Repair and maintenance
MAINTENANCE
MAC valve actuator diagnostic device
Outline
The MAC diagnosis is an advanced motor-operated valve diagnosis service developed by our company with many years of experience and achievements in the maintenance of motor-operated valves. Comparing a conventional overhaul to an inspection with surgical precision, the MAC diagnosis is comparable to a complete medical checkup utilizing sensor technology. Because the motor-operated valves transmit motor power from the worm, worm wheel, stem nut, and to the stem (valve shaft), the behavior and status of each part will be seen as a change in the torque. The MAC diagnosis accurately measures this torque change during operation to quantify comprehensive soundness in a short period for the check and evaluation procedure.
This enables the disassembly and repair of specific parts only when needed without unnecessarily disassembly of motor-operated valves.
Characteristics of MAC diagnosis
- – Checks the soundness of motor-operated valves quantitatively in a short period of time
- – Abundant experience in diagnosis and high precision operation
- – Measurement of torque during operation
- – Enables readjustment of the torque and limit settings on-site
- – Screening of valves subject to overhaul
- – Prevention of human error
- – Contribution to shortening of periodic inspections and cost reductions
- – Compatible with all motor-operated valves used in domestic nuclear power plants
Major diagnostic items
- – Insufficiency of preset torque value
- – Change in behavior of running torque value
- – Increase of valve pull-out torque
- – Stem nut abrasion volume
- – Motor current value
- – Motor brake operating time
- – Malfunction of electromagnetic switch in control panel
- – Abnormal vibration (such as backlash of transmission system and defect in bearing)
- – Limit switch operation position error
- – Torque switch bypass operation position error
- – Valve stop position error