Preventative Maintenance is a useful strategy to ensure equipment and infrastructure remains in operation throughout their staged Lifecyle.

Why preventative maintenance is important:

– Improved reliability and life of equipment

– Fewer costly repairs and downtimes associated with
unexpected equipment failure

– Fewer errors in operations as a result of equipment working          incorrectly

– Reduced health and safety risks

Maintaining assets prevents potentially dangerous failure , mitigating against injury and any associated liability lawsuits.

By making sure equipment runs according to guidelines you will help improve the lifespan of the asset. Failing parts reduce the life of your equipment, resulting in expensive repair or replacement.

Statistics show that poor maintenance can reduce a company’s production capacity by 20%. By meeting maintenance requirements, you can prevent this fall in productivity as well as reduce downtime to enable greater efficiency and productivity.

It is estimated that running a piece of equipment to failure can cost ten times as much as performing periodic maintenance. The expense comes as a result of unexpected downtimes and repairs. By understanding the maintenance requirements, you can schedule necessary repairs or part replacements at a suitable time, whether that can be achieved internally or requires an outside professional.

PM can also have an environmental benefit, since poorly maintained electrical assets tend to use more energy than those that are functioning correctly. Of course, there is also the financial benefit of lower energy bills as a result.