Regular packaging machinery
maintenance key to business
performance
Packaging businesses should undertake
preventative maintenance between
regular equipment servicing to
maximise operational productivity and
lengthen equipment life, says a leading
packaging machinery supplier.
Unplanned downtime can have
pronounced financial, logistical and
operational implications on a packaging
line, especially in harsh operating
environments, or those working with
high volume batch sizes.
ULMA Packaging UK is encouraging
companies to adopt best practice in
maintenance by not only taking out
Planned Preventative Maintenance
(PPM) plans, but by regularly checking
and cleaning core mechanical parts
throughout the year.
Taking the time to routinely check key
operational parameters such as the
positioning, pressure and condition
of rollers and jaws outside of planned
maintenance can easily prevent
problems with sealing, cutting and
Food ingredients: add experience,
add trust, add GEA
will naturally reduce the volume of He continues: “ULMA’s service technicians production downtime due to unforeseen have a wealth of knowledge accrued over maintained between services. breakdowns. However, just as you many years within the packaging industry, would undertake basic maintenance and regularly travel the length and Likewise, making the time to tasks on a car in between planned breadth of the country as part of planned GEA has a wealth of experience in the food ingredients flexibility and efficiency while ensuring repeatable
services and MOTs, so too should maintenance visits to keep our customers’ sector. With a significant number of successfully processing. By listening to our customers and
you apply this thinking to industrial machinery operating at maximum completed projects, you can rest assured that GEA’s responding to their needs, we supply the equipment
and maintained; and that the film reel process equipment, including packaging capacity. However, going that extra mile years of expertise and engineering know-how enable that enables them to meet the highest quality
is correctly centred, will also help to machines. to keep on top of smaller jobs between us to configure the best, most reliable systems for your standards.
visits could prove to be invaluable in not food ingredient products.
other minor malfunctions; and ensure
the highest quality standards are
ensure that sealing, roller and jaw
temperatures are appropriately set
maximise operational performance.
“By routinely checking simple things only limiting downtime, but also ensuring
Dave Berriman, Technical Manager at such as the security of key wired quality is maintained throughout the year.”
ULMA Packaging UK, comments: “It connections, as well as whether rollers goes without saying that prevention is and cutters are correctly cleaned and To find out more about ULMA’s servicing
always better than the cure, and those calibrated, you can keep your equipment support offering, please visit:
customers who have taken out planned running at maximum operational www.ulmapackaging.co.uk/service-
service and maintenance contracts capacity for longer.” spares
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