Capital Equipment News November 2022

CONDITION MONITORING

WearCheck ARC technician Peet Peacock performs vibration analysis testing.

decisions based on highly accurate, intelligent, advanced analysis and reliable data. WearCheck completely removes the guesswork in the maintenance game. The company’s experienced team of ARC technicians has amassed more than 100 years of experience in proactive maintenance on 10,000+ machines. Water wisdom from WearCheck WearCheck’s newest service is water testing, during which laboratory technicians select the relevant tests for the water sample depending on the customer’s needs, be they for determining drinking water purity, assessing the safety of borehole water for agricultural use, or checking the contamination levels of wastewater. Technicians identify what is wrong with the water and advise customers on the possible consequences of using/ discarding such water. Water analysis is conducted using various accredited techniques such as photometric, electrometric, colourimetric, gravimetric, ICP-OES, ICP MS and enzyme substrates. These techniques obtain the best possible results in the chemical and microbial analysis of effluent/wastewater, drinking water, processed water, surface water and groundwater. WearCheck operates an extensive network of 14 laboratories in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Ghana, DRC, Dubai and India, supported by regional offices in several other African countries. b

Louis Peacock, senior ARC technician at WearCheck, conducts motion video amplification testing on machinery at a water reticulation plant.

and asset optimisation, such as the design and construction of lube rooms, on-site lubrication surveys, lubricant storage, handling and dispensing, as well as filtration. Asset reliability care (ARC) adds value Some of WearCheck’s ARC services include vibration monitoring, thermography, online remote monitoring diagnostics, alignment and balancing, and other specialised techniques such as motion amplification, ODS (operational deflection shape) and resonance tests using transient and impact analysis. The company also provides advanced field services like rope testing, technical compliance (TC) and non-destructive testing (NDT). The value-added ARC services have not only been widely adopted by long-term tribology customers of WearCheck’s but have also brought in a whole new set of clients for the company. The ARC programme, coupled with the oil analysis services, gives WearCheck customers a 360° view of their assets, allowing maintenance teams to make informed plant maintenance

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