Your complete guide to cooling tower inspections so that you may have a deeper understanding of why inspections are so important. This step by step guide will reveal the process of what happens when a cooling tower inspection is completed, and what to expect afterwards.

2. Today, our goal is to give you a complete understanding of why
cooling tower inspections are so important. You will also learn the
step by step process of what happens when an inspection is
completed for any of your cooling towers.
Today’s Goal:

3. Items that will be covered:
Counter Flow Cooling Tower Inspection Protocols
Cross Flow Cooling Tower Inspection Protocols
Importance of Preventative Maintenance
How to Plan Ahead
What to Expect After an Inspection

4. Now, pay close attention,
If you have ever skipped one or more
inspections, then you REALLY need
to pay close attention... Let’s begin.

5. Once an inspection is scheduled,
Cooling Tower Depot, if the
chosen vendor, will complete a
thorough inspection of ALL of the
following components:
COUNTER FLOW
Inspection Protocol

6. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
1
2
Inspect all Cased Walls
Check Louvers (if installed)

7. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
3
4
Check Rain Zone
Structure
Look at Wind Walls
and Partition Walls

8. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
5
6
Inspect Stairways, Ladders
& Safety Cages
Look at Distribution
Header Piping

9. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
7
8
Check Handrail System
Around Fan Deck
Inspect Fan Deck

10. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
9
10
Look at Fan Stack
Check Mechanical Equipment
(fan, drive shafts, gearboxes, motors, oil
fill, drain lines & vents, and torque tube)

11. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
11
12 Inspect Drift Eliminators
Look at Fan Deck Access Hatches

12. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
13
14
Check out any Fill Damage
Check Upper Plenum Structure (fan deck
supports, fan stack hold downs, columns and diagonals)

13. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
15
16
Check Fill Area (columns, diagonals, and ties)
Inspect the Distribution
System (nozzles, headers,
laterals, and pipe supports)

14. A crossflow inspection is slightly
different than that of a counterflow
tower. After your inspection is
scheduled, we will complete a
thorough inspection of ALL of the
following components:
CROSSFLOW
Inspection Protocol

15. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
1
2
Inspect all Cased End Walls
Check Louvers

16. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
3
4
Look at Fill Area Structure
Check Partition Walls

17. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
5
6Check Distribution
Header Piping
Inspect Stairways, Ladders,
and Safety Cages

18. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
8
7Inspect Fan Deck
Inspect Handrail System
Around Fan Deck

19. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
9
10
Check Fan Stack
Check Mechanical Equipment
(fan, drive shafts, gearboxes, motors, oil
fill, drain lines & vents, and torque tube)

20. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
11
12
Hot Water Distribution Basins (Access
ladders, nozzles, floor, curbs, partitions, splash boxes,
flow control valves,
walkways, and
short walls)
Drift Eliminators, Air Seals,
and Drift Eliminator Supports

21. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
13
Plenum Structure (plenum walkways,
columns, diagonals, transverse and longitudinal ties)
14 Distribution Piping
(Supports, x-overs)

22. INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
15 Fill, Grids, and Fill Supports

23. Most inspections, counterflow or crossflow,
will take between 2 to 4 hours to complete
depending on the number of cells and how
quickly we may have access.

24. Photographs will be taken during the inspection process documenting
tower deficiencies. Once the inspection is complete, Cooling Tower
Depot will issue a detailed report of deficiencies documented, along
with a power point presentation of the photos taken.
What you get in return:

25. As always, we love to see our
customers, however, the less
you see of us the better…

26. Yearly inspections are just one
way to keep your costs down
and your tower running at its
peak performance…

27. You must also keep up with your
preventative maintenance:
Change Oil Check Fan Pitch Repair Damages

28. Preventative Maintenance is a must
and includes: changing the oil in the
gearboxes, checking fan pitch, and
repairing damaged tower components.

29. Whether your cooling towers are just a
couple years old, 5 years, or 10 years
old; every year your up-keep will
become more and more demanding
without the proper care.

30. Let us do the worrying for you:
Your cooling tower up-keep should be just like your car
up-keep. The maker of your vehicle has pre-set the timing
of which you need to bring your car in for an inspection.
This way your car keeps running at its peak performance
and if any issues are spotted, you can plan to take care of
those issues… no surprises, and worry free.

31. CTD will work with you to develop a pre-set inspection plan for
your annual and preventative maintenance inspections. This will
ensure that deficiencies and repairs occur in a timely manner,
and you won’t have to worry about them.
So don’t get overwhelmed,
we can plan ahead together:

32. Chat With Our Team:
Learn More About Inspections
More Questions?

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