Abstract— The main objective of the project isto increase
the availability a machine and toreduce the down time of a
machine, to maximize production capacity and to improve
new Preventive maintenance schedule. The project is carried
out on hydraulic press were all repeated breakdowns analyzed
along with the critical parts, which were under breakdown
condition is also identified and analyzed . Also the reason for
the breakdown has been analyzed and inspected by the
method of Fish bone diagram and why-why analysis. By this
analysis and methods the root causes of the breakdowns were
identified. This in turn helped to develop and improve a new
Preventive maintenance checklist for the machine. This
method is used to prevent the failure of equipment before it
actually occurs. This project work is aiming at reducing idle
time i.e., breakdown and towards optimizing plant
performance by increasing availability and MTBF of critical
manufacturing equipments This has been achieved by optimal
utilization of time for maintenance, inspection frequency by
considering manufacturer recommendation and previous
experience. By all these procedures the availability of the
machine will increases to a certain extent and also increases
the production capacity, minimizes the maintenance cost and
reduces the down time.