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Machinery Maintenance

in Food & Beverage Manufacturing Plant

The availability of machines and equipment is a basic problem and requires a proper correction for the
industry. Machinery deterioration, failure, broken, or stop working may have normally occurred during the
food processing.

Consequently, the irregular machine leads to many disadvantages • Effectiveness: The maintenance could improve the ability of
especially the manufacturing postponement. In addition, the product the machine. A good machine is not only an unbroken one but also
quality loss, low productivity, and delays in the work system or a machine that can work at full efficiency, full capacity throughout the
deliveries from damaged machines resulted in the loss of earning and period of production and produce high-quality products.
competitive opportunities. Moreover, the reliability and satisfaction of • Performance: The maintenance provides the machine
partners were also reduced because of the late product received. The availability and completely working.
maintenance plan was performed to solve the machine problem and • Reliability: The maintenance makes the standard, precision,
provide the high efficiency. It plays a vital role to extend the life cycle and minimize errors of machines.
of machine in the long term. • Safety: The accident and dangerous occurrence can be
As the result, the suitable and accurate maintenance are the key decreased by machine maintenance.
point to improve the machine efficiency and support the food • Environment: Good performance machine can reduce
processing which is the main part of food industry. environmental problems, such as water and air pollution, as well as
The machinery maintenance is the process of maintaining or waste from manufacturing.
preserving the machine to achieve the highest performance. The • Energy: The maintenance could provide the normally working
machine then can operate following the process, no damaged machine without interruption, so it reduces the energy consumption
equipment during the production, working smoothly according to the and unnecessary maintenance expense.
machine capability, stopping for repairs without affecting production Machinery maintenance for the food and beverage industry
plans, and using the lowest downtime. The goal of maintenance is to requires cooperation from every department of the company. The
reduce various obstacles that might happen and increase the factors production, maintenance or technician, quality control, and other
related to machine operation, for example; related departments should work together for motivated the awareness

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