Downtime停机时间
Downtime is the time interval in which a machine, production line, or system cannot perform its intended production function, covering both planned events such as changeovers and preventive maintenance and unplanned events such as breakdowns and material shortages. In manufacturing documentation, downtime appears in shift reports, OEE calculations, maintenance logs, service histories, and continuous-improvement records where availability, lost output, and response times are measured.
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Where this term appears
Downtime appears in localization for maintenance software dashboards, shift reports, OEE tracking tools, service contracts, and operator manuals. Translators working on industrial IoT or MES interfaces often render column headers, alarm messages, and report labels where planned downtime, unplanned downtime, and related reliability metrics must remain distinct across languages and reporting regions.
Translation checks
A common error is translating downtime simply as 'standstill' or 'idle time,' which blurs the difference between planned and unplanned losses. Another mistake is using a single generic term in dashboards where short localized labels depend on context; this can distort OEE figures and maintenance reports because not every stoppage counts as downtime in the same way.
Keep the term aligned across your files
Check equipment names, units, safety instructions and interface labels against the source and approved references. Confirm any market-specific document requirements separately.
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