Preventative Maintenance Schedule
Many of today’s industrial facilities and manufacturing companies must adhere to procedures in order to safely and successfully do their work. However, severe catastrophes have happened simply because facilities neglect to have a preventative maintenance schedule for their equipment and storage. Instead of waiting until something dangerous happens, which may cause a great amount of damage and significant clean up, its better in the long run to incur some planned downtime.
The purpose of preventative maintenance is to regularly inspect equipment to uncover any potential problems and correct them to prevent equipment failure before it happens. A preventative maintenance schedule should include cleaning, lubrication, adjustments, repairs, inspecting and replacing parts, and partial or complete overhauls of equipment. Planned preventative maintenance can not only improve your equipment’s life by preventing excess depreciation, but can extend its life as well.
Any regular, routine maintenance will not only help your facility stay up and running, but it will help prevent any unplanned downtime and the high costs from unanticipated equipment failure.
Preventative maintenance requires careful planning and scheduling and keeping accurate records of past inspections and servicing reports. It can be complex to achieve, especially for companies with a lot of equipment. Many facilities choose to rely on preventive maintenance software to help them.
These are the benefits of a preventative maintenance schedule:
- Prolonged life of company equipment
- Less unplanned downtime caused by equipment failure
- Less unnecessary maintenance and inspections
- Fewer errors in day-to-day operations
- Improved reliability of equipment
- Fewer expensive repairs caused by unexpected equipment failure that must be fixed quickly
- Reduced risk of injury
Ideally, a preventative maintenance schedule will prevent all equipment failure before it occurs. It will save time, reduce costs, and keep an operation running efficiently and productively.
Contact our industrial services company for more information on preventative maintenance and discover how we can help create a schedule for your facility. Afraid disaster will strike soon? We also have a 24-hour emergency response line.
