Cement Factory Maintenance
Course Schedule
Cement Factory Maintenance
This week modular course
exploring the maintenance of cement factories, including the different
maintenance challenges faced by different cement factories around the world,
the assessment of cement manufacturing equipment condition, common maintenance
and reliability problems, their solution and the organisation of the
maintenance function on a cement factory.
- In module 1 the course explores the different
maintenance challenges presented by cement factories, dependent on their
scale, location, number of lines operated and vintage. Also the ways in
which maintenance will be judged, not only from the availability of the
equipment and the costs of maintenance, but also from the overall
equipment effectiveness. Availability of spare parts will make a vital
contribution to the effectiveness of maintenance, but what level of spare
parts can or should be provided? Many factors which will impact on the
effectiveness of maintenance throughout the life of the cement factory are
determined when the factory is laid out and the equipment is designed.
These factors need to be taken into consideration when cement factories
are first established as they will never be able to be changed in the
future.
- In module 2 of the course the inter-related issues of
cement factory condition assessment, common problems and their resolution
are explored. Cement kilns must operate for long, continuous campaigns to
minimise their thermal energy consumption. In order to do this, their
mechanical condition must be regularly assessed and adjusted, if
necessary, to prevent long-term damage and the requirement for major
repair involving massive loss of time and clinker production. A cement
kiln is in fact an assemblage of inter-connected sub-systems which must
all operate reliably. The kiln is only as reliable as the weakest of these
sub-systems, so the raw meal preparation, kiln feed system, fuel
preparation and delivery, clinker cooling and transport and the exhaust
gas venting and dedusting systems are all expected to operate for these
long campaigns. There will be some overtaking capacity in some of these
sub-systems allowing limited time for maintenance, but all will be
expected to give reliable performance.
- In the final module of the course the theories of
maintenance organisation, as they relate to cement factories, are
explored. What is the role of breakdown, preventive and condition based
maintenance in cement factories? How do approaches such as Total
Productive Maintenance and Reliability Centred Maintenance apply to cement
factories? What changes on the organisation of maintenance and the skills
of the maintenance personnel are required to implement these changes in
cement factory maintenance philosophy? Computerised maintenance management
systems make a vital contribution to these approaches to maintenance and
are a prerequisite for the effective maintenance of a modern cement
factory.
Sub Code | CI009 |
Start Date | Sun,Mar,20,2022 |
End Date | Thu,Mar,24,2022 |
Duration | 5 Days |
Fee(US$) | 2950 |
Location | Riyadh |
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