The East African manufacturers are due for benefits of predictive maintenance.
Effective and efficient maintenance is at the heart of any factory or plant.
Traditionally, maintenance was based on failure. We fired up our systems, and when something broke, we rushed in and fixed it. This has proven to be costly — very costly.
Predictive maintenance relies on monitoring the actual operational condition of critical equipment and uses the data, and trends in the data, to detect upcoming failures. Failures are rarely instantaneous. There is usually some measurable change in local conditions that will predict an imminent failure. We can thus run equipment to its natural life cycle and provide maintenance and repair when it is actually needed. It allows planning of the repairs and procurement of parts and services, and it prevents catastrophic failures and collateral damage. This will also reduce process and production losses and eliminate the environmental non-compliances we face when our processes get knocked out mid-stream.
The easiest way to drive the change to predictive maintenance is to go slowly, one piece of equipment at a time. Start with the largest, costliest items and work your way through your process from there. Predictive maintenance is not just the future of maintenance; it is the present. We’ve had most of what we need for years. Now it is time to completely implement predictive maintenance into the water and wastewater industries.
Local manufacturers in the East African region will lower costs by avoiding factory downtime for both workers and machines, replacement of unneeded parts, expedited shipping costs for replacement parts and the high expert costs associated with fixing machines.
Comztech can be contacted at 0204343047 or info@comztech.com
Credit to Paul Brake – http://www.wateronline.com/doc/the-journey-to-predictive-maintenance-0001