Top Tips for Maintaining Your Instant Noodles Line for Maximum Longevity

The instant noodle industry is an important part of the mass consumer goods field, and its capacity guarantee and production efficiency are directly related to the market supply and enterprise benefits. The ready-to-eat noodles production line can be said to be the four major parts, stable operation and long service life constitute the key factor for ensuring productivity and efficiency. This paper will analyze the strategy of extending instant noodle production line life cycle from equipment maintenance, process optimization, data monitoring and other aspects to provide reference for relevant enterprises.

First, construction of preventive maintenance system: reduce the incidence of failure

Preventive maintenance is the vital way to prolonged the life cycle of production line. By building an effective sound maintenance system, it can effectively reduce the failure rate of equipment, reduce downtime, and ensure the continuity of production.

Forming a standardize maintenance plan: Prepare annual, quarterly, and monthly maintenance plans according to the technical information provided by the equipment manufacturers and actual operational information. It describes key content such as content, period and person in charge of maintenance to ensure the orderly implementation of maintenance work. And the roller wear of the calender unit, the oil quality of the frying machine, and the sealing performance of the packaging machine, should also be included in the regular inspection and replacement of the scope.

Establish lubrication management system: Lubrication is an important link to reduce equipment wear. Formulate a unified oil management system, choose lubrication products that meet equipment requirements, and fill in prescribed period and way. Simultaneously, the lubricating oil must be regularly tested to monitor viscosity, acid value, moisture and other indicators, and feed back to produce, and timely change the deteriorated oil, to avoid the equipment due to poor lubrication and damage.

Strengthening the management of wearing parts: Many of the parts of the ready-to-eat noodles production line are wearing parts, such as cutting tools, conveyor belts, sealing rings, and the like. It is necessary to establish a consumable parts inventory management system, forecast the demand for consumable parts according to historical data, ensure sufficient inventory, and be replaced in time when needed to avoid downtime caused by no parts. In addition, strengthen the quality control of wearing parts, select reliable quality suppliers, reduce the occurrence of equipment failure caused by the quality problem of parts.

Process Parameters Lean Control: Optimize production process and reduce equipment load

Optimizing the production process not only improves the product quality, but also effectively reduces the operating load of equipment and extends the service life of the production line.

Rolling link Parameter optimization: The rolling link is an important source of gluten network formation This last stage of rolling is done finally because too much will compromise the strength of the sheet and flavour. 2. Optimize the gap, speed, and the number of hatmakers, and adjust the calender conditions according to the characteristics of different flour, and reduce the calender force and the equipment load as much as possible under the premise of ensuring the strength of the surface.

In cooking process, temperature control: Cooking temperature and time temperature have a major influence on the degree of starch gelatinization. The high temperature will cause the noodles to expand too much and affect the subsequent frying effect; Too low a temperature will result in insufficient gelatinization and poor flavor. Hence, accurate temperature control of the cooking process is required to satisfy the optimal gelatinization of the noodles, to prevent noodles sticking, and decrease loss in subsequent processes.

Smart control of frying link: The stability of frying temperature is the key to ensure the quality of flatbread and prolong the service life of the frying machine. Adopt intelligent temperature control system, real-time monitoring of oil temperature changes, automatic adjustment, avoid the oil temperature is too high or too low. The frying oil should be replaced frequently to avoid the oil from deteriorating and causing problems, and the frying machine should be cleaned to remove the oil, to reduce the risk of equipment corrosion.

Third, data-driven equipment operation monitoring, to achieve early warning and fault diagnosis.

Using modern information technology, a data-driven equipment operation monitoring system is built, which can reflect the equipment operation status in real time, realize early warning and fault diagnosis, and provide scientific basis for equipment maintenance.

Sensor network construction: Sensors are mounted on important equipment components to monitor the vibration, temperature, pressure and other parameters of the equipment in real time.

Establish a data analysis platform: Build a data analysis platform, summarize and analyze the data collected by sensors, establish an equipment operation model, and predict the risk of equipment failure.

• Remote diagnosis and maintenance: Using remote monitoring system, real-time grasp of the production line operating status, timely discovery and solution of problems, reduce downtime, improve maintenance efficiency.

Fourth, improvement of personnel capacity and operation standardization: ensure the quality of maintenance

The professional quality and operation standard of personnel are the important basis for ensuring the long-term stable operation of the production line.

So in normal operation, we can regularly organize the operators of the equipment and maintenance personnel to carry out professional skills training, make them familiar with the equipment structure principle, operating procedures, fault diagnosis methods, and improve the level of maintenance.

Prevent machinery damage caused by human errors or improper maintenance. 11. Operating specifications: The establishment, implementation of detailed equipment operating procedures, and maintenance procedures.

Evaluation and incentive mechanism: establish a scientific evaluation and incentive mechanism, evaluate the working performance of maintenance personnel, and give corresponding rewards to improve the enthusiasm and responsibility of maintenance personnel.

In conclusion, to maximize the effective life of the instant noodle production line, from multiple angles such as: preventive maintenance system construction, process parameter lean control, data-driven equipment operation monitoring, personnel ability improvement and operation standardization, build a systematic maintenance management system, ensure the long-term stable operation of the production line for the enterprise to create greater economic benefits. In the future, with the further development of intelligent manufacturing technology, the maintenance management of instant noodle production line will also develop towards digital and intelligence, to realize more efficient and accurate equipment maintenance, improve production efficiency and product quality.