In 2006, the engineering team at the NSW Sugar Milling Co-Operative (Co-Op) Harwood Mill and Refinery began the process of examining their effectiveness, with the aim of better utilising existing personnel resources to strengthen their ability to deliver value to the...
In 2009 an initial paper was presented to the ASSCT (Peppernell et al., 2009) reporting on the implementation of a change management strategy focusing on maintenance improvement. That paper reported on the implementation of the first three elements of a 5-point...
New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-Op is required to operate its Harwood boiler at low load during the non-crushing season to supply refinery steam demand. Boiler loads in the slack season typically fall to around 25% of Maximum Continuous Rating (MCR), resulting in...
NSW has limits for boiler particulate emissions to air of 250 mg/Nm3 dry basis corrected to 12% CO2 Harwood Mill and refinery operates its boiler for 51 weeks each year with only a standard dry collector system to achieve compliance. Non-conforming results have been...
An International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ISSCT) Engineering Workshop was held in Piracicaba, Brazil from 30 June to 4 July 2008. The theme of the workshop was Design, manufacturing and maintenance of sugar mill equipment. The workshop consisted of a...
