Essential skills for chemical equipment engineers
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What knowledge and skills must be mastered as a chemical equipment engineer? Structure, principles, wear parts, spare parts, mechanical drawing, material properties, and differences of stationary and moving equipment. I hope everyone will discuss it.
Capabilities are multifaceted and should not be limited to professionalism
1. Design of chemical process flow diagrams and independent design of chemical engineering equipment; 2. Chemical anti-corrosion materials and new materials; 3. Skills in drawing chemical engineering machinery; 4. Various design and analysis software
Skilled equipment management capabilities； Equipment failure analysis capability ； Cartographic skills, and more importantly, the ability to read maps ； Good at summarizing and generalizing ； Planned capacity for stockpiling equipment spare parts
This is quite general; to improve one needs to take targeted supplementary courses. I have a question: does anyone have any training materials specific to chemical equipment engineers? If so, please share them so we can all learn together and improve together, how about that?
I think this requirement is quite high and may be difficult to meet; therefore, the key lies in whether you are willing to learn – first, professional knowledge, and second, related knowledge. Also, it’s important to collect as much information and books as possible, and to consult them promptly when problems arise in order to solve them.
1. Capability in spare parts management, familiarity with inventory, and planned procurement of spare parts. 2. Develop annual maintenance plans and major repair plans. 3. Practical skills are essential; theoretical knowledge alone is not enough. To gain others’ trust, one must have the ability to handle emergency faults. 4. Analyze and identify the causes of faults, and implement corrective measures. 5. Ability to conduct root cause analysis. 6. Self-learning ability, including familiarity with the important parameters outlined in the instruction manuals for various devices.
I think there is another important aspect, which is the ability to communicate with maintenance workers