PARAMETERS AND THEIR SCORES

Operating Operating
Score Safety Critical Compliance Critical Production Duty Media Handled Speed Load Maintainability Material
Pressure Temperature

Assets required for Assets required Complex machine2

Required for Wetted parts hazardous,
firefighting and safety, for meeting legal Heavy load, • s everal auxiliaries, interlocks, trips, •h
 igh degree of skill required Duplex steel, high alloy steel,
production, inflammable or highly >300°C
e.g., fire water pumps, compliance,e.g., >100 kg/cm2 impact load, safety devices and instrumentation for operation and maintenance exotic material requiring special
5 continuous corrosive, e.g., ammonia, or <0°C >3,000 rpm 1
fire tenders, smoke on-line analyzers for or vacuum alternating • c ontinuous monitoring of vibration (vendor support necessary for electrodes, pre- and post- heat
operation and hydrocarbons, (cryogenic)
detectors, fire stacks, flow meters load • f orced lubrication system repairs) treatment, skilled welder
no standby concentrated acids
extinguishers for effluent discharges • multi-stage •e
 xotic metallurgy

Production related 40–100 kg/cm2 1,501– Fluctuating

4 Less hazardous than 5 200–300°C
but has standby gauge 3,000 rpm load

Semi-complex machine3
Production related • c ontinuous monitoring • multi-stage
Less hazardous/ corrosive 10–30 kg/cm 2
600– Almost Non-ferrous steels requiring
3 but intermittent 100–200°C •n  o forced lubrication •m  oderate skill required for
than 4, e.g., hot condensate gauge 1,500 rpm steady load special repair procedures
running •n  o auxiliary overhauling

Non-production duty, Semi-complex machine4

<10–4 kg/cm2
2 continuous, Lube oil, cooling water, etc. 45–100°C <600 rpm •n
 o special instrumentation • low degree of skill required for Austenitic steels
gauge
no standby •n
 o auxiliaries operation and maintenance

Non-production,
Non-hazardous/non-corrosive, <4 kg/cm2 Static Normal metallurgy (carbon and
1 continuous/intermit- 0–45°C Simple single-stage equipment5
e.g., service water gauge equipment low alloy steels)
tent and has standby

1
If machine is connected through a speed-reduction gearbox, use the highest speed of the train. For example, if alternator speed is 1,500 rpm and drive turbine 3
Semi-complex machines requiring a 3 rating for maintainability include multi-stage pumps like boiler feedwater pumps, pumps with dedicated mechanical-seal
speed is 7,500 rpm, use 7,500 rpm for scoring the train. support systems, pressure vessels, pressure relief valves, shell-and-tube heat exchangers and plate heat exchangers.
2
Examples of complex machines include steam turbine/compressor trains, turbo-generator sets, boilers, reactors, and grab cranes with variable-frequency drives. 4
Examples of semi-complex machines needing only a 2 rating for maintainability are vertical single-stage pumps, agitators, fans and blowers.
5
Simple machines include end-suction pumps, gear pumps, dosing pumps, etc.
Table 1. Scoring criteria should reflect the particular plant; ones given here are purely illustrative.