Preventative Maintenance
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HEAT IS THE ENEMY!
Equipment and components often show a distinctive "heat signature" prior to total failure.
Manufacturing and warehousing facilities depend on "up time" of critical equipment to maintain production. This is accomplished using preventative maintenance and predictive maintenance programs to monitor the condition of operating equipment.
There are many techniques used: vibration analysis, ultra-sonic sound analysis, lubrication analysis and Infrared Thermal Imaging are among the various tools applied to this process.
Infrared scanning equipment and certification training is very expensive and businesses of all sizes may not have brought this technique "in-house". There is a solution!
Contract with Magic Leak Finders for a regularly scheduled scan of all your equipment.
Magic Leak Finders uses state-of-the-art FLIR Infrared equipment.
We work with your maintenance personnel to develop a comprehensive plan to monitor your facility on a regular basis. We can monitor the physical structure and all the operating equipment that you use.
WHY SHOULD YOU DO THIS?
Industry studies have determined that using infrared scanning as part of you PdM
program has a great ROI.
The studies have shown that the ROI is 20/1! For every dollar spent on IR Scanning, $20 (or more) is saved in reduction in maintenance cost and lost time due unplanned down time.
Example: (from a white paper about IR use at a General Motors plant)
"Overheated chain on V8 engine track"
The cost of proactive repairs to the overheated chain (discovered by an IR Scan) included $45 for one man-hour of labor plus $20 for grease. Compare the "projected reactive task cost" (post failure) that would have accrued had the chain been run to failure: 136 man-hours at $45 per hour, plus 1,072 hours of lost production labor at $39 per hour. Add parts cost or $32,430 to replace 4600 links of chain, $750 for new drive chains and $20 for grease.
The avoided costs were clearly substantial. The total cost of the proactive repair was a mere $65, but the total reactive repair would have cost $81,078 plus the unquantified cost of lost production for two shifts, an estimated 2100 V-8 engine units, for a total savings in the range of $1,000,000 YIKES!
WHERE SHOULD I USE THIS IN MY FACILITY?
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT: MOTORS-PANEL BOARDS-TRANSFORMERS
BOILERS / FURNACES REFRACTORY COATINGS & INSULATION
PROCESS PIPING (steam, water, oil, air, ??)
CONVEYOR SYSTEMS BEARINGS & ROLLERS
STORAGE / PROCESS TANKS (sludge build up, failed insulation, content level)
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS / COOLING TOWERS/ AIR HANDLERS
FLAT ROOF SYSTEMS FOR MOISTURE INTRUSION / ROOF FAILURE
BUILDING INSULATION
CMU WALLS FOR PROPER GROUTING (did they grout / install proper rebar?)
This is only a partial list. Any manufacturing facility is a "target rich" environment for
Infrared Thermal Scanning.
Services:
Contact Thermal-Diagnostics to schedule a consultation and physical "walk through" of your facility. We can help you add the Infrared Scanning capability to your maintenance program and start saving money.
Contracts are available on a one-time basis or a scheduled program of on-going, periodic scans of your facility to provide the best protection and on-going peace of mind.
In Los Angeles area call: 818-305-4804