DRUM Screen Failure

No. Failure Mode Failure Mechanism Failure Cause

Mesh Failure Mesh panel damaged
1 Inadequate Filtration
Wall seal failure Age, worm seal Excessive VNoise in/from Screen
Worn drive pinion
2 Noise in/from screen Excessive vibration
Damage edge seal No screen washwater
3 Check washwater Age
No screen washwater valve and jets
Washwater strainers Strainersnot flushed
4 Tripping Alignment Age
Severe Corrosion Age, not operated
enough
Drive pinion failure
Circuit breaker failure
Motor Failure
Loose or blown fuse
loose mounting
Incorrect oil level
Gearbox Failure gear wear and/or age
5 Screen Failure to
operate Seal failure
level in oil reservoir
Main bearing failure
Seal failure
Locked-up screen Inadequate foreign
material exclusion
Washwater valves
Washwater Failure and/or jets not
operating correctly
 Noise in/from Screen

n washwater