THE ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS OF BLAST FURNACE USING PAMCO METHOD

Abstract

One of the basic factors influencing the good results of any production system is the optimal organization of the production process so that the use of machines is as effective as possible. One of the methods of assessing the use of machine working time is the PAMCO (Project Analysis and Monitoring Company) method. The main goal of the paper is the presentation of results of PAMCO method of blast furnace working in one of Polish steelworks. The analysis includes data related to different types of time for calculating appropriate indexes. The analysis covers the period of one calendar year.