STREAMLINING MAINTENANCE PROCESSES TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND LOWER COSTS

In Europe, maintenance plans are well established compared to other regions. Pelleting is expensive, due to a lack of expertise to run the plant efficiently and the equipment of small sized pellet producers is often very old. Additionally, monitoring equipment, such as temperature sensors and spark detectors, are often nonexistent. European expertise is being transferred slowly to these regions to improve the production process. A new approach in Europe is to streamline maintenance plans to reduce downtimes. This requires consumables that prolong current lifetimes of components, such as bearings. Innovative lubricants can prolong lifetimes to streamline maintenance plans and to reduce downtimes for equipment changes.