Dairy and Food Processing is considered to be a sunrise industry of India. There are specialized books on dairy, food and agricultural produce processing and waste utilization. A comprehensive book on maintenance and management of dairy and food processing plant with special emphasis on maintenance organization, development of maintenance programme, planning for breakdown and overhauling, lubrication, corrosion types and its control, stainless steel surfaces and their maintenance, store and store keeping, and dairy and food processing plants’ waste management is not available. In the present condition of liberalization of marketing, effective maintencane of the plant machinery for quality and sustainable production for maximum profits of the industries calls for immediate attention. One objective of this book is to organize the scattered information and deal with the basic principles of maintenance, importance and requirement of preventive maintenance, maintenance department and its size, hiring/employment of maintenance personal, development of maintenance programme for a particular plant, stainless steel, properties and maintenance of stainless steel surfaces, criteria for selection of materials for fabrication, store and storekeeping in food factory and fairy and food processing plants’ waste disposal methods. Problems relating to theory given at the end of each chapter for practice are another feature of this book. The book in its own way endeavours to help in developing the field of food processing in India. The book has mainly been designed to serve as a text and reference book for the students of dairy and food technology and agricultural and food engineering. It will also be useful to maintenance personnel engaged especially in dairy and food processing industries, agricultural produce processing and packaging plants. Maintenance of dairy and food processing plant is a multi-disciplinary subject and cannot be dealt with properly without help of all the beneficiaries of the book. Contributory helps in terms of assignments and class works to write this volume have primarily come from final year terms of assignments and class works to write this volume have primarily come from final year B.Tech. (Dairy Technology) and M.Tech (Dairy Engineering) students of the National Dairy Research Institute (Deemed University), Karnal. Suggestions rendered by other faculty of Dairy Engineering Division of NDRI, Karnal also helped in augmenting teaching materials, which later were shaped in the form of this book. The author wishes to acknowledge the cooperation of students and faculty of NDRI, Karnal, for indirect contributions and the Central Institute of Post-harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiana, for providing facilities for preparation and typing of the manuscript of this book. The author is indebted to his parents, uncle (Lal Kaka) and late elder brother who made him reach this stage of writing a book. Last, but not the least, help and sacrifices of the author’s wife Bandana and children Priya and preeti without which preparation of manuscript was not possible, are also acknowledged.

Table of Contents:
Basic concepts; Maintenance organization; Development of plant maintenance programme; Planning for breakdown and overhauling; Lubrication; Corrosion and its control; Stainless steel surface and its maintenance; Store and store keeping; Dairy and food processing plants' Waste management;