Predictive maintenance in the dairy industry
Predictive maintenance in dairy keeps continuous, hygiene-critical and refrigeration-heavy processing running, where downtime spoils perishable product. Monitoring pumps, motors, refrigeration, heat exchangers and compressors catches faults early so repairs fit cleaning windows.
Dairy processing is continuous, hygiene-critical and heavily dependent on refrigeration, so a breakdown quickly spoils perishable product. The assets that matter are pumps, motors, chillers and refrigeration, heat exchangers and compressed air. Condition monitoring lets maintenance be planned into cleaning windows instead of forced mid-production.
Energy-intensive equipment in dairy
- Pasteurisers and UHT sterilisers
- Falling-film evaporators
- Spray dryers
- Refrigeration and chilled-water systems
- CIP sets, steam boilers and hot-water systems
Predictive maintenance by asset
Predictive maintenance for pumps
Predictive maintenance for pumps uses vibration, motor-current and process data to catch impeller wear, cavita…
Predictive maintenance for electric motors
Predictive maintenance for electric motors combines vibration, motor-current signature analysis and thermograp…
Predictive maintenance for chillers and refrigeration
Predictive maintenance for chillers and refrigeration uses performance analytics (approach temperatures, effic…
Predictive maintenance for heat exchangers
Predictive maintenance for heat exchangers uses process-data analytics — tracking approach temperature, pressu…
Predictive maintenance for compressors
Predictive maintenance for compressors uses vibration, temperature, oil and process analysis to catch valve fa…
Predictive maintenance for control valves
Predictive maintenance for control valves uses position/travel diagnostics, acoustic and process data to catch…