Routine Maintenance of Powder Equipment

Routine maintenance of powder equipment is fundamental to ensuring production continuity and safety, and is centred on prevention rather than remediation. A quick check before starting work each day often avoids most of the hidden dangers. Operators need to habitually observe the appearance of the equipment: whether the power cord is broken, whether the air pressure gauge is in the green zone, and whether there is any looseness in the connections. These seemingly simple actions can detect 80% of potential failures in advance.

Lubrication management is like the blood maintenance of equipment, both precision and restraint. For water-cooled equipment, the softness and hardness of cooling water directly affects the efficiency of heat exchange.

The cyclic maintenance of key components requires the establishment of a standardised process.

Dust safety is an uncompromising red line in powder equipment maintenance. In the metal powder workshop, there was an accident caused by a static grounding failure that led to an explosion, the root cause of which was that the maintenance staff had wrapped the grounding wire around a water pipe, failing to form an effective circuit. The standard practice is to use an independent grounding stake and test the resistance value with a megohmmeter every day.

Digital tools are quietly changing the traditional maintenance model, but technology can never completely replace experience - the old technician's habit of using the back of his hand to sense the temperature of the equipment, or the intuitive judgement of listening to the sound of the location, is still an indispensable ‘humane barrier’ in the maintenance system. The real way of maintenance lies in the fusion of standard procedures with the wisdom of experience, so that the equipment can operate smoothly between norms and spirituality.