purifier dismantling,
maintenance, inspection &
assembly
Emergency stop procedure of purifier
• An emergency stop button is provided for purifier
• to be used in case of emergency - excessive vibrations
procedure
• press the button
• leave the purifier room
• return when the purifier comes to complete halt
• remedy the cause of emergency
• start the purifier
• if no cause found, a major service to be carried out.
daily checks
• oil leaks (on purifier body)
• excessive vibrations
• noise
• oil level in gear box
Checks before starting
• bolt tighten
• proper & tight connections
• oil in the gearbox exactly in the middle of sight glass
• break disengaged
checks while starting
• start the purifier
• check the direction of rotation
• excessive vibration stop with the feed on
• measure the current of purifier, should come down after being high
initially
• provide closing water for 5 sec
• this close the sliding bowl
Running checks
• correct flow rate & temperature
• oil back pressure set to 1.5-2.0 bars
• check De-sludge of purifier
• for this satrt the opening water till you hear a de-sludge sound
stopping checks
• De-sludge
• stop oil feed
• apply breaks
maintaince works to be done
• periodic maintenance to be caried out
• as per maintainance schedule
• to be carried out at 2000 running hrs as per ALFA LAVAL
• done to maintain seperation efficiency
• carried out as pper the provided check list
work to be done under cleaning & inspection
1. errosion & corrosion
2. cleaning of holes & blowing through of air
3. o-ring replacements
4. valve plugs replacements: after checking all spring's lenghts
5. spindel wobble check: max allowable to 0.04 mm
6. sliding bowl seal ring:check & replace
7. check operating water
dismantling precautions
• Apply breaks
• isolate all connections and power supply
• check condition of the lifting gear before use
• choosse lifting gear as per hte weight of the component
• keep ready-
Dismataling tools required &
Manufactures service kit
gear box oil( dismantaling started)
removeing oil
• place a tray below the drain plug
• open darin plug
• collect the oil &close the plug
filling the oil
• open oil filling plug
• fill the oil
• level to be at exact center of the sight glass
dismantling of pipe connections
• remove the clamp screw and plug
• removal of feed oil pipeline
• removal of connection housing by unscrewing coupling bolt
• removal of inlet pipe inside the housing using a special pin spanner-
rotate clockwise to unscrew
• removal of outlet connections
• removal of connection housing
paring chamber & bowl hood
• place paring chamber cover spanner, hammer it clockwise(LHT) to
unscrew
• remove the chamber cover, upper paring disc & gravity disc
• similarly remove the large lock ring, via hammering the lockring
spanner
• loosen bowl hood via a spindle clit tightening(LTH)
• spindle clit also used to hoist the bowl hood via a lift gear
• the top disc is sealed in the bowl hood, so remove it & place over the
disc stack, just after the bowl hood has been lifted slightly, or else it
may fall down
level ring and paring disc
• remove the top disc & place it on a wooden platform
• screw in the inlet pipe into the paring disc
• place a wooden peice over it and hammer
• inlet pipe falls down with lower paring disc and the level ring
• unscrew the paring disc from the inlet pipe
distributor
• fix the lifting tool and hoist the distibutor with the disc stack
• remove all the disc
• claen and remove deposites on all the disc using suitable cleaning
agent
• blow through all the holes
distributor cone, sliding bowl & bowl body
• open cap nut
• remove distributor cone
• fix a lifting tool on the sliding bowl and lift via a hoist
• fix a specail tool on bowl body
• tighten the center bolt, it will loosen the bowl body over the tappered
spindle
• hoist the bowl body out
• place it carefully up side down & clean with a clean cloth
spring support, dosing ring & operating slide
• loose all the screw's on the spring support successively, a little at a
time
• remove all the screws and the spring support
• remove all springs
• unscrew the dosing ring and bolt in 2 eye bolts
• hoist and remove the dosing ring
• place 2 eye bolts on the operating slide & remove
• place it such that the valve plugs are upward
ASSEMBLY PROCEDURE
Operating Slide,Dosing Ring & Bowl Body
• Fix the operating slide on the bowl body. Make sure holes in the bowl body match
to that in the operating slide.
• Lubricate the mating surface of the operating slide and dosing ring by lub paste.
• Fit dosing ring, there is guide hole, check to ensure that the holes matches with
the bowl body guide lug.
• Apply a thin film of lubricating paste on dosing ring bolts and tighten to 20 N-M
torque.
• Fit back the spring and support.
• Tighten the bolts to 25N-m torque.
Bowl Body On To The Spindle
• Clean the spindle.
• Lubricate the tapered end and wipe it off with the clean cloth.
• Fix the lifting tool on to the bowl body and tighten the centre screw until
fixed.
• Hoist and place the bowl body on the spindle such that the centre screw rest
on it.
• Un-tighten the centre screw and rest of the three bolts of the clamping tool
and remove the tool.
• Bowl would rest down on the tapered spindle. Rotate and align the bowl body
holes with that in the distributing ring.
• Tighten the three screw firmly.
Sliding Bowl
• Fit the lifting tool and hoist it.
• Lubricate the operating slide, dosing ring and the guide surface of the
bowl body with the lubricating paste.
• Place in the sliding bowl
• Match the assembly mark on the sliding bowl bottom and the bowl
body guide lug to place it in correct position.
Distributer Cone
• Fit the distribute cone on the sliding bowl.
• Ensure the guide pin and the distributer cone enters the recess in the
sliding bowl.
• Tighten the cap nut by screwing it anti-clock wise.
Distributer
• Clean all the disk with cloth and assemble on the distributer.
• For correct position, guide ribs are provided on the distributer
resulting into a single kind of arrangement.
• Hoist the distributer and place it on the distributer cone.
Top Disk
• Check that small hole in the top disk is not clogged.
• Place the oil pairing disk and level ring with o-ring in the top disk.
• Make sure the direction of pairing disk is correct.
• Fit the top disk in the distributer such that the guide mark on the top
disk matches the guide lug on the bowl body
•
Bowl Hood
• Checck that bowl hood o-rings and seal ring is properly fitted.
• Fit the lifting tool and hoist the bowl hood.
• Place the bowl hood on the top disk.
• The guide recess in the bowl hood enters the guide lug of the bowl
body.
• Remove the lifting tool.
Pairing Chamber and Lock Ring
• Lubricate the large lock ring and guide surface with lubricating paste.
• Fit the lock ring in place by screwing it anti clockwise.
• Place the large lock ring special spanner.
• Tighten till assembly mark on the bowl hood align with that on the lock ring.
• Check that the small hole in gravity disk and pairing disk are not bloked.
• Ensure that o-ring of the gravity disk is changed and fitted with the gravity disk
and upper pairing disk.
• Fit the pairing chamber and tighten it , using a spanner.
Frame Hood and Connection
• Place frame hood in place and tighten it by clamping
• Fix the connection housing over it.
• Connect water outlet and oil outlet pipes respectively.
• Place in the inlet pipe.
• Tighten it properly using a special pin spanner.
• Fit properly inlet feed pipe connection and place the plug over it.
• Now tighten the clamp screw properly.
