Utility Department in the industry

Last year I did an internship related to my field which is mechanical engineering and there I was posted in the Utility department of a cotton manufacturing company known as Yunus Textile Mills which supply bed sheets and other products to IKEA and similar brand. These are some of the basic information I learnt about the Utility department and what jobs do they have to perform in order for the company to keep running smoothly.

The Utility department is setup in the YTM-7 factory. Our Internship was based on this department as this helped enhance our Mechanical engineering skills. The main purpose of the Utility Department is the production of the basic requirement within the industry, these include,
• Power
• Steam
• Water
• Chilling
• Compressed Air

Compressed air is used to operate 3 way valves, pneumatic ball valve in the engine room and used in processing department in YTM-1.

The Utility Department is further divided into three main sectors, The Operations, The Maintenance and The Project sector.

Project Sector:

The Project department deals with the precautions and brain storming done before installing or removing any machinery within the factory premises related to power and steam generation.

Operation Sector:

The main purpose of this sector is to ensure that the running of the engines and boilers are smooth by observing the relevant parameters such as gas consumption, exhaust transmission and power production, if a problem occurs the maintenance sector is notified.

Maintenance Sector:

The maintenance sector deals with any type of problem during the running of engines and boilers during production, they are notified by the operation sector and act accordingly to successfully resume normal operations in the most cost effective and time saving work.