A planetary mixer is an important piece of equipment and a big investment for any industrial baking operation. It's important that you keep your planetary mixers properly maintained to ensure their proper functioning and to prolong equipment lifespan.
The following are six important tasks to keep up on when it comes to maintaining planetary mixers and ensuring that they stay in the best possible shape over time.
Clean the mixer thoroughly
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Forklifts are expected to operate in particular fashions. They are not expected to do strange or unpredictable things. If a forklift at your warehouse is acting as though it is possessed, here is how to figure out what's wrong so you can "exorcise" its mechanical demons.
Jerky, Jerky Go the Prongs
When you activate the prongs on the front of the lift, you can intentionally make them fluctuate up and down just a bit to get the right height.
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Any time you're working in an environment that depends on air-powered tools or high-pressure air for any other purpose, you'll have air compressors that you rely on regularly. While air compressors, in general, are pretty dependable pieces of equipment, they aren't without their vulnerability. If you have an air compressor that's accumulating moisture, which may cause equipment failure, you need to troubleshoot the cause and seek repairs. Here are a few things that you should know about your air compressor and moisture accumulation issues.
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Malls do close, and when they close, that is usually when the janitorial crew gets to work. They are often tasked with some big responsibilities, such as cleaning, scrubbing, and polishing the mall floors. If you work as a mall janitor, and you are now facing two stories of mall floors that have to be scrubbed and waxed before doors open to the public again, here are a few pieces of equipment that can make your job a little easier.
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