Common

NO. Cause Analysis Troubleshooting

Failures

1. The starting current

for centrifuge is great 1. Adjust the time relay
and the time for start-up (about 35s).
is long, causing electric 2. Use clean water to wash
Difficulty in
switches protection the drum, supplemented
1 start-up action.2. There are too with hand cleaning, which is
also suitable for mud
much leftovers in drum cleaner.
and scroll is restricted.3. 3. Adjust relevant
Oil pressure is too low or components.
pressure relay gets out
of order.
2 Strenuous 1. Scribed line of drum is 1. Re-align the scribed line.
misaligned during service and
vibration assembly which affects precision
2. Replace lubricating grease
as per method in user
under no- of dynamic balance.
manual.
load 2. Lubricating grease is
3. Replace the bearing.
operation deteriorated.
4. Repair or replace the end
3. The main bearing has failure.
cap.
4. The main bearing inner race
5. Replace the bearing.
and shaft are loosely fit.
6. Tighten the bolt and
5. Bearing of auger conveyor has
change the pipe connection
failure.
into elastic flexible
6. Bolts at liquid outlet and slag connection.
outlet are not fastened or the
7. Replace the flange or
pipes have rigid connection, this
small end cap at equipment
situation will occur on vacuum
end.
degasser, please pay more
attention on it. 8. Replace the accessories of
differential mechanism.
7. Looseness of flange at
equipment end causes vibration 9. Use water to wash. If
of differential mechanism. there are too much
materials, shut down the
8. Differential mechanism is
equipment and turn the
damaged (caused by grease
auxiliary belt pulley of
shortage generally).
differential mechanism with
9. After shutdown, materials are hands in anticlockwise
fed before the valves are not direction to discharge the
closed tightly and the materials. The production
accumulative materials in drum can only be restored after
cause lateral weight. materials are completely
discharged, and most of the
10. Connection of rotating parts
solids have been stored
is loose or deformed.
 11. The new component after
in mud tank.
replacement has poor dynamic
balance. 10. Check and repair the
rotating parts.
12. Related components are
severely worn. 11. Adjust or replace the
component. Repair the
13. The accumulative materials in
component. Clean or wash
shell cause friction with outer
regularly.
drum.

1. The slip caused by triangle belt

and belt pulley (especially main
belt pulley) have slip due to
grease and it causes friction
energy consumption (the main
belt pulley and auxiliary belt
1. Clean the greasy dirt.
Large current pulley are burning hot at this
under no-load time). 2. Replace accessories and
3 lubricating grease, inspect
operation 2. Failure of differential
the seal of shell.
mechanism (generally caused by
short of grease) causes increase
of current and the differential
mechanism shell, auxiliary and
belt pulley input shaft are
burning hot.

1. The grease gets deteriorated

and has no lubricating function. It
is because:
(A) Foreign matters (such as
steam, water and feed liquid)
enter the bearing pedestal;
Temperature of
over 70C or
(B) The grease is used for too 1. Replace the
long time and it has been lubricating grease.
temperature
deteriorated. 2. Replace the bearing
rise of over
35C of (C) The grease has poor quality (above level D).
4
bearing in nature. 3. Loosen the belt.
pedestal under
2. The bearing is damaged or the 4. Inspect oil pressure, oil
no-load
clearance is too small. amount and oil pipe.
operation
3. The belt is too tight and it
causes increase of main bearing
friction energy consumption and
heating.
4. The grease supply amount is
small or the supply is stopped.

5 Too high 1. The differential mechanism is 1. Check the differential

temperature in short of grease. mechanism and inject
(over 85) of grease.
2. It bears too great load.
differential
 3. It has poor heat dissipation.
4. Inner bearing or parts of the
differential mechanism are
damaged.
mechanism
5. It is a new differential
mechanism, which you will find
in cutting dryer, it is an kind of
important equipment for drilling
waste management.
2. Adjust load.
3. Improve the operating
ambient temperature.
4. Overhaul the differential
mechanism.
5. The differential
mechanism operates under
light load in run-in period.

1. Materials fed are too much and

load is too great.
1. Adjust the feed
Frequent 2. The scroll and drum have
collision and stagnation.
quantity.
synchronizatio 2. Inspect the drum and
6 n between 3. The differential mechanism is scroll.
drum and damaged.
scroll 3. Conduct replacement.
4. Thick and big particle (such as
auto polymer) in mother solution 4. Inspect the filterer unit.
enters the centrifuge.

1. The oil pressure is too low or

Shutdown the oil pressure relay has 1. Check the cause
7 during malfunction. and adjust.
operation 2. The main motor has overload. 2. Decrease the load.

1. Concentration of suspension is
too low or feed quantity is too
little.
1. Increase the feed
2. Proportion between solid quantity.
phase and liquid phase is too
2. Improve the process.
small.
3. Find out causes and
3. The equipment rotates in
Discharge rectify it.
reverse direction.
8 failure 4. Replace with a new
4. The differential mechanism is
differential mechanism.
damaged.
5. Shut down for inspection.
5. The discharge opening of drum
is blocked or materials 6. Inspect after taking off
accumulate inside. the shield.
6. Materials accumulate between
the shell and drum.

1. Decrease the feed

1. Feed quantity is too large. quantity.
High water
content in 2. The liquid layer is too deep. 2. Adjust the depth of liquid
9 discharged layer.
3. The separation factor is too
materials
small. 3. Increase number of
revolution of the centrifuge.
 1. Increase the speed of
1. The separation factor is too
drum.
small.
High solid 2. Decrease the feed
2. The feed quantity is too large.
content in quantity.
10 3. The liquid layer is too shallow.
clear liquid 3. Adjust the depth of liquid
4. Materials can hardly be layer.
separated.
4. Improve the process.

1. Inspect and replace the

Abnormal 1. The bearing is damaged. bearing.
11 noise 2. The shell or pipe is collided. 2. Inspect the shell and pipe
and remove the problem.