ARPQP

The new vacuum pump remanufacturing service from Busch. Especially for the semicon and flat panel market. Don’t stop business, reduce downtime risk.

In vacuum pump remanufacturing, precision and quality is everything. But unfortunately, not always given. Remanufacturing processes vary, which leads to unpredictable downtime. With our unique vacuum pump remanufacturing service ARPQP (Advanced Remanufacture Product Quality Planning), Busch can deliver repeatability of your processes, while providing the same excellent quality, pump after pump after pump.

Only Busch remanufactures vacuum pumps to the IATF 16949:2016 (International Automotive Task Force) automotive quality standard (certification pending). ARPQP uses the four core principles of the automotive world class standards of APQP in the world of remanufacturing vacuum pumps. These four core principles are: failure mode effects analysis, measurement system analysis, statistical process control, and production part approval.

“The No. 1 priority given to all suppliers is the reduction of unscheduled downtime.“

Global director of fab operations from a worldwide leading semicon company

High quality

Highly reliable vacuum pump remanufacturing
World-class automotive quality standard IATF 16949:2016
Defined process to ensure that every vacuum pump receives the same treatment

Fast and predictable

Fast and predictable remanufacturing lead times and on-time delivery by the Busch lean flow system of remanufacturing and RFID tracking
Online real-time monitoring of the remanufacturing process
Push notifications on mobile devices

Savings potential

Predictable reliability helps eliminate unscheduled downtimes
Lower costs per wafer

ARPQP vs. standard service

Value features	Third party	Original manufacturer	Busch ARPQP
Vacuum pump repair only	x
True remanufacturing		x	x
ISO 9001:2015 certification	x	x	x
Compliance with IATF 16949:2016			x
Process engineering		x	x
Structured risk analysis of whole process			x
Analysis of vacuum measurement system			x
Statistical analysis of process data			x
Charting of process capability			x
Standard tool calibration	x	x	x
2D measuring of vacuum pump	x	x	x
3D measuring of vacuum pump			x
Lean processes		x	x
RFID real-time tracking of entire remanufacturing process			x
Push notifications on mobile devices during remanufacturing process			x
Spare parts inventory managed by Busch			x
RFID spare parts inventory control			x
Single-piece flow remanufacturing			x
Real-time balanced flow monitoring			x

Annual savings: $900,900

Assumption: 2% returned capacity buffer allowed for even just 0.1% increased production capacity

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ARPQP principles

ARPQP (Advanced Remanufactured Product Quality Planning) uses the four core principles of the world-class automotive standards of APQP in the world of remanufacturing vacuum pumps.

The remanufacturing of each vacuum pump follows exactly these four principles. Thus, every vacuum pump receives the same treatment. Eliminating any variations within the remanufacturing process delivers products with the same quality every time. Still, every remanufactured vacuum pump is subjected to three-dimensional measuring using certified methods to make sure everything is within exact tolerances.

These four core principles are:

ARPQP success story

13% increase in the average time in production with zero capital investment

ARPQP has already proven to be successful among many of our customers. The reasons why customers decide to use ARPQP vary. Yet, they all have the same objectives: avoid unscheduled downtime and improve performance.

One of our customers had the service performed by a third-party vacuum pump service provider. However, the customer was no longer satisfied with the provided service. The third parties’ lower pricing did not make up for the high cost of unscheduled downtime caused by the poor rebuild quality, which inevitably and adversely affected production.

After implementing ARPQP, our customer was able to achieve a 13% increase in the average time in production for their vacuum pump fleet, with zero capital investment.