Daily Maintenance of Glass Washing Machines: Key Measures to Ensure the Quality and Efficiency of Glass Processing
On the production lines in the glass processing industry, glass washing machines play an extremely important role, just like a loyal guard, ensuring that each piece of glass can enter the next process in a clean and flawless state. However, whether they can operate continuously and efficiently is closely related to daily maintenance. Recently, the importance attached to the daily maintenance of glass washing machines in the industry has been continuously increasing, and various enterprises have gradually realized that this is a core link in ensuring product quality and improving production efficiency.
A glass washing machine mainly consists of key parts such as the transmission system, the cleaning system, the drying system, and the electrical control system. Its working principle is to send the glass into the cleaning area in an orderly manner by means of the transmission device, use the cleaning liquid sprayed by the high-pressure nozzles to wash away impurities such as oil stains and dust on the glass surface, and then dry it in the drying area to produce clean and dry glass products. However, during long-term high-load operation, glass washing machines will inevitably encounter various types of wear and potential problems, making daily maintenance particularly crucial.
I. Cleaning Work: Keeping the Machine Body and Surrounding Environment Clean
When the glass washing machine is in operation, the cleaning liquid and glass debris are likely to remain inside the machine body and its surroundings. If the cleaning is not done in a timely manner, the dirt will not only damage the appearance of the equipment but also erode the components and shorten the service life of the equipment. The maintenance team of a well-known glass processing enterprise will conduct a comprehensive and detailed cleaning of the glass washing machine after the production ends every day. They first wipe the surface of the machine body with a wet cloth to remove the attached dust and stains, and then use special tools to clean up the residues in the cleaning tank to ensure the unobstructed circulation of the cleaning liquid. At the same time, they will carefully sweep away the glass debris on the conveyor belt to prevent it from entering the transmission components and affecting the transmission accuracy and stability.
Conversely, if the cleaning work is neglected, for example, a small glass factory has not cleaned the cleaning tank for a long time, resulting in the accumulation of residues, which has caused the uneven spraying pressure of the nozzles due to the unsmooth circulation of the cleaning liquid, greatly reducing the glass cleaning effect and significantly increasing the reject rate. Moreover, the corrosive substances in the dirt on the machine body have also accelerated the rusting and corrosion of the metal components, causing frequent failures of the equipment and a sharp increase in maintenance costs.
II. Lubrication Work: Ensuring the Smooth Operation of Transmission Components
The components such as bearings, chains, and transmission gears in the transmission system are in continuous operation and require sufficient and suitable lubrication to reduce friction and wear. It is known that the equipment maintenance personnel of an industry-leading enterprise conduct lubrication and maintenance on these key transmission components once a week in strict accordance with the requirements of the equipment operation manual. They select high-quality lubricants and adopt different lubrication methods such as dripping, smearing, or injecting according to the different characteristics of the components to ensure that the lubricants can be evenly distributed on each friction surface. Through such scientific and effective lubrication measures, the transmission system of the glass washing machine in this enterprise operates more smoothly, the noise is significantly reduced, and the equipment failure rate is also greatly reduced.
On the other hand, if the lubrication work is not done properly, for example, a processing factory, in order to save costs, has been using inferior lubricants for a long time and has not added them on time, resulting in aggravated wear of the bearings and the occurrence of jamming. This not only makes the operation of the transmission system unstable, causing the glass to get stuck and scratched during transmission, affecting the product quality, but also forces the early replacement of a large number of transmission components due to excessive wear of the components, increasing the equipment maintenance costs and downtime, and seriously affecting the production progress.
III. Inspection Work: Ensuring the Stability of Electrical and Key Components
Regularly checking whether the electrical system circuit connections are firm, and whether there are any damages, aging, etc., is of vital importance for the safe and stable operation of the glass washing machine. The electrical engineers of a large glass production enterprise will conduct a comprehensive inspection of the electrical control system of the glass washing machine once a month. They carefully check each electrical line, tighten the loose terminal blocks, replace the aged or damaged wires, and at the same time test the performance of the electrical components to ensure their normal operation. In addition, the maintenance personnel will also regularly check the working status of the nozzles, water pumps and other components of the cleaning system, check whether the nozzles are blocked and whether the water pump pressure is normal, and conduct timely cleaning or repair to ensure that the cleaning effect remains consistent.
Conversely, if there is a lack of regular inspection, for example, a glass factory did not check the electrical lines in a timely manner. In a humid environment, a short circuit occurred at a damaged part of a line, causing a failure of the electrical system and shutting down the entire glass washing machine. This not only caused the interruption of production and the delay of order delivery, but also the electric sparks generated by the short circuit might cause a fire, bringing huge safety hazards and economic losses to the enterprise.
The daily maintenance of glass washing machines is a systematic and long-term work, which requires enterprises to attach great importance to it ideologically and strictly implement it in action. Only through scientific and reasonable maintenance measures can the glass washing machine be ensured to operate stably for a long time, providing a solid guarantee for glass processing enterprises to produce high-quality glass products and enabling them to remain invincible in the fierce market competition. Each enterprise should actively learn from advanced experiences and continuously improve its own equipment maintenance system to promote the healthy development of the entire glass processing industry.