Baling Efficiency and Best Practices - Recycling Today

Maintenance At What CostImportance of maintaining equipmentPreventive maintenance (PM’s) normally consists of cleaning, checkingoil, repairing leaks, replacing worn parts and monitoring for properoperation. PM’s are performed on regular intervals based on equipmentworking hours.Most companies understand that rolling stock, including fork-trucks, tractortrailers, front end loaders and other vehicles, require service on a regularbasis. However, a maintenance program should be established for theentire facility including all stationary and mobile equipment.Material Recovery Facility equipment, such as conveyors, balers, sortingequipment, etc., equally require routine maintenance to decrease downtime and increase productivity.