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Predictive Maintenance

I read a great article on-line today about Predictive Maintenance and it got me thinking about the impact of the use of Watt-Flex® cartridge heaters and Maintenance Scheduling. More than likely, the most common Maintenance Scheduling that we confront is Reactive Maintenance, which employs the Run-to-Failure approach. This is simply letting a system run until something breaks ... when the heater goes, replace it.

Preventive Maintenance is the next most aggressive form. This is Maintenance performed on a regular schedule to extend the life of the equipment. While Maintenance is scheduled after elapsed calendar time or machine run time, heater replacement is often still on a run-to-failure basis. The real benefit here is the record keeping ... now heater life is being tracked and the Plant Engineering Dept. will have a pretty good handle on the benefits of using a superior heater.

Predictive maintenance utilizes the tracking of key indicators over time to predict when equipment will need repair or experience failure. Equipment is measured on a regular basis for prediction of repair cycles and heater groups will be replaced when one heater fails or they will be automatically replaced on a scheduled basis. This allows greater control for purchasing and stocking. It also brings focus to bear on the benefits of the Watt-Flex heater: longer life, greater reliability, ease of replacement and reduced machine down time.

Friday Funnies

A mother and daughter were riding in a cab though New York City when the daughter
noticed some scantily clad women loitering on a street. "Mommy," the little girl asked,
"what are all those ladies doing?"

"They're waiting for their husbands to come home from work." the mother answered.

"C'mon lady, they're hookers!" retorted the cab driver.

After a stunned silence, the daughter asked, "Mommy, do hookers have children?"

"Of course," the mother replied, "where do you think cabbies come from?"

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