https://poeb.mpob.gov.my Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/reclamation-technology-applied-to-the-palm-oil-industry/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:14:26 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/reclamation-technology-applied-to-the-palm-oil-industry/ Welding as a maintenance and reclamation tool play a vitally important role in the healthy functioning of all major industries.  Advancement in welding technology has resulted in the development of high temperature resisting super alloys used in guided missiles, supersonic jet aircraft and nuclear power plants using the welding technologies such as laser welding, plasma and micro plasma welding.  Material thickness varying from as low as 0.1 mm to 500 mm can be successfully welded to X-ray quality welding standards.

]]> 1200 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/reclamation-welding-technology-part-i-wear-factors/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:14:26 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/reclamation-welding-technology-part-i-wear-factors/ Generally, the method adopted for hard-facing worn parts like press screws in the palm oil industry does not give the expected life span as it fails to identify the wear factors.  It can be compared to a doctor who first tries to understand a disease by diagnosis and then attempts to get rid of it by medication.  Likewise, the palm oil mill engineer must understand the reasons for the wear before he can plan and take necessary action to address the problem.  The major wear are press worm screws, press cages, digester arms and shaft, digester liners, wear plates and conveyor scrolls.

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