Motor Maintenance: Preventive Maintenance Provides Increased Life of

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Preventive maintenance provides increased life of

belt and drive components.


Regular Inspections
- As part of the normal routine, look, listen, feel
and smell. Look for a loose, damaged or dirty
guard. Listen for unusual noise and use your nose
to detect any unusual smells, like burned rubber.
Feel the drive to make sure the motor and drive
mountings are tight.

Motor maintenance
Frequent checks
 1. Clean motor of any dust or oil.
 2. Check oil rings turn with shaft.
 3. Check oil level in bearings.
 4. Visually check for oil and grease from
bearings.
 5. Technician to examine the starter switch,
fuses and tighten loose connections.  10. Test current input and compare it with
normal.
 11. Visually check drive, for smooth running,
Every 6 months
absence of vibration.
 1. Clean motor, blowing out dirt from windings,
 12. Check motor foot bolts.
and wipe commutator and brushes.
 2. Visually inspect commutator clamping ring.
Annually
 3. Check and replace brushes that are more than
 1. Remove and renew grease in ball or roller
half worn.
bearing.
 4. Examine brush holders, and clean them if
 2. Test insulation.
dirty.
 3. Clean out magnetic dirt that may be attached
 5. Check brush pressure and position.
to poles.
 6. Remove, clean out, and replace oil in sleeve
 4. Check clearance between shaft and journal
bearings.
boxes of sleeve bearing motors.
 7. Check grease in ball or roller bearings.
 5. Check the commutator for smoothness and
 8. Check operating speed or speeds.
slot damage.
 9. Technician to examine and tighten loose
 6. Examine connections of commutator and
connections.
armature coil

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