Draglines and rope shovels work in an ever-changing digging environment. In many industries, as components are changed many operators of electric driven machines, plants, and sensitive electronic control rooms, find that motors, MG Sets, and transformers fail prematurely due to overheating and dust accumulation. The MachineLife Airflow Quality Assessment utilizes onsite measurements and computer models of your machine to improve cooling and reduce component costs from overheating.
The airflow quality test and assessment provides answers to the following questions:
- What are the air and component temperatures?
- What are the humidity levels?
- What are the atmospheric and fan pressures?
- What are the air speeds and directions?
- What are the dust concentration levels?
- What are the fan flow rates?
- What are the door pull forces?
Utilizing a computer model of the machine, calibrated by live measurements, MachineLife creates a CFD (Computerized Fluid Dynamics) analysis to show airflow directions and velocities. These results provide actionable recommendations for cooling and pressurization, such as:
- Adjusting ducting
- Adding vents and louvers
- Removing or moving fans
- Changing filter units
- Adding or removing exit doors
