HYDRAULIC TESTING AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR JBS MEAT PROCESSING
A call to CRAM from BSC Wagga Wagga has meant specialist repairs and a targeted hydraulic maintenance program to improve equipment performance and reliability.
JBS Meat Processing is one of the world’s largest meat processors with fully-integrated facilities in Australia, South America, the United States and Europe. Around twenty-four months ago one of the feed trucks used to distribute grain to the stock held in the feedlot at the JBS Wagga Wagga processing facility was refurbished. Based on the planned upgrade program – which included a range of mechanical/structural modifications - the site was of the understanding that the truck could carry an additional 150kg of stock feed, therefore improving its efficiency. Since going back into service, JBS has twice replaced the gearbox on the feed distribution system mounted on the rear of the truck. (Power for the feed spreader comes from the truck – a PTO from the truck drives a hydraulic pump which drives the hydraulic motor which, in turn, drives the planetary gearbox. A shaft from the gearbox turns the spreader to distribute the feed).
Each mill has its own powerpack which energises a cylinder to compress the two rollers which regulate the flow and required size of the grain.
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A feedlot to service and stock to maintain means feed storage. The JBS Wagga Wagga facility includes five silos for grain storage, delivering raw grain to five mills for processing into stock feed. Each mill has its own powerpack which energises a cylinder to compress the two rollers which regulate the flow and required size of the grain. Up until the middle of 2019 the powerpacks were serviced on a regular basis by a local hydraulics technician however when he sold his business the
