Maintenance Strategies

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As machinery ages, what are the options for keeping it running smoothly and extending its lifespan? There are specific best practices that can help food processors extend the life of their machinery. 

For food processors, removing suspended solids such as fats, grease, grit, contaminants and leftover process materials from liquids is necessary to comply with regulations like the EPA’s Clean Water Act.

While capital upgrades grab attention and budgets, the most substantial energy losses often hide in plain sight in deferred maintenance issues that create systemic inefficiencies throughout facilities.

Today’s filling machines can achieve extremely accurate and precise fills, and real-time monitoring and maintenance prevent wasteful overfills, underfills, and sporadic and inaccurate fills.

It wasn’t that long ago that maintenance systems were an afterthought to control systems. Today, sensors and software focused on maintenance run on edge-based equipment in parallel with control systems, letting manufacturers plan for processing and maintenance in an orderly and sensible way.

Attempting to apply IT standards to OT assets as-is often fails to account for critical differences between enterprise and manufacturing environments. 

Because boiler systems are inherently dangerous, safety must be factored into the design of not just the boiler but also the burner, combustion control, and overall operation of the system.

As part of its State of Industrial Maintenance report, MaintainX recently surveyed maintenance professionals across the U.S. and Canada with the goal of understanding the obstacles they face in 2025 and beyond.

Because Windows 11 requires newer hardware to run successfully, the combination of that hardware plus additional cybersecurity features built into the OS makes it well worth an upgrade, especially in the industrial environment and for those with sensitive data on easily stolen portable equipment.

The focused facility shutdown approach, built around comprehensive planning and meticulous project execution, transforms a potentially disruptive shutdown into a highly productive period for essential upgrades and improvements.