s h o r t - t e r m - b e n e f i t s

There are five key areas in which a regular oil analysis, condition monitoring program will benefit your company in the short term:

Save unnecessary oil changes

Only changing the oil when necessary will save you downtime and therefore be of huge financial benefit. You will also be saving a depleting natural resource and, most importantly, uneccessary oil changes means lost evidences of plant condition.

Assist in finding developing faults at an early stage

Finding developing faults at an early stage is essentialto avoiding failures of critical plant which is not only expensive to replace, but will also save you in lost production and avoid penalty clauses for downtime.

Assist in determining oil quality

Plant failure is often due to defective or incorrect oil use. Regular oil analysis will assist in determining the quality of the oil.

Assist in isolating faults on broken plant

You will be able to carry out more time efficient repairs if the faults on the broken plant have been identitied prior to plant shutdown.

Act as an audit tool

Regular oil analysis means plant owners can monitor the maintenance work of external contractors.

l o n g - t e r m - b e n e f i t s

There are six key areas in which a regular oil analysis, condition monitoring program will benefit your company in the long term:

Prolongs the life of the plant

The plant will operate more efficiently and the components will last longer.

Efficient use of plant shutdown

You will be fully updated on the condition of the plant, and therefore be more able to maintain the plant in most need of attention during plant shutdown.

Planned maintenance

Down time can be organised on a planned rather than emergency basis.

Efficient allocation of maintenance budget

Being fully informed of the condition of the plant will mean you will be able to make more efficient use of limited manpower and save on expensive call out costs.

Counter false claims

A regular oil analysis program can be used as part of warranty to counter false claims, thus proving you are accountable.

Know what’s going on

You will get the best out of your plant. Informed engineers who know the state of their plant, are those who get the best out of the plant.