What Is Preventative Maintenance ?
Preventatitve maintenance is the regular inspection and maintenance of equipment, machinery or assets in order to keep them running and prevent costly downtime caused by unexpected failure.
A successful preventative maintenance program requires careful planning and scheduling along with a process to tackle remedial works for any corrective actions required.
To ensure assets are not overlooked, good record keeping of past inspections coupled with the accurate tagging of assets form a vital part of the maintenance program.
The exact requirement for any maintenance task will vary from asset to asset so inspections should be carried out by trained and knowledgeable technicians who are familiar with both the function and operation of the asset and any manufacturers guidelines relating to its maintenance, consequently, due to the complexities involved, many companies choose to outsource their preventative maintenance to an external company who specialise in this area.
Why Is Preventative Maintenance Important ?
There are many advantages to having a preventative maintenance schedule, these include:
Proper maintenance helps to avoid potentially dangerous failures and mitigates against personal injury and liability lawsuits.
Failure to inspect, maintain or replace faulty parts can cause equipment to fail resulting in increased repair bills or expensive replacements.
Unexpected downtime may lead to missed targets or failing to meet customer demands or orders. In a competitive market this can damage a company's reputation. Regular maintenance helps to ensure equipment works reliably at the time you need it most.
A regular routine of preventative maintenance can spot problems before they develop often making them quicker and cheaper to fix.
Outsourcing maintenance allows your staff to focus on their own work without the distraction of concerns about the equipment they are using.
How Can MSM Help You With Preventative Maintenance ?
MSM have implemented the design and development of Facility Maintenance schedules and maintenance planning for many major industrial companies.
MSM overall philosophy is to establish fair and equitable dealings with our clients in order to establish long term working relationships of benefit to both parties. Our policy remains to provide professional service solutions to our client's requirements of which we can be proud.
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
Preventative maintenance operations/electrical & mechanical engineers
Fire alarm testing, fire alarm flame detector testing, emergency light testing
Filter replacements, filter chamber cleaning, air eliminator maintenance, cleaning & inspections
Roller shutter inspection, service & installation
Racking inspections & installations
Earth clamp continuity testing
Safety showers & eye wash installations, service & inspections
Fire extinguishers, service & inspections
Ladder inspections, walkways & steps inspections
Interceptor maintenance/inspection/cleaning
Fume cupboard & lev thorough inspections/cleaning/air flow monitoring
Air filter/regulator/oiler service, inspection & maintenance
Emergency backup installation to telephone systems, mia (major incident alarms), announcement systems
Tank high level alarm maintenance/testing/inspections
Coded pipe work fabrication / installation (carbon steel & plastic)
Storage tank installation, tank & equipment inspections
Platforms / walkways / ladders / installation, all welding (all materials, gas, mig & tig), pump installations
Loading arm maintenance / repairs / installation
Pressure testing / pipe work / hoses. All aspects of plumbing & pipe fitting
FIRE MAIN DELUGE FLUSHING/INSPECTIONS/MAINTENANCE
Fire main/water storage/deluge/sprinkler system maintenance & inspections
Deluge system maintenance
Foam testing