APRIL 2020

MONTHLY OPERATIONS &

MAINTENANCE REPORT
 Monthly Report of Operations and Maintenance
For Alfil millers for both mills A & B and motor vehicles for the
month of April 2020

May 11TH, 2020

GENERAL MANAGER

ALFIL MILLERS LTD

Dear Sir:

The maintenance team is pleased to present the attached Monthly report. Included is a detailed
report of operation and maintenance of both Mill A, Mill B and motor vehicle for the month of
April. The maintenance team welcomes any comments or questions on this report.

Sincerely,

Maintenance team
Executive Summary
During last month (April), we experienced few break downs in MILL B particularly on aspiration
channels which had broken down releasing too much dust inside the mill, clearing of chocked
pipes and stitching machine for brand. Majorly, we carried out prevent maintenance in mill B.
On the side of motor vehicles, we carried out regular maintenance on some vehicles with
exception of break down maintenance on some vehicles respectively including one gear box
dis-assembly and has not been finished due to spare parts sourcing delay.
Preventive maintenance done at Mill A & B
We carried out daily, weekly and monthly prevent maintenance on mill B during the last month
(April), as follows;

1. Daily maintenance included blowing of mill B, draining of condensed vapor from

compressor and daily inspection of mill equipments during production to identify and
rectify any fault before intensification.
2. Weekly maintenance done in April includes;
 Cleaning of all magnets in mill B, shown is some sample magnet on top hummer
mill before and after cleaning on weekly basis.

Before cleaning After cleaning

 Thorough Cleaning of intakes for both mill A and B, particularly mill A which still
has a problem of underground water.
 Cleaning of air filters on blowers
 Cleaning of inspection glasses for rollers since these are mainly affected by
moisture for Mill B
 Cleaning dampening machine to remove rotten grain
 Blowing of low pressure fans inside mill B to avoid excessive vibrations that may
damage electric motor bearings
 Cleaning of inspection glasses for rollers since these are mainly affected by
moisture.
 Tightening of loose bolts on all equipments respectively such as vibrating motors
 Cleaning of machines with rags, and blowing of entire mill
3. Other maintenance work done last month includes;
 Servicing of dirty grain screw conveyors to remove clinging cotton threads which
damage conveyor bearings

Cotton threads clinging on screw

conveyor

 Maintenance of stitching machine for brand at mill B which had failed to work,
since there was no ready spare parts, broken lever was replaced by one from
another stitching machine in mill A.

Broken cutter lever

 Emptying choked cyclones and aspiration pipes

Chocked aspiration pipes

 Welding of pressure fan aspiration channels which gradually wear and tear. This
was done using acetylene gas and oxygen.

Damaged areas

Aspiration channel during

acetylene welding
 Installing bench drill at the company workshop which will enhance workshop duties

Bench drill
Operations high light on motor vehicle maintenance
 We dismantled one gear box for scania UAM 821Y during diagnosis and some new
spare parts are needed to replace the faulty ones

Some of broken
parts from gear
box

 We replaced broken caliper, brake pads and brake disk on UBB 866W

Caliper and brake disk

after installation

New brake disk and caliper

with oil seal
 Gas welding of oil sump for UAQ 457Q with acetylene and oxygen after it had
cracked

Welded joint

 Over haul maintenance of brake system for UAE 896H, this new vehicle purchased
by company, all brake cylinders were removed and thoroughly cleaned, new brake
cylinder rubbers were installed on all the four axles.

One brake cylinder under

maintenance
PERSONNEL

The maintenance team includes one motor vehicle & one maintenance mechanic, one welder,
two technical helpers and turn men for motor vehicles. The one technical helper also works in
production shift changeovers as well. The team work hand in hand to deliver precise results.
The team also works hand in hand with productions team to ensure proper mill maintenance.