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Service In The Life Of Mepaco Food Processing Equipment

Mepaco Field Services are dedicated to supporting the longevity and efficiency of your food processing equipment. Our team comprises experienced technicians, fabricators, and controls experts. InstallationMepaco’s installation services ensure efficient start-up, precise placement, and proper handling of equipment, including drainage requirements. Our team collaborates regularly with engineering firms and tradespeople, and we offer supervision for … Service in the Life of Mepaco Food Processing Equipment

Guide To Planning For Just-in-Case Parts

Even with digitized maintenance programs, taking an inventory of the food processing equipment in your plant is essential. To start, the inventory list will give you a clear understanding of the possible maintenance and parts needs throughout all processing equipment and provide scale and efficiency opportunities in your maintenance program. It is not uncommon for stainless processing … Guide to Planning for Just-in-Case Parts

5 Ways To Increase The Life Of Bearings

With the complex demandsin food processing and production, safety, and quality, performance of every component within food equipment is critical. The bearing type and style for your Mepaco equipment has been determined by application and plant preference. Many food processing facilities utilize stainless bearings which provide corrosion resistance in wet environments. Here are some tips … 5 Ways to Increase the Life of Bearings

3 Seal Tips To Prevent Downtime

The Mepaco®’s Field Services and Engineering Team have been on hundreds of calls for all types of food processing equipment service. Seal issues are one of the common requests for service. Here’s the top 3 trouble signs for split seal types and how to troubleshoot repair. The Trouble Signs: Product escapes or purges out of … 3 Seal Tips to Prevent Downtime

What NOT To Do When An Agitator Is Failing

Many processors make their own repairs to equipment, but in the case of agitators, the repair must be sound to avoid problems in the future. Mepaco Service technicians are trained and experienced to troubleshoot shaft wear and are specialists in the repair of stainless steel. Here is a list of what not to do when … What NOT to do When an Agitator is Failing

How To Determine If Your Auger / Screw Conveyor Is Failing

If you have a transport, incline or metering screw, these conditions are symptoms of a failing auger / screw. The screw is rubbing on the wall of the tub There is a bow or wobble when running The hanger bearings are wearing out prematurely The wear pads are ground down beyond normal wear. The gear … How to Determine if your Auger / Screw Conveyor is Failing

4 Tips To Address Emergency Downtime

Mepaco’s Service Team is often called out on critical downtime situations. The goal for any food processor is to prevent these situations and if they are unavoidable, mitigate the time and cost associated with the breakdown. To start with, here are the top four calls that Mepaco Services receive for emergency support: Broken Shafts Agitators are failing when … 4 Tips to Address Emergency Downtime

Case Story: What Can Happen When An Agitator Problem Is Ignored?

Case Story: What can happen when an agitator problem is ignored? A high-volume pet food processor utilized a Mixer/Cooker in their operations which produced 45-minute batches. The application called for 28 RPM and mixing cold product at 35 – 45 degrees. During the process of loading different ingredients into the Mixer-Cooker, a Vmag buggy fell … Case Story: What Can Happen When an Agitator Problem is Ignored?

Maintenance Audit Discovers Repairs That Decrease Batch Time By 2 Minutes

We received a request for a maintenance audit on a high volume meat processing line that is a supplier to fast food restaurant chains. The first round of inspection uncovered several maintenance issues: SYMPTOM A Pump Feeder motor kept tripping the breaker and caused constant down-time. RECOMMENDATION/REPAIR The gearbox bearings were bad and was causing … Maintenance Audit Discovers Repairs that Decrease Batch Time by 2 Minutes

Tech Tip: Troubleshooting Vacuum

The effects of a vacuum leak can be subtle. The Mepaco equipment may appear to be holding a vacuum, yet a small leak, especially in the feed pump, will affect the performance of the machine. Look for these symptoms: Air bubbles in finished product Reduced product output rate Loss of vacuum in deaeration chamber General … Tech Tip: Troubleshooting Vacuum

Sanitation And Safety Checklist: Time For A Review?

An equipment safety and sanitation audit can provide direction for implementing improvement procedures and specifying equipment updates that mitigate risk and solve for safety and production goals. Here’s an excerpt from our audit checklist: Are all parts of the equipment readily accessible for inspection, maintenance, sanitation? Is there any evidence of premature wear on parts? Does the … Sanitation and Safety Checklist: Time for a Review?

How To Increase The Life Of Bearings

With the complex demands in food processing and production, safety, and quality, every component within food equipment is critical. Any machinery with moving parts will utilize bearings. Here are some tips to reduce wear issues and extend bearing life: Mount the bearing correctly after maintenance. Make sure shims are re-installed and that the shaft is … How to Increase the Life of Bearings

Tech Tip Download: 3 Seal Trouble Signs

Mepaco’s Field Services team have developed a quick-read download on the seal trouble signs that our technicians see in food processing plants. Also Learn about and compare Mepaco recommended seals commonly used on our equipment. Download the Tech Paper to learn about the Top 3 Seal trouble signs and what to do to fix them: 1. … Tech Tip Download: 3 Seal Trouble Signs

Proper Operational Procedures Improves Dumper Performance

Depending on the complexity of the equipment and controls, there are a few options for production personnel to learn how to operate the equipment. The manual explains the operation of the equipment and its components. The customer can visit Apache for training and testing or contract with Mepaco Field Services for on-site training. In one example, the production … Proper Operational Procedures Improves Dumper Performance

Polymer Bearings: Mepaco’s Customers Showing Promising Results

With the sophisticated demands in food processing and production, safety and quality, every component within food equipment is critical. Any machinery with moving parts has friction and ‘wear’ issues, and to accommodate most equipment uses a standard bearing. But in applications where the standard bearings compromise food contact areas, Mepaco offers the polymer bearing. Standard … Polymer Bearings: Mepaco’s Customers Showing Promising Results