Motor Driven Roller (MDR) Conveyor preventive maintenance checklist

If you look after Motor Driven Roller (MDR) Conveyor equipment, you already know the failures: dead zones, failed photo eyes and MDR cards that nobody has a spare for.

This checklist gives you 3 ready-to-use PM tasks with frequency, trade, estimated hours, step-by-step procedure, parts, safety requirements and pass/fail criteria. Import it into your CMMS or print it for the technician.

Where to get the Motor Driven Roller (MDR) Conveyor checklist

This set ships inside the Maintenance Planner Toolkit with the other 10 asset classes. Want to try the format first? The belt conveyor checklist is free, direct CSV, no signup.

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What is in the checklist

PM taskFrequencyPass / fail
Weekly MDR zone check
Mechanical, 0.5 h, downtime: No
WeeklyAll zones accumulate correctly; no missing bands
Monthly MDR service
Mechanical, 1.0 h, downtime: Yes
MonthlyZero fault codes; all rollers free; band count complete
Annual MDR electrical inspection
Electrical, 2.0 h, downtime: Yes
AnnualSupply voltage within 24 V +/- 5 percent; E-stop drops all zones

Sample procedure: Weekly MDR zone check

WeeklyMechanical0.5 h

  1. Run empty, watch each zone start and stop.
  2. Listen for noisy or dead rollers.
  3. Check O-ring or poly-v bands present and not slipping.
  4. Photo-eyes clean and unobstructed.
  5. Check for debris under rollers.

Parts: Rags. Safety: Guards in place; do not reach into running rollers.

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The Motor Driven Roller (MDR) Conveyor checklist is one of 11 asset classes in the Maintenance Planner Toolkit: 39 PM tasks, an asset register template, a parts min/max calculator, a weekly KPI dashboard, a compliance calendar and a 90-day setup guide. Built by a working maintenance planner, not a software vendor.

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