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Conveying Good Will: Conveyor Safety Tips for Industrial Workers

Hi, my name is Brooke, and I used to run the HR department in a factory. I filed a lot of injury reports and helped a tragic number of people make claims for workers' compensation or WorkCover. In many cases, the accidents involved convener belts. By seeing what not to do, I really learned what should be done in terms of conveyor safety. I love writing and wanted to convey some good will to the world through a blog – I also love puns. In this space, I plan to post on conveyor belt safety as well as other posts related to a range of industrial equipment. I hope these posts help to protect you and your workers.

Conveying Good Will: Conveyor Safety Tips for Industrial Workers

Reasons to Institute Predictive Electrical Maintenance for Your Industrial Motors

by Ceyda Graumans

As long as you run an industrial business, you likely utilise a vast selection of machinery that are outfitted with motors. Motors, irrespective of the type of equipment, function to convert electrical energy into mechanical power that enables the machinery to perform the various jobs that they are tasked with. Hence, if the motor fails, you should expect to experience complete equipment failure too! With that in mind, electrical maintenance is a critical part of running a successful business.

Although some industrialists are of the mentality that reactive maintenance is the most cost-efficient way to run their business, this approach increases the likelihood of minor motor issues worsening to the point of jeopardising the overall function of your equipment. A better alternative is enlisting predictive maintenance, which entails carrying out specific tests on a scheduled basis. This article outlines compelling reasons to institute predictive electrical maintenance for your industrial motors.

Extend your equipment's shelf life

Industrial equipment is expensive to acquire. So if you want to make the most of these assets, you need to ensure that you are investing in routine and timely servicing or you could end up losing a substantial amount of money in replacement costs! The problem with reactive maintenance is that a multitude of issues affecting your industrial motors can go undiagnosed for a lengthy period, which leads to damage to other components that are vital to the functioning of your equipment. With predictive electrical motor maintenance, you eliminate this risk.

The technicians come in with a variety of tools, such as thermal imaging scanners. The use of thermal imaging has proven invaluable in the field of predictive electrical maintenance since it allows the technicians to pinpoint issues that were previously challenging to detect early. By catching the potential of these problems before they occur, the technicians can undertake the right maintenance measures and this helps with extending the shelf life of the industrial equipment.

Mitigate the risk of downtime

A good number of industrial businesses are characterised by their high output. But for you to meet your daily targets, the motors, and industrial equipment in general, need to be functioning at optimum. A blunder some industrialists make is assuming that as long as the equipment is still running then there is no need for enlisting electrical maintenance, even if they notice a decrease in productivity. What these business owners are not taking into account is the potential for downtime, which can cost their operations a substantial sum of money.

Rather than wait for the industrial motors to give out completely, it is best to seek predictive electric maintenance the moment you notice a dip in projected outputs. The employment of multiple maintenance methods, for instance, oil testing, vibration analysis and more, increases the likelihood of isolating the cause for diminished output before your business suffers from prolonged downtime.

For more information, contact an electrical maintenance service.

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