Brief notes on Materials and Standard Spares

In normal functioning of the maintenance section/department it is very important that all the materials and spares are planned and procured well in time.

We may have – Stock items.

Contingency, Non stock items.

The requirement in the first year may be planned on the basis of others experiences. For the planning of the requirements for the subsequent years it is very essential to take in to account the consumption of the previous year(s).

Standard raw materials/spare parts are:

(a) Bolts, Screws, nuts, washers,

(b) Pipes & pipe fittings

(c) Belts

(d) Hoses

(e) Asbestos cord, sheet

(f) Araldite

(g) Steel wire netting

(h) Spirit

(i) Kerosene oil

(j) Waste cotton

(k) Old cloth

(l) Lubricants

(m) Grease, etc.

To reduce the repair time and to carry out the maintenance effectively parts needing replacement should be planned. Spare parts includes.

(a) Fast wearing parts – whose service life do not exceed the period between two consecutive planned repairs.

(b) Parts whose life exceed the period between the two consecutive repairs.

(c) Large complicated and labour consuming parts.

(d) Replacement parts of specialized machine.

(e) Standard spares, assemblies, apparatus.