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Category 1 Cooker Shutdown Checklist (Rev 4)

by John Pointon, from the Community

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Comprehensive shutdown checklist for a Category 1 industrial cooker. Guides operators through safe, step by step tasks including isolating oxidiser and crown valves, draining shafts, cooling with raw material, stopping pumps, clearing discharge screws, and cleaning magnets. Covers steam blowdowns, washing sedimenter, shakers and decanters, verifying meal bins, fire extinguishing system checks, QR code confirmations, photo records, and manager sign off.

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Category 3 shutdown checklist for Super Cooker 1. Step by step sequence to safely power down production. Isolate screws, pumps and valves. Verify cooker feed, steam and vacuum. Flush decanter, shakers, presses and lines. Shut fans, conveyors and motors. Complete final checks across SCADA. Includes operator, runner and managerial sign offs with time and photo evidence to ensure a controlled and compliant shutdown.

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by Darren Challinor, from the Community

20+

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Use this CAT 1 cooker start-up checklist to guide a safe, step by step commissioning process. Confirm no isolations are in place, start the oxidiser, set the fire extinguishing system, begin crushing, open dampers and feed valves, fill the cooker to the desired level, manage steam to warm pipework, check condensate clarity, ramp the system, and warm sedimenter, presses, shakers, decanters, and pump lines before discharge. Includes operator and managerial sign offs.

by John Pointon, from the Community

10+

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Template

CAT 1 Crusher Weekend Shutdown Inspection

Use this weekend shutdown inspection checklist to assess crusher magnets and isolation steps across CAT 1 crushing lines. Document before and after photos for magnets on crushers 4 and 5, switch magnets off on the isolator, and record who completed each task. Capture managerial sign-off to verify completion and compliance. Ideal for mine and quarry maintenance teams standardizing shutdown procedures and improving safety.

by Category 1, from the Community

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Category 1 Cooker Shutdown Checklist (Rev 4)

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