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Preventive Maintenance

Agitator Drive Oil and Seal Check

The agitator drive check is gearbox oil and the seal at rest, and the guard comes off only after lockout. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. Do not enter the vessel or break the seal flange. Anything past that line belongs to the site's own procedure, the OEM manual, or a permit. This is the inspection ChatterFix schedules. It is not itself permission to go further.

Interval Quarterly
Est. Duration 1.5 hrs
Steps 5
Applies To Chemical Processing

The Procedure

The steps ChatterFix schedules for this PM. Every step is a checkable item on the work order — a technician can speak their way through it without touching a keyboard.

  1. Lock out the drive before removing a guard
  2. Check gearbox oil level and the seal for leakage at rest
  3. Inspect the shaft guard and the mounting bolts
  4. Do not enter the vessel or break the seal flange
  5. Entry is the confined-space procedure, not this drive inspection

Why This PM Exists

The agitator drive check is gearbox oil and the seal at rest, and the guard comes off only after lockout. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. Do not enter the vessel or break the seal flange. Anything past that line belongs to the site's own procedure, the OEM manual, or a permit. This is the inspection ChatterFix schedules. It is not itself permission to go further.

What Skipping It Looks Like

A wet seal gets ignored because entering the vessel 'would only take a minute'. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. Do not enter the vessel or break the seal flange.

Setting the interval

Every ninety days. Vessel entry is the confined-space procedure. An as-found reading outside the limit the site already published is a finding. It does not become a new setpoint on this work order.

Equipment This Covers

Common Questions

How often should this PM run?
Quarterly. Every ninety days. Vessel entry is the confined-space procedure. An as-found reading outside the limit the site already published is a finding. It does not become a new setpoint on this work order.
How long does it take?
Budget about 1.5 hours for a technician working to the standard procedure. ChatterFix uses that estimate for capacity planning, then learns your plant's actual time from completed work orders.
What happens if we skip it?
A wet seal gets ignored because entering the vessel 'would only take a minute'. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. Do not enter the vessel or break the seal flange.
Can I use this checklist in ChatterFix?
Yes — this exact procedure ships in the Chemical Processing industry pack. Pick your industry at signup and it is scheduled on the right assets automatically, with no configuration.

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