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Industrial plants, factories, mines and ships
rely heavily on the reliability of their equipment and
machinery; pumps being a core part of this. Downtime of a
pump can costly in terms of loss of output and the cost of
repairs. Imagine your pump plays a critical role in your
production line; it is responsible for dosing a specific
quantity of ingredient into a mix. If the pump unexpectedly
fails, then the production of the mix comes to a halt. A
pump failing on board a ship out at sea can have even worse
implications, especially if it one required for the safety
or operation of the vessel. Pump maintenance is therefore an
integral operation within any plant to limit this costly
downtime… Maintenance is commonly split into two classifications; corrective and preventive maintenance. Corrective maintenance is essentially maintenance that is undertaken to cope with a pump failure that has already occurred. It has to be undertaken as quickly and efficiently as possible to get the installation up and running again with as little impact on operation as possible. Relying on corrective maintenance however is an issue. It means that maintenance is only carried out once a problem has already arisen rather than preventing the problem from happening in the first place. To avoid downtime caused by unexpected problems with the pump, it is important to introduce a preventive maintenance schedule. |
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