For predictive maintenance, ATS maintains a staff of trained and/or certified technicians to assist in asset inspection and evaluation. These technicians use vibration and oil analysis together with thermographic imaging, ultrasonic and electrical diagnostics to accurately assess the condition of your equipment. Using predictive maintenance techniques can evaluate the condition of equipment to predict and plan maintenance schedules.
Predictive maintenance does not fix the problems with the equipment. Instead, predictive maintenance identifies the problematic issues in a premature stage that cannot be detected by visual or other inspections of the equipment. This early identification can prevent catastrophic failures and considerable downtime.
By using thermographic imaging, ATS can determine temperature variations in equipment, which tends to be abnormal hotspots. Ultrasonic diagnostics can be utilized to find process leaks of air, gas, steam and vacuum, among others. Oil analysis determines the overall condition of a lubricant and is one of the critical aspects of predictive maintenance. Vibration analysis can find issues such as misalignment, out of balance conditions and bearings defects. All of these predictive maintenance techniques will help you to locate and identify any issues with equipment in the earliest stages of malfunction.
ATS' predictive maintenance staff will utilize these techniques to better assess the condition and potential problems with equipment. Predictive maintenance offers many advantages, including costs savings, better planning of maintenance work and an increased return on investment. The key to a successful predictive maintenance program is knowing how to use the tools and where to apply them. ATS' highly-trained and qualified staff has this knowledge of predictive maintenance techniques for your factory maintenance requirements.