Preventive Maintenance
Preventive Maintenance
Examples:
Scheduled Inspections
Scheduled Repairs / Replacement
Lubrication bearings
Filter changes
Determining Preventive Maintenance
Frequency
• OSHA Requirements
• Manufacturer’s Recommendations
• Equipment Data and History
OSHA Mandates
1. Certification records for inspection.
2. Lubrication.
3. Lock-out and tag-out.
4. Bucket elevators follow OSHA and Code of Federal
Regulations 29, Section 1910.292 mandates the use of
periodic checklists.
5. Others
Manufacturer’s Recommendations
Equipment Data & History
• Charts to keep records and documentation
• Software link to automated operation process
– Computer Managed Maintenance Systems
– Measures running hours
– Sensors in equipment to interpret condition
– Keeps records on spare parts inventory for specific
equipment
Receiving Elevator Maintenance Schedule
Receiving Elevator Maintenance Schedule
Daily Weekly Monthly 6 Months 12 Months
Check Gearbox Oil X
Change Gearbox Oil X
Grease Motor Bearings X
Check Leg Belt X
Check Leg Cups X
Check Head Pulley X
August
2013
Preventive Maintenance Schedule
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
Pellet Augers 60, Air Comp
Mills, 61, 102 Fork Lifts
Pellet
Cooler,
Mixer
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Pellet Bins 11-22 Rollers 1- Leg 33-42 Pellet Bin 29 Boiler
Cooler 2, Hammer Scalper Mills,
Mill Conditioner
Potential Feed Safety Hazards
• Physical: Metal
• Chemical: Non-food-grade grease
• Biological: Mold
Maintenance Records
• Work Performed
• Parts Used
• Cost of Parts
• Cost of Labor
• Frequency of Repairs
• Types of Repairs
Maintenance Records
Computer Managed Maintenance Systems
– Measures costs over time
– Effectiveness and failure rate
– Sets maintenance schedule
Maintenance Records
Non-Routine Maintenance Work
Work Order
Location:
Equipment:
Description of work performed:
By: Date:
Module Objectives
1. Recognize individuals responsible for preventive
maintenance for specific feed manufacturing equipment
and/or processing centers
2. Identify how suggested preventive maintenance
requirements and frequency for specific feed manufacturing
equipment are developed
3. Identify animal feed hazards associated with suggested
preventive maintenance requirements and schedule
frequencies
4. Recognize documentation associated with preventive
maintenance
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*Funding for this Grain and Feed Mill Operations course was made
possible, in part, by the Food and Drug Administration through grant
(1U54FD004333-01), views expressed in written materials or publications
and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official
policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does any
mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organization imply
endorsement by the United States Government.*