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DEFRA Maintenance

As part of this study a survey of refrigeration maintenance strategies in the food industry has been performed.

A number of refrigeration maintenance issues have been identified:

  • Maintenance is predominantly reactive
  • Little or no planned maintenance activities
  • Costs of maintenance (planned or unplanned) are not recorded
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) data are not recorded
  • 25% of maintenance is outsourced
  • Many operators lack basic skills in maintenance activities
  • There is no clear route to maintenance development activity in most companies
  • Energy consumption is not recorded
  • Space utilisation is poor which leads to increased running costs (including maintenance costs)
Refrigeration maintenance strategies

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Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research Centre (FRPERC), Grimsby Institute (GIFHE), Nuns Corner Campus, Laceby Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. DN34 5BQ. UK.

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