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Project summary proforma. Download this file and answer the short questions. This will help you get your project started.

Please find the Numeracy and Literacy Marking Code that you need to refer to when receiving feedback.

This file describes the requirements, and gives guidance for the production of a maintenance schedule for assessment of section 29.1 & 29.2.

Please read through the PowerPoint explaining the different fault finding techniques used and the fault finding aids used in industry.

Here are lecture notes on a Word document containing notes on various fault finding techniques.

Please read through the maintenance and planning PowerPoint and complete the classroom activity within it.

Here are some Lecture notes on the importance of maintenance.

Here is a Word document summarising the main maintenance techniques.

Please read through the Condition Monitoring PowerPoint and watch the videos contained within it.

Useful document indicating the types of bearing fault that can be detected using vibration monitoring. Good description of each type of bearing fault.

Here is a Word document summarising the main techniques used in condition monitoring and highlighting, their pros and cons.

Paper from the Maintenance and Engineering Journal describing how maintenance strategies should be combined to get the best outcome from any equipment.

Here is a booklet containing information on the Principles of Lubrication.

Here is a PDF containing very useful information on nearly everything you need to know on lubrication.

Here is a Word document detailing the basic principles of lubrication.

Please read through the PowerPoint on lubrication, the effects of friction and wear.

Please read through the PowerPoint on forms of film condition and lubrication selection.

Please read through the PowerPoint on the different ways of applying a lubrication to mechanical systems.

Here is an interesting link to a topic of over greasing bearings and what the company did to overcome it.

Please read through the PowerPoint on exploring the four basic types of lubricant used in industry and the criteria used in measuring the properties of oils and greases.

Please read through the PowerPoint on the different types of liquid lubricants used in engineering and their typical applications.

Please read through the PowerPoint on grease based lubricants and their applications, solid lubricants and the advantages of using solid lubrication over oils and greases.

Here is a PDF on how to select the most appropriate grease for a particular application.

Please read through the PowerPoint on the different types of additives used in the engineering sector.

 Here is a PDF document on the guidelines of how to dispose of old lubricants from the Environment Agency.

Ok, so you have done the reading and watched the videos......now test how much knowledge you have gained.

Here is a PowerPoint on Seals and Gaskets used within the engineering sector.

Here is a PowerPoint on Mechanical Seals used within the engineering sector.

Here is a PowerPoint on how to replace a mechanical seal on a 4” centrifugal effluent pump.

Here is a word document explaining how to identify and measure Oil Seals.

Here is a link to information about the make up, advantages and applications of felt seals.

Here is an interesting case study from a manufacturing company that produces seals.

Here are notes from United Seal & Rubber Co. INC on how to design and produce a high performance gasket or seal.

Here is a link to show the different types of gasket used in industry

Here is a useful booklet that contains information on the different types of bearings, installation, dismantling, bearing failure and other information.

Here is a useful booklet from the SKF manufacturing catalogue.

Here is a guide of how to identify a bearing if it needs to be replaced.

Here is a PDF showing tables of how to identify bearing type, series code, bore size, shield/seal configuration and internal clearance.

Here is an example of how to identify a bearing.

Access to Kahoot.it to enable students to play the online Kahoot! sessions. 

THIS IS A GROUP SESSION, WAIT FOR THE LECTURER TO TELL YOU TO START.

Nothing can happen until you have a 'pin' which should be displayed on the lecturer's PC.

Here is a word document showing some of the different types of bearing used in industry.

Here is a PDF on the basics of the ball and roller bearing.

Taken from the Koyo bearing company, a useful chart showing images of bearings and the reason they failed.

Here are some notes on using an idler for belt tensioning and also the arc of contact.

Information on calculating tensions, power transmission, belt slip. Higher level equations for those with a thirst for knowledge. These notes were developed Mr Kharagpurfor.

Here is information on all you need to know for belt drives that covers the criteria for the unit.

Please read through the PowerPoint on the different types of belt drive

Here is information on all you need to know for chain drives that covers the criteria for the unit.

Please read through the PowerPoint on the different types of chain drives

Here is a good resources on a trouble shooting guide for chain transmission and fault finding.

Here is very useful information on all you need to know for gear drives that covers the criteria for the unit.

Here is a PowerPoint on an introduction to gears and the engineering formulas associated with them

Here is a gear ratio worked example number 1

Here is a gear ratio worked example number 2

Please complete examples 1 to 6

Please complete the Compound Gears Worksheet.

Please read through the PowerPoint on the different types of couplings used in industry.

A Practical guide along with diagrams on how to align two shafts with a solid coupling.

Here is a very useful link to the different types of couplings that can be used in industry.

Here is extra information on shafts and couplings.

Images of components used in the Job reports to to help you. Remember if you find any useful images then please add them here.

Please find the job report templates for :

1. MIG 101 Alignment Rig

2. MIG 102 Dismantling and Reassembly of a Compressor 

3. MIG 103 Power Transmission Rig

4. MIG 104 Strip and Rebuild of a Hydraulic Cylinder

5. MIG 105 Dismantling and Reassembly of a Split ‘Cooper’ Bearing

OR 

6. MIG 106 Dismantling and Reassembly of a Split ‘Cooper’ Bearing with Housing

7. MIG 108 Strip and Rebuild of a Plummer Block

Here is a link to the Bright Hub Engineering website, and information on reciprocating compressors. You made need to follow a few links but there is a lot of good information here.

Here you will find a PowerPoint showing the different parts of the compressor in the form of an exploded diagram.

Here are some useful notes on the Cooper bearing activity.

Here you will find some useful information on the bearing type used for the Plummer block assessment.

PDF manual on how to maintain and strip a diaphragm pump. This document includes performance curves to help you select the correct pump for a given duty.

Here is a word document containing information on some common bearing types that you may find useful.

Here is a word document containing information on some common bearing types that you may find useful.

Here is a torque setting sheet that gives you the torque values needed to tighten the nuts/bolts to their correct setting when using a torque wrench.

This file includes suggestions on a maintenance task for those of you who have failed to find your own. It involves taking measurements of shafts and bearings to determine wear.

Here is an example of what a completed maintenance project should look like. You can read this to assist you but DO NOT copy and paste as it is plagiarism.

Link to a suggested maintenance schedule for a reciprocating compressor. This is very useful information.

A few suggestions on how to work safely with air compressors.