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How to Have Off-Season Maintenance at the Asphalt Plant in Winter

During the cold season, road construction faces challenges as engineering works come to a halt. To ensure the quality and performance of your asphalt mixing plant equipment, routine maintenance is critical during the winter shutdown. This is why asphalt plants close for the winter. Here is a scientific guide to winter maintenance that will help you take care of your asphalt mixing plant.

Follow the maintenance manual

During the winter shutdown period, it is a crucial step to perform plant maintenance in strict accordance with the maintenance manual. This includes regularly checking key components of the asphalt batching plant to ensure they are functioning properly. From lubrication to electrical components, we should maintain everything according to the manual to improve the life and performance of the equipment.

Regularly check the lubrication system

Ensure that all parts that require lubrication are properly lubricated. Check grease levels and replenish as needed.

Electrical Component Inspection

Carefully inspect critical electrical components such as infrared temperature sensors. During shutdowns, disassemble and store some critical components to prevent snow-induced corrosion.

Thus, by choosing our asphalt plants, you will receive a precise maintenance programme for your equipment, ensuring that it is maintained to the highest standards and that the life of your equipment is extended, starting with us. In addition, moisture protection measures are also crucial for protecting your asphalt batch plant.

Moisture protection to protect equipment from humidity

With low temperatures and rain in winter, equipment is susceptible to moisture, leading to corrosion and ageing, and taking moisture-proof measures is key. Especially for asphalt mixing machines in open sites, ensure that the equipment is not subject to moisture during downtime and remains in good condition.

With heavy moisture in winter, take the following steps to ensure that your equipment is not exposed to moisture.

  • Wrap the equipment: Use tarpaulins to cover the equipment, especially the burners and motors, to prevent the intrusion of rain and snow.
  • Empty bins: Empty cold and hot bins to avoid water build-up in the bins that can cause caking problems.
  • Clean the dust collector: Thoroughly clean the dust collector to ensure that the equipment can operate properly before starting work.

Then we will also put the maintenance to the lubrication process, which is helpful to prevent bearing corrosion.

Pay attention to lubrication to prevent bearing corrosion

For bearings that require regular lubrication, it is vital to ensure that the grease is topped up or the filler necks are covered during downtime. This can effectively prevent snow from seeping into the bearings and avoid rusting problems. A scientific lubrication programme is an important part of equipment maintenance.

Furthermore, there are also more tips that you should pay attention to when maintaining your asphalt batch plant in winter.

Protect against snow and water, moisture, rust and rodents

During winter shutdowns, we should consider a combination of measures against snow water, moisture, rust and rodent damage.

  • Burner and motor protection: using tarpaulin wrapping is an effective means of preventing snow water and moisture from causing a malfunction due to moisture.
  • Silo management: Empty cold and hot silos and clean the dust collector well to prevent the equipment from caking with moisture. Clean the dust collector to ensure that it is leak-proof and water-proof.
  • Rodent control: During shutdowns, the station may become a cold shelter for rodents. Take measures such as anti-rodent work in cable ducts and control room locations, and even use equipment such as putting out rodenticides. By preventing rat infestation, you can ensure the normal operation of power equipment.

Furthermore, a general maintenance plan is necessary for you to make up.

Develop a scientific maintenance programme

After the winter shutdown period, it is crucial to formulate a scientific and effective maintenance plan on time. Regular inspection of equipment, to solve the problems found, to ensure that the equipment is always in good working condition, for the start of production after the start of adequate preparation.

  • Regular inspection plan: Determine the plan for regular inspection of equipment, including lubrication system, electrical components, moisture-proof measures, etc.
  • Problem-solving: Find problems and solve them in time, including replacing damaged parts, repairing the lubrication system and so on.
  • Equipment Status Record: Record the status and maintenance of the equipment to track the overall performance of the equipment.
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Of course, AIMIX will provide a scientific and effective maintenance programme to check the equipment regularly and solve potential problems. Choosing our asphalt plants and our various services ensures that your asphalt mixing plant can be put into efficient production immediately after the winter shutdown.

Conclusion

With scientific planning and maintenance, you can ensure that your asphalt mixing plant remains in top condition even during the winter shutdown period. This not only extends the service life of your plant but also provides a reliable basis for future project production. Winter maintenance makes the equipment more cold-resistant and stable and helps the smooth progress of engineering construction. Of course, if you have more needs about the asphalt plant, you can contact us. Therefore, we will provide more detailed service, and a more high-quality asphalt batching plant, to help your career success!

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