Maintenance » Example Checklist

The following checklist is provided as a guideline to assist with the materials needed and areas to check for an effective preventive maintenance program of ventilation systems in Battery Manufacturing plants.

Evaluation Equipment

☐ Paper, pencil, recording devices
☐ Smoke tubes, candles
☐ Velometer
☐ Pilot tube, manometer, hoses
☐ Drill, bits
☐ Tape measure
☐ Flashlight
☐ Ladder
☐ Rags
☐ Watch
☐ RPM meter
☐ Sound level meter
☐ Volt/amp meter

Previously Recorded Data

☐ Original design specifications and drawings
☐ Original operating conditions
☐ Modifications
☐ Past inspection reports
☐ Persons to contact
☐ Maintenance schedule
☐ Controls
☐ Lockout provisions
☐ Compliance inspections
☐ Exposure monitoring records
☐ Injury and illness history

Employee contact

☐ Complaints
☐ Suggestions
☐ Observed work practices
☐ Interaction with control
☐ Interaction with emission source
☐ Training
☐ Use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
☐ Cooperation

Emission Source

☐ Location of emissions
☐ Rates of emission
☐ Chemical characteristics
☐ Physical characteristics
☐ Employee exposure levels
☐ Environment

Hood

☐ Type (enclosure, receive, capture)
☐ Capture velocity
☐ Face velocity
☐ Performance during normal operation
☐ Performance during abnormal operation
☐ Compatibility with work requirements
☐ Physical integrity
☐ competing air currents
☐ Hood static pressure
☐ Hood entry loss

Ductwork

☐ Physical integrity
☐ Plugging and blockage
☐ Transport velocities
☐ Duct material
☐ Changes since last inspection
☐ Blast gate and damper settings

Air Cleaner

☐ Physical integrity
☐ Static pressure drop
☐ Waste stream handling
☐ Maintenance and operation
☐ PM program followed

Fan

☐ Direction of rotation
☐ RPM
☐ Pulleys, belts
☐ Access doors
☐ Fan wheel
☐ Fan housing
☐ Flexible coupling
☐ Inlet/outlet
☐ Stack weather head
☐ Bearings
☐ Vibration and noise
☐ Fan SP/fan TP

Fan Motor

☐ RPM
☐ Rated HP
☐ Amperage
☐ Actual BHP
☐ Drive train
☐ Temperature
☐ Weather protection
☐ Vibration

Replacement Air

☐ Same CFM as exhaust
☐ Force on doors
☐ Drafts at exterior walls
☐ Inlets
☐ Heat/cooling source
☐ Distribution
☐ Interference with capture velocity
☐ Back-up system
☐ Monitoring or warning system

Measurement and Calculations

☐ Hood static pressure
☐ Capture velocity
☐ Face velocities
☐ Duct diameters, lengths
☐ Duct transport velocities
☐ Temperature, pressure
☐ Flow rates
☐ Fan SP/fan TP
☐ Fan RPM
☐ Motor RPM
☐ Motor amps
☐ System static pressure

 

Checklist provided courtesy of Jeff Burton, as found in Industrial Ventilation, A Self-Directed Learning Workbook, Checklist No. 8.