Hot Kiln Alignment
Preventative Maintenance Consequences of not checking Alignment:
- No preventive maintenance,
- Less than optimum operations,
- Acceptance of high wear rates,
- Long term costs,
- Low kiln availability,
- Unpredictable outages.
Why is alignment important? It is the starting point for any mechanical malntenance program for a rotary kiln
Without understanding alignment and the associated mechanical conditions of the kiln, it is impossible to plan maintenance
Alignment measurement, which includes all the mechanical operating characteristics of the kiln, should be a Preventive maintenance tool. Unfortunately it has mostly been used as a rectification procedure. Once the damage has been done to kiln, the alignment has lost of its value as a preventative measure. Not using it as a preventive maintenance tool means the kiln will always be running at less than optimum
conditions. lt often means abnormal or hieh wear rates of kiln parts.
