Level 6 of 15 · Maintenance lab

Air compressor not loading

Level 6 of 15 in the Maintenance lab: a free maintenance exercise at Intermediate level. It runs but the pressure never climbs: an open unloader coil.

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Goal

It runs but the pressure never climbs: an open unloader coil.

Done when

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

Compressed air
Coil continuity
Stored energy

Skills

Compressed air
Coil continuity
Stored energy

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Level 5, Level transmitter reading wrong, comes first. Do it first if the ideas are new to you.

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15 levels

Levels in the Maintenance lab

Keep a small plant running: find faults with real instruments, fix them safely and record the work in a CMMS.

Foundation

Levels 1 to 2

Intermediate

Levels 3 to 8

Advanced

Levels 9 to 15

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Part of the Maintenance lab

Keep a small plant running: find faults with real instruments, fix them safely and record the work in a CMMS.

Feeds these internships (training, not employment): Commissioning and Maintenance, Instrumentation and Process Control, Control Panel Design and Wiring.

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