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Machinery maintenance yesterday, today and tomorrow in the manufacturing sector
(International Association of Engineers (IAENG), 2015-07)
Maintenance is what is done in machinery to prevent failure or breakdown. In ancient times no proper planning was carried out to do maintenance with the idea behind being simple machines and easy to control. As time ...
Design of a sawdust pelleting machine
(IEOM Society International, 2017-04-11)
This paper seeks to carry out the design of a pelleting machine with a capacity of 900kg per hour for the Company X. Apparently the boilers at the plant are using wood chips, a by-product from the milling operations as ...
The use of autonomous maintenance in the fertilizer industry in Zimbabwe
(2016-07)
The paper aims to give a guideline on the use and implementation of Autonomous Maintenance in a typical manufacturing facility. It details the chronic and perennial problems besetting typical developing countries maintenance ...
Design of a mechanical cleaning device PIG (pipeline intervention gadget) connecting two transfer lines in Zimbabwe
(2016-09)
In the Oil and Gas Industry, maintenance is done using a device or tool called a pig, chiefly to remove solids, dirt, and liquids from the pipelines. The aim of this work is to design and retrofit a pig which will clean 3 ...