When we speak about plant maintenance, the companies immediately think about activities that take a lot of time and money, without realizing that skipping the periodic maintenance can lead to serious problems.
In fact there is a risk of several problems that may result in sudden plant shutdown.
Can you imagine the damage to production, delays in delivery and customers waiting ?
Therefore, maintenance is NOT a waste of time.
If we talk about fabric expansion joints, the scheduled maintenance must be understood as an integral part of a correct production management.
In fact, the break of a fabric expansion joint can lead to interruption of production, or accident at the workplace.
In order to prevent these events, it is enough to plan periodic checks to find out any problems and intervene before they cause damage.
How to carry out maintenance?
First of all, we must keep in mind that fabric expansion joints are subject to wear, especially if they are subjected to extreme working conditions.
The first signs of wear should be repaired, if possible, or replaced.
After this fundamental premise, let’s see how to carry out the maintenance, step-by-step.
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Drawing up a preventive maintenance plan
For expansion joints, as well as for other equipment, it is necessary to draw up an annual maintenance plant, taking into account also the type of expansion joint and the condition of the plant.
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Identifying the maintenance personnel
Depending on the type of plant, a manager must be identified within the company and sufficiently trained to assess the state of the expansion joints.
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Be in touch with the manufacturer
This point is fundamental and at New Componit we’ll never stop repeating it: the maintenance manager of the company must communicate with the manufacturer of expansion joints or with the company to which it was decided to entrust the controls.
The timing and the type of analysis to be performed, must be defined by expert technicians, depending on the needs of the plant and the working conditions to which the expansion joint is subjected.
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Draw up a maintenance data sheet
All control and maintenance activities must be recorded in a special tab so that you can easily and quickly access this information.
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Pay attention to the supplier
Usually companies that produce fabric expansion joints sell their products with a guarantee of several years, but do not take care of their maintenance.
It is therefore essential to buy the fabric expansion joints from a supplier who, in addition to the warranty, is able to support you throughout the life of his product.
We at New Componit not only provide you with the product but we offer a repair and maintenance service, that prevents problems or production interruptions due to a worn joint.
For this reason, we have designed the Efficiency Box® that allows us to respond to every type of customer need, in order to make production systems more efficient and safe.
Efficiency Box® includes:
- Monitoring of the plant, carried out directly by our skilled staff;
- Design and supply of the required interventions, with simple but technologically advanced solutions;
- Installation by New Componit personnel or assembly supervision;
- Direct assistance and immediate response with a dedicated toll-free number.
Do you want to know something more about the Efficiency Box®?
Tommaso Gatto – Export Manager
