Puesta en marcha y mantenimiento centrado en la confiabilidad (RCM) del caldero pirotubular de la Facultad de Mecánica

Abstract

At Mechanics Faculty belonging to ESPOCH, there is a pyrotubular boiler Cleaver Brooks brand that has not functioned by nearly 23 years, facing the necessity to start its functioning as a contribution to students and their specialization, it was proposed to make to function the mentioned boiler and the maintenance plans cantered on reliance. Developing the research, the first step performed was a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the initial situation that permitted to know the real state of each and every constituents of the boiler. After this, a maintenance chronogram including performance periods and responsible staff to carry out activities were elaborated. Civil maintenance works-through which all installations were restored in agreement to basic norms-were carried out; in addition to corrective maintenance works on all boiler constituents, reconditioning of auxiliary elements like water supply bomb, softener, fuel tank and other constituents that permit the correct boiler functioning; it is necessary to make relevant the special emphasis on security, operation and maintenance regulations for fulfilling all lab requirements based on the highest standardizations. After carrying out all reparation tasks, maintenance plans according to the active were elaborated, practical guidelines for students to carry out were generated; the research was complemented elaborating operation, maintenance and security manuals for vapor generation lab.