C o v e r S t o r y
COVER STORY
Excellence in every aspect of business is the daily goal at
Bunge, a global agribusiness and food ingredient
company. Essential to this effort is the organization's
asset reliability and reporting optimization program (ARROP).
Among the most important components of this program are moni-
toring and improving how equipment is maintained, including
handling and storage of machine lubricants.
When Bunge started developing a world-class maintenance
program, it identifi ed the need to evaluate oil from its arrival at the
plant to its placement in a machine. Root cause analysis began
indicating bearing failure due to contaminated oil as the cause of
breakdowns. The new predictive oil analysis practices also detected
poor-quality oil in samples. Bunge's maintenance team researched
how to correct these issues and soon discovered that equipment to
properly fi lter and store oil before use was a necessity to keep
machines running longer and more effi ciently.
BY KEN MCPHEETERS, BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, DUSTIN WEBSTER, BUNGE OILSEED PROCESSING DIVISION
Improved Oil Storage
and Handling Produce
Cost Savings at Bunge
Photos
by
Dave
Enterkin,
InVision
Photography
Extending Equipment Life with Cleaner Oil