Rotating equipment

Rotating equipment is the maintenance-engineering category covering machinery with a rotating element: pumps, compressors, turbines, fans, and their drivers, as opposed to static equipment such as vessels, tanks, and heat exchangers. At a liquid-bulk, LNG, or chemical terminal it names the cargo pumps, booster and vapor-return compressors, and firewater pumps whose condition, vibration, and seal integrity govern transfer rate and uptime. The distinction drives the inspection regime: rotating equipment runs on condition monitoring, vibration analysis, and seal and bearing programs, while static equipment runs on the thickness and pressure-test cycle. Reliability of these machines sets berth occupancy at a pumped-cargo terminal.