Part of being in Maintenance or Engineering Department in plant is the Corrective Actions where equipment or parameters are having issues or fault. To be an expert in solving problems or troubleshooting requires years of experience in plant. One of the hardest parts of corrective maintenance is dealing with aged systems. “Abandoned” electrical panels, system with obsolete models, etc. Untagged 6-phase motor could be one of them. In case of emergency that we need to use a motor with untagged leads, what would you do? This article will show you how to identify untagged 6-leads out, 3-phase motor. This is one of the topics that I thought to my class when I worked as a part-time teacher. Before you do the steps, make
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How I conduct Motor Maintenance
This post will cover the standard procedure of motor maintenance, clearance from production and thereafter isolate the power supply and lock-out tag-out the equipment that I have experienced working different plants. To carry out the Preventive Maintenance activity as per given procedure and standard Preventive Maintenance sheet. I can say that companies have their own standard procedure based on their best practice and company they are working with. Even the some condition must be considered too when motor is in running condition and cannot be stopped, or should be swapped to other just for PM. But keep in mind that our goal for Preventive Maintenance is to test the motor for trending, to prolong it's lifespan by preventing fault to happen