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Filling machine Failure

Filling machine Failure

Filling machine Failure

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I am a graduate intern at a well known brewing company. I have been given a project directive to determine whether there is a correlation between quality control parameters [such as Carbonation, Total in packaging oxygen (TIPO)and fill volume] and the failure of a filling machine's filling tubes and valves.
 I have some reservations about this approach because the objective is to use these quality control parameters to predict failure of filler tubes/valves.

I strongly believe that this is a maintenance problem or the method used to obtain TIPO readings is flawed.

I would like some suggestions as to how i would approach this project and also where i could find some information on alternate methods to determine TIPO.

RE: Filling machine Failure

A bunch of starter questiosn:

Has an actual failure analysis been performed on the tubes/valves?  What is the failure mechanism?  What is the material?  What is the history of the failures (recent development or an ongoing 'always been that way' condition)?  If it's a recent development, what has been changed in the process?  etc. etc.



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