ANIMAL FEED TECHNOLOGY
AND PROCESSING
ASH 35503
Lecture 14
Maintenance of feed processing
technologies
P.M.DR CONNIE FAY KOMILUS
WHAT SHOULD WE MAINTAIN?
WHY SHOULD WE MAINTAIN?
Example: Hammer mill (for processing feed raw material
into small particles or powder)
• output demand, raw material granularity, moisture
content, raw material fragility, raw material moisture
absorption and raw material sensitivity to temperature
Example of wear and tear
of machines
• Machines are subject to operate severe strain
during operation.
• Harsh, dirty, and wet environments
• Badly worn tracks can impact the operation of the
excavator, reducing traction or power and creating
safety hazards that may hurt the operator or the
machine.
• Inspection of machines at regular basis
– identify cracking and measure wear
– Replace those with certain wear limit
• Worn ball bearings
• Worn gear teeth
• Worn tire treads
• Lubricant viscosity too thick or thin
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
• Make a Preventive Maintenance A plan
– To regularly check (or service) equipment
– To make necessary repairs on a scheduled basis will
more than pay for itself
– As a general rule, for every dollar spent on
preventive maintenance, you will save at least five
dollars in subsequent expenses.
• Maintenance is defined as the proper planning
and action to minimize and avoid
breakdowns and lost time.
– If an incident does occur, maintenance is a prepared
and organized plan to return operations to normal in
as short a time as possible.
• Maintenance can be divided into four different
types.
i. Routine maintenance consists of servicing
equipment on a scheduled basis - lubrication of
bearings, replacing hammermill screens, turning or
replacing hammers, checking drive V-belts, and
checking oil levels in gear boxes.
ii. Emergency maintenance - reacting to unscheduled
breakdowns.
i. Must be done immediately.
ii. Call-in maintenance usually involves an
emergency situation where the people required are
not at hand and must be summoned from
somewhere else, such as a millwright service or
contractor.
iii. Preventive maintenance consists of scheduled
inspections and making adjustments and repairs to
equipment to make sure it is in proper working order.
• Replacement (based on observed conditions or known
useful life spans) of worn parts prior to failure.
i. Develop a maintenance program entails collecting good
information and organizing it in a useful form like chart
ii. Information may be gathered under the following headings:
i. Equipment identification
ii. Equipment information
iii. Equipment maintenance requirements
iv. Parts inventory
v. Maintenance records Equipment Identification (machines
must have their own identification number)
vi. Draw a flow of the entire feed milling process showing
each piece of equipment along with its identification
number, system, cost center, or physical location.
vii. The information from operating manuals, purchase
records, visual inspection, supplier information, or other
sources.
i. key part data and sizes, supplier code to show where
parts may be found.
ii. List of suppliers
viii. Maintenance procedures, except for emergency
maintenanceshould be tied to a calendar to ensure that
required maintenance occurs as scheduled.
• Maintenance procedures, except for emergency
maintenance, should be tied to a calendar to
ensure that required maintenance occurs as
scheduled.
How Maintenance Planning &
Scheduling Works
