HSG 236 - INSPECTIONS

  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) now outline inspection durations and routine maintenance schedules in their new guidelines leaflet entitled HSG 236. This leaflet includes recommended internal inspection of clutch and brake components, safety devices (Interlock guards, fencing etc.) and electrical installations of the press. Your company's Insurance provider will be able to guide you further on what they expect from you as the occupier of the premises regarding Inspection durations, and routine servicing. We believe that a good routine maintenance and servicing schedule will vastly reduce your down time during Power press inspections, If you would like Sovereign Engineering Services Ltd to visit you and help set out a Planned Maintenance system for your press shop machinery please contact us for a free quotation.



 Reasons for Routine Maintenance and Inspection.


             Broken clutch keys:                  Worn flywheel location:          Wet clutch - Burnt plates:      
     
                                                               
                
       This kind off damage is usualy caused       This kind of wear on the crankshaft         These friction plates are burnt          
         by overloading of the press, but can         journal is caused by poor flywheel           out because of poor servicing.The                                                  
         also be caused by poor manufacturing       bearing restraint, but can also be           wrong oil was placed in the flywheel                                          
        techniques or poor fitment of the key.       caused by flywheel bearings seizing.        causing the plates to over heat.         
 


                                                      Broken reaction bracket:

                                                                    

                                                            This broken bake pilar assembly was
                                                            caused by years of wear and tare but 
                                                            but was not picked up untill a routine 
                                                                       inspection was due.





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