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News Release from: AV Technology
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 31 January 2006
AVT wins Pot Noodle contract
AV Technology has won a condition monitoring contract for its vibration based predictive maintenance activities to help Unilever maintain standards at its Pot Noodle plant.
AV Technology has won a condition monitoring contract for its vibration based predictive maintenance activities with global manufacturer Unilever The condition monitoring provided by AVT ensures plant and equipment are maintained in peak condition
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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This contract follows the company providing similar services at the Unliver's Burton and Port Sunlight sites, and is for the Crumlin facility in south Wales, which manufactures and packages Pot Noodles.
The Burton site, which produces Marmite and Bovril, was the first Unilever plant to have a predictive maintenance programme in July 2004.
Today, this runs as an ongoing monitoring programme which requires about five days per month on site support.
A trial was also conducted at the sulphation plant at the Unilever Home and Personal Care Port Sunlight facility earlier this year, which has led to increased involvement by the AVT condition monitoring team.
Senior Consulting Engineer for AVT Mark Oliver said the Burton programme had been extremely successful in letting Unilever maintain production standards.
"We have isolated and monitored key pieces of equipment on all lines using the latest vibration monitoring equipment," he said.
"As a result we have been able to make recommendations to Unilever for preventative maintenance work which has meant the plant has been repaired before any unanticipated breakdowns have occurred".
One of the most major repairs was initiated during monitoring at the Burton site.
Irregularities were picked up from a large Glatt fan.
This meant it was able to be scheduled for removal and repair before potential failure. Request free introductory details about products from AV Technology ...
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