in iron -making process which seems to be technologically and economically beneficial alternative for blast furnace fuel. The paper devotes to hydrocarbon fuels application relating with the decrease in CO2 emissions