What is the meaning of commissioning of a machine?

Commissioning of a machine - means that a machine is installed, connected and put to its intended use.

However it involves the following :

1. Buying the machine for the purpose, with correct specification

2. getting the machine to the location where it needs to be used.

3. Place the machine exactly in its point of use.

4. Connect the services needed for the machine - it may need suitable electrical connection, suitable water, steam, air, and other pipe lines, etc depending upon the type of machine, use of the machine, purpose of the machine.

5. Once the machine is in place, connected with its service lines as above, you need test the machine for its intended operation. First you test charge the machine, check the connections, dry run with out the product, then after confirming that all its functions look safe, in line with specification and its intended use, you take the real product and try with initial, test speed / slow speed etc. This way you complete the initial checking, test, dry run and product run and then declare that the machine is ready to run for its purpose and hand over the machine to its enduser. You may need need to provide the training also to the end user, operators, technicians, owner to ensure safe, reliable use. Also hand over all the machine related documents to the end user. This process is known as commissioning of the machine.