PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
OBJECTIVE; To define the procedure for preventive maintenance of production equipment.
SCOPE: This procedure is applicable for preventive maintenance of production equipment.
RESPONSIBILITY: This procedure is applicable for preventive maintenance of production equipment.
RESPONSIBILITY: Mechanical Engineer
ACCOUNTABILITY: Engineer Head
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment I – Preventive maintenance schedule
Attachment IІ – Preventive maintenance logbook
Attachment III – Executed works logbook
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PROCEDURE:
The maintenance is carried out regularly for the assurance of continued work of the equipment and the operations safety.
Preventive maintenance is carried out mostly on weekends or any other day as long as it doesn’t affect the Production.
Preventive maintenance is performed as per approved schedule (Attachment – I)
GENERAL CONDITIONS
The maintenance should be performed by the staff of Engineering department. If there is no possibility to assure the appropriate maintenance of some specific equipment, outsourced organizations, which specialize in the specific equipment, must be involved.
The record for maintenance performance should be indicated in the equipment logbook and in the Preventive maintenance equipment logbook (Attachment – II). Work done shall be recorded in Executed works logbook (Attachment-III).
MAINTENANCE WORK TYPES
Daily maintenance includes checking of the uniformity of equipment units and gaskets, protection devices, presence of guard fence, the uniformity of electrical wires and plugs, air flue, steam pipelines and water pipelines. The check is performed only for the equipment that is specified in the production department request, by operator before the start of activity. If any non-conformities are found, operator should not switch on the equipment till the nonconformities are corrected. Then the activity entry in the Equipment Log Book shall be made, which confirms that the daily maintenance has been performed.
Monthly maintenance includes the following activities:
– Checking of technical conditions of wearing nods and detail with minimum of disassembling and assembling works;
– Replacement of details that cannot function till the next scheduled maintenance;
– Maintenance of lubrication, cooling, heating system;
– Checking of the status of the drive, fasteners, gear unit, chain and other types of gears, bearings, gland seals,safety and protection device;
– Checking of the inter repair maintenance quality;
– Clarification of the scope and timing of the next scheduled maintenance.
– Monthly maintenance is conducted without interference in production process (during technical breaks, between shifts and not in a working time). It shall be conducted by engineering and technical department employees according to the confirmed preventive maintenance schedules.
Quarterly maintenance includes the following activities:
– Partial disassembling of machine, disassembling of the most worn and the dirtiest nods into component parts, washing and cleaning them, inspection and cleaning of other nods;
– Checking of openings between stringer beads and liners, replacement of worn liners, regulation or replacement of worn bearings, replacement of worn gear wheels, trimming of rough edges on gear wheels’ teeth, trimming of tearings, scratches and dints on sliding surfaces;
– Replacement of worn details that cannot last till the next scheduled maintenance;
– Maintenance and washing of lubrication, cooling, heating system, changing of old lubricant;
– Discovering of the details that need to be replaced during the next average or general maintenance.
– Quarterly maintenance is performed by engineering and technical department employees according to the confirmed preventive maintenance schedules.
Yearly maintenance includes the following activities:
– Checking of all details of machines with partial disassembly;
– Repair of separate nods with replacement of the details, the wear of which exceeds acceptable limit as per manufacturing specifications or norms;
– Checking and replacing worn ropes, chains, belts, etc.;
– Cleaning all bearings, scheduled replacement of ball, roller bearings and sleeve bearings;
– Checking and washing reduction gears;
– Trimming of damaged surfaces, dints and rough edges;
– Checking and replacing worn gaskets, seals and fasteners;
– Repair or replacement of worn-out valves;
– Painting of machine parts, if necessary;
– Checking of mounting assemblies and mechanisms, regulation and testing of the unit idle and under production load.
– Yearly maintenance is performed by engineering and technical department employees according to the confirmed preventive maintenance schedules.
General maintenance needs to be done depending on equipment manufacturer recommendations and it includes:
– Complete disassembling of all machine nods in details;
– Replacement of all worn nods and details or their restoration bringing to the sizes that are established by manufacturing specifications;
– Thorough inspection, alignment and balancing of nods and equipment details;
– Trueing of the bedplate and frame of the machine together with sole, base stand and supporting structure repair, if necessary;
– Inspection, cleaning and repair of air flues, ductings with installed valves and piping;
– Debugging and regulation or replacement of all automatic control and handling equipment;
– Maintenance of protective devices, insulation and lining as per new equipment specifications;
– Painting of separate parts or the whole machine, if necessary;
– Comprehensive inspection, regulation and testing idly and under production load.
– Equipment modernization can be done during general maintenance. It is carried out for performance characteristics improvement, technical improvement or for production technological problems solution.
Take all safety precautions before preventive maintenance work.
REFERENCES:None
Distribution list – Engineering Department & Production Department
Revision of History / История изменений:
| Version Number | Effective Date | Reason for Changes |
| 00 | New SOP |
Preventive maintenance logbook
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Preventive maintenance schedule
| Eq.
Name |
Equipment number | Installation location | Month___________year | |||||||||||
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |||
Executed works logbook
Month ________________________________ Date ______________________
| Sr. No. | List of executed works | Remarks |
Done by (Date) ______________________ Checked by (Date) ______________________
