Maintenance of Palm Oil Mill

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MAINTENANCE OF PALM OIL MILL a) Meaning of maintenance * Maintenance is a process of keeping something in a good condition * Its telling about how organisation trying to avoid failure * Taking care physical facilities b) Benefits of effective maintenance in a palm oil mill * Enhanced safety * Increased reliability * Higher quality * Lower operating cost * Consistent of the production output * Reduce the machines break down c) Type of basis approaches used in palm oil mill 1) Preventive Maintenance * Servicing machines according to the schedule to eliminate or reduce the chance of failure * Cleaning, lubricating, replacing and checking the facilities at pre-planned intervals 2) Conditioned-based Maintenance * Attempt to perform maintenance only when the facilities require it * Requires continuous monitoring of the line should be stopped and part replaced d) Maintenance in a palm oil mill * Mill equipment has to be looked well so it does not break down. The machines must be cleaned, lubricating, and checked every week or every month. If any parts that has worn to limits of their use need to be replaced. Machines have to be stops one day a week to carry out maintenance. Have to plan a schedule to carry out maintenance work. Some of the machines need to checked daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. By this checking method we can reduce problems that can slow down our working problems and can avoid sudden breakdown. For example the motor belts need to be replaced every six month to avoid worn out suddenly when working process going on. When the mill shutdown equipment have to been emptied and cleaned before stop the machines. Procedure to start up and shut down the mill and the condition of the machines need to be documented. It will help other workers to operate the

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