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Cyclone Jamming

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Production Stoppage Analysis

Feed Stoppage Time Feed Starting Time Duration


14/03/2012 10:48 14/03/2012 15:36 04:48
19/03/12 15:46 20/03/12 00:33 08:47
15/04/12 23:08 16/04/12 12:19 13:11

Reason of Stoppage
Cyclone – 5 cone jamming.

Detail of stoppage
Due to coating fall cyclone-5 cone get blocked with coating and material, this jamming will restrict
the free passage of material through the cyclone cone and plant had to stoppage for the cleaning
of blockage.

Remedial Action ( In the scope of Production Department )


Coating formation inside a cyclone is normal phenomena and it is building due to various reason related to
quality of input material and some process conditions which are not 100% control in our hand. Best policy is
to clean the cyclone timely, our normal procedure of cleaning of cyclone is yearly, due to changed market
demand and financial conditions yearly shutdown was postponed to 1.5 year. We are planning to take
shutdown in September 2012 and expecting to come out of this problem.

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