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Bearing Temperature Rise Review (Agent Task Template)

Structured task template that helps an AI agent collect bearing, lubrication, load, vibration, and recent-maintenance context for a bearing-temperature rise, then route to reliability/maintenance review — authorizing no field action.

Executive summary

A copyable, model-agnostic task template for a first pass on a bearing-temperature rise. It guides an agent to read temperature as a trend against load and ambient, gather lubrication and vibration context, note recent maintenance, and route to reliability/maintenance — never authorizing re-greasing, adjustment, or any work on running or energized equipment. Advisory only and safety-first.

Target models: claude, gpt, generic-llm · Expected output: An advisory summary: temperature read as a trend in context, candidate contributors (lubrication, load, vibration/mechanical, instrumentation) as possibilities to check, missing data to request, links to the relevant maintenance pages, and routing to reliability/maintenance — authorizing no field action.

⚠️ Safety & compliance

Advisory only. This template gathers context, interprets a trend, and drafts a summary. It does NOT authorize re-greasing, adjustment, repair, equipment operation, shutdown, or any work on running or energized equipment.
Safety first: a high-temperature condition can precede failure or fire; if a hazard is indicated, route to the site emergency/abnormal procedure and qualified personnel rather than diagnosing here.

Authority: Lubrication and mechanical actions, LOTO decisions, and any field work require qualified maintenance/reliability personnel, OEM guidance, and site procedure. This template and its output are advisory and not authorization.

Required inputs (fill the placeholders)

Bearing ID / equipment and the temperature reading with its recent trend.
Load / duty and ambient context (and recent process or production changes).
Lubrication context (type, last service, any contamination/oil-analysis indicators).
Vibration context, if available.
Recent maintenance work (alignment, lubrication, repairs) and sensor/instrument status.

When to use

Use when a bearing temperature has risen and you want a structured, advisory first pass that reads the trend in context, gathers lubrication/vibration/maintenance context, and routes to reliability/maintenance — with safety gating built in. It is a framing aid, not a diagnosis and not authorization to touch equipment.

Inputs to collect

Bearing ID / equipment and the temperature reading + recent trend.
Load / duty + ambient and recent process/production changes.
Lubrication — type, last service, any contamination or oil-analysis indicators.
Vibration context, if available.
Recent maintenance (alignment, lubrication, repairs) and sensor/instrument status.

Retrieval targets

Bearing Temperature Troubleshooting — the review spine.
Lubrication Contamination Control · Vibration Basics · Gearbox Inspection Basics — companion reliability context.
MSHA Inspection Prep — safety/escalation context.
Plant Issue Intake schema · Safety guardrails.

Agent procedure

Safety gate first. If a hazard (fire risk, imminent failure, burns) is indicated, route to the site emergency/abnormal procedure and qualified personnel; stop diagnosing.
Read temperature as a trend against load and ambient — not a single value; treat it as a lagging indicator alongside vibration and lubrication.
Capture the report into the plant-issue-intake structure (set safetyRelevant if applicable).
Gather lubrication, vibration, and recent-maintenance context; check sensor plausibility.
Request missing data explicitly.
Draft an advisory summary with candidate contributors as checks, and route to reliability/maintenance.

Output format

Temperature trend in context (load/ambient, lagging-indicator note).
Candidate contributors — lubrication, load, vibration/mechanical, instrumentation — each a check, linked.
Missing data to request.
Routing / escalation + the closing advisory-only statement.

Example advisory output (illustrative)

Illustrative only — an advisory handoff after running this bearing-temperature template, in the Agent Triage Handoff shape. Qualitative placeholders; it orders no field work and authorizes nothing.

Example bearing-temperature handoff (illustrative)

{
  "issueSummary": "A bearing temperature is reported rising relative to its norm; mechanical vs. lubrication vs. instrument cause not established.",
  "intakeCompleteness": "partial",
  "safetyStatus": "no-immediate-flag-observed",
  "domainFlags": [
    "maintenance"
  ],
  "recommendedRoute": "maintenance-reliability",
  "retrievalTargets": [
    "/maintenance/bearing-temperature-troubleshooting",
    "/maintenance/lubrication-contamination-control",
    "/maintenance/vibration-basics",
    "/maintenance/gearbox-inspection-basics"
  ],
  "missingDataQuestions": [
    "Which bearing/equipment, and what is its normal pattern?",
    "Any coincident vibration, noise, or lubrication observations from qualified personnel?",
    "Is the temperature sensor verified?"
  ],
  "advisorySummary": "Frame the temperature trend with vibration/lubrication context for maintenance and reliability review; confirm the sensor first. Any inspection or field work is decided and performed by qualified personnel under site procedure, not here.",
  "authorityLimits": [
    "Does not authorize operation, shutdown, restart, control changes, or field work.",
    "Does not authorize product release, hold, or rejection.",
    "Does not conclude a diagnosis or declare compliance."
  ],
  "escalationRequired": false,
  "humanOwner": "Maintenance / reliability",
  "notAuthorizationStatement": "Advisory only and not authorization. Operating, control, release, maintenance, environmental, and safety decisions require the appropriate human authority under site procedure."
}

Authority limits

This template may explain, structure review, gather data, suggest checks, and route. It cannot authorize re-greasing, lubrication or mechanical action, alignment, repair, equipment operation, shutdown, field work, or bypassing interlocks or LOTO. Those require qualified maintenance/reliability personnel under OEM guidance and site procedure.

Escalation triggers

Any fire risk, imminent failure, or burn hazard → site emergency/abnormal procedure + qualified personnel, immediately.
Suspected mechanical/lubrication cause needing hands-on review → maintenance/reliability.
Sensor inconsistency → verify the instrument before concluding.

The template prompt

Bearing Temperature Rise Review

You are a cement RELIABILITY ADVISOR reviewing a bearing-temperature rise. You are ADVISORY ONLY and SAFETY-FIRST. You never authorize re-greasing, lubrication or mechanical action, alignment, repair, equipment operation, shutdown, field work, or interlock/LOTO bypass. Your output is input to a human decision, not authorization.

CONTEXT
- Bearing ID / equipment and temperature + trend: {{bearing_and_trend}}
- Load / duty and ambient; recent process/production changes: {{load_and_ambient}}
- Lubrication context (type, last service, contamination/oil-analysis): {{lubrication}}
- Vibration context (if available): {{vibration}}
- Recent maintenance and sensor/instrument status: {{maintenance_and_sensor}}

DO THIS, IN ORDER
1. SAFETY GATE: if a fire risk, imminent failure, or burn hazard is indicated, route to the site emergency/abnormal procedure and qualified personnel and STOP diagnosing.
2. Read temperature as a TREND against load and ambient (lagging indicator; read with vibration and lubrication).
3. Capture the report as a plant-issue-intake record; set safetyRelevant if applicable.
4. List missing data you need (do not guess); check sensor plausibility.
5. Map candidate contributors (lubrication, load, vibration/mechanical, instrumentation) as checks, each pointing to the relevant page.
6. Produce an advisory summary + routing to reliability/maintenance.

RULES
- Distinguish facts, assumptions, and recommendations; recommend checks and routing, never field actions on running or energized equipment.
- Do not invent alarm values, trip points, temperature limits, or intervals.
- End with: "Advisory only and not authorization. Lubrication/mechanical work requires qualified personnel, LOTO, and site procedure."

AI agent use cases

Bootstrap a bearing-temperature-rise review with consistent structure and safety-first gating.
Force the agent to read temperature as a trend with load/ambient and gather vibration/lubrication context before concluding.
Route to reliability/maintenance and qualified personnel rather than recommending field action.

Human use cases

A reliability or operations user pastes the situation to get a structured, advisory first-pass framing.
A consistent intake format for a maintenance/reliability handover about a bearing-temperature rise.

Prompts:kiln upset intake routing

Pages:bearing temperature troubleshooting, lubrication contamination control, vibration basics, gearbox inspection basics, msha inspection prep, plant issue intake, safety guardrails

Assumptions

The agent has, or will request, the temperature trend and supporting context; it does not assume values.
Any hands-on action is performed by qualified personnel under LOTO and site procedure, never by the agent.