
Reduce maintenance downtime and increase productivity
Improve equipment efficiency and safety
Increase equipment reliability and performance
Extend servce life and increase sustainability

- Reduced downtime
- Extended kiln lifetime
- Increased reliability and sustainability
- Improved safety
- Minimized plant downtime
- Better visibility of maintenance requirements
Reduce unplanned downtime, equipment failure, and risks associated with operating faulty equipment
- Faster, easier inspections mean you get recommendations you can act on quickly
- Reports are clear, thorough and easy to share with colleagues
- Benchmark your kiln and identify trends based on current and historical data
- Comprehensive data gathering improves your decision-making

Kiln inspection packages
Description | 1. Visual and vitals | 2. Mechanical verification | 3. Comprehensive/Customized |
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Core benefit | Predictive maintenance, improving equipment availability and planning | Operational effectiveness, enhancing fuel efficiency, and throughput | Long term reliability, increasing the overall life of your kiln |
Downtime required | 0 shifts - completed during normal operation | 0 shifts for all external inspections 1-2 shifts for internal inspection, during your planned shutdown | 0 shifts- completed during normal operation *Optional: 1-2 shifts for internal inspection, during your planned shutdown |
Inspection frequency recommendation | Annually | Annually, during planned shutdowns | Every 2-3 years, and immediately for older kilns that have not been inspected recently |
Inspection offering | OEM inspection, targeting cooling and emergency equipment, contact and wear patterns, as well as seal and shell conditions. Trained personnel pro-vide comprehensive reports and recommendations. | In addition to a complete Visual & Vitals inspection, a full mechanical evaluation is performed. During a shutdown, the kiln’s internal systems are also analyzed as well as a full bearing inspection. | Using the latest technology, OEM experts analyze shell profile, ovality, roller shaft flexing and distortion, tire and gear runout. This package can easily be accompanied by a hot kiln alignment. |

- Improper lubrication of kiln components
- Misalignment in horizontal & vertical axis (hot kiln alignment)
- Thrust balance of carrying rollers at each pier (kiln float)
- Shell crank effect on carrying stations (dogleg)
- Shell flex at each pier (ovality)