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Scheduled preventive maintenance on your vibration testing system prolongs the life of your equipment, reduces downtime, decreases reactive maintenance requests, helps you manage compliance and inspection needs, and reduces costly emergency repairs due to uninvited guests in your amplifier. This last statement may seem a bit strange, but as the Sentek Dynamics Service Team discovered on a recent priority service call, uninvited guests took up residence in an amplifier proving when the cat is away, the mice will play or, in this case, move in when maintenance is ignored.
Rodents find vibration testing system amplifiers an attractive home. Stuart Little and Remy (Ratatouille) were appealing characters in great movies for the family but finding one of their relatives has made a home in your amplifier is not a good situation. Rodents and electrical equipment do not mix. If they do, it typically makes for expensive repairs. Rodents might look cute, but you do not want them in your amplifier. Their constant need to chew can wreak havoc on your amplifier’s electrical wiring and ribbon cables opening your amplifier to unforeseen fire danger and expense, and their corrosive residue (pee and poop) deposited on printed circuit boards and other electrical components can create a variety of problems and failures.
The most important benefit of regularly scheduled preventive maintenance is lengthened lifespan of assets. Companies implementing scheduled preventive maintenance programs see an increase in their equipment’s lifespan and availability. Keeping vibration test equipment in good condition allows it to run longer, lowering costs. A vibration testing system on a regularly scheduled preventive maintenance program will maintain optimum performance over an extended period. Downtime for reactive maintenance is typically longer than downtime for scheduled preventive maintenance; choosing preventive maintenance means more uptime and availability of the vibration test system.
Sentek Dynamics’ coast-to-coast locations in the USA allow our team of factory-trained service technicians to maintain and service your vibration testing system anywhere in the world. Our growing spare parts inventory enables us to provide significantly shorter lead times, which is critical for time-sensitive customer operations.
Contact the Sentek Dynamics’ Service Team at Service@SentekDynamics.com to learn more about the advantages of a regularly scheduled preventive maintenance program for your vibration testing system.