Capital Equipment News November 2022

CONDITION MONITORING

Lab technicians in WearCheck Westville’s lab.

Condition monitoring saves maintenance costs

Customers of the condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, are aware of the benefits of a good condition monitoring programme, which saves both time and money by helping to avoid catastrophic, unplanned breakdowns and ensuring that machinery operates optimally. S ince 1976, WearCheck has specialised in tribology and the scientific analysis of used oil samples, expanding its service offering to include a host of additional predictive mainte nance monitoring techniques to cover all the facets of asset care. Today, WearCheck is proud of its reputation as the reliability services - WearCheck ensures the health of key assets such as engines, turbines, and all industrial components. WearCheck’s team of scientists, technicians and diagnosticians is on a mission to assist customers in boosting

productivity by avoiding major, unscheduled equipment failure. WearCheck scientifically analyses used oil from mechanical and electrical systems, transformer oil, water, fuel, greases and more, effectively processing over 800 000 samples per annum. Additionally, WearCheck offers comprehensive monitoring programmes for transformers and wind turbines, using dissolved gas analysis, furan analysis and other spectrographic methods.

leading all-in-one reliability solutions hub, backed by ISO accreditation. The company provides condition monitoring services throughout Africa, the Middle East and India via a comprehensive network of 14 laboratories that spans the continent and beyond. As the market leader in several arenas - including testing and analysis, asset reliability care and lubricant-enabled

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