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Nearly $120,000 Saved with Peterson Predictive Maintenance
TD Williamson (Tusla, OK) saved $118,901.24 thanks to a predictive maintenance analysis done by Peterson Predictive Maintenance (Hutchinson, KS). Savings calculated are based on a comparison of reports from March of 2006 and March of 2007.
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March 27, 2007 (FPRC) -- If a penny saved is a penny earned, then TD Williamson in Tulsa, Oklahoma earned 12 million pennies with the help of Hutchinson, Kansas-based Peterson Predictive Maintenance. A report done by Peterson Predictive Maintenance in March of 2006 based on an analysis of machinery in the pipeline equipment plant showed a cost from air and gas leaks of $140,692.10. Many of the leaks cited were unidentifiable without the use of the infrared/ultrasound equipment, and would have become larger problems before they were noticeable. Necessary repairs were made, and an analysis was done again in March of 2007, showing leak costs at $21,780.86 – a reduction from the previous year of 118,901.24.
Big savings are a common result of predictive maintenance. Methods of ultrasound and infrared detection used by Peterson Predictive Maintenance can detect problems with equipment before they result in major product loss or total equipment failure, nipping them in the bud, so to speak. An example from the TD Williamson case is an Argon leak that was found, which had a projected cost of $107,958.24, had it continued with out being repaired. The most recent report found Argon leak projected costs at $5,991.84 – a more than 95% reduction.
“We want to make maintenance staff an asset to companies by proving value with saved money,” explains Chuck Peterson, owner of Peterson Predictive Maintenance. Often companies will downsize their maintenance crew, due to the fact that their work generally yields no apparent profits, and is regarded as overhead. This can result in an insufficient maintenance staff. A predictive maintenance analysis can illustrate plainly the amount of money that can be saved when the equipment is properly maintained.
About Peterson Predictive Maintenance
Peterson Predictive Maintenance specializes in the use of, Ultrasound Detection and Infrared Thermal Imaging, the latest and the newest technologies for Predictive Maintenance. They design and implement Predictive Maintenance programs for major manufacturing plants all over the United States and beyond. Ultrasound Detection and Infrared Thermal Imaging are used to perform routine checks on bearings and switch gear to predict potential problems thus saving a breakdown and several thousands of dollars in downtime each year.
More information about Peterson Predictive Maintenance can be found on their website at www.petersonpredict.com.
Send an email to Chuck Peterson of Peterson Predictive Maintenance
(620) 727-1347
Keywords:
predictive maintenance, infrared, ultrasound
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