Henry St. John
Parts Mgr, Hope Air Systems
Without proper preventive maintenance, your system could experience
failures ranging from small to fatal. Routine fluid analysis is important and
should be conducted on a schedule to monitor wear, determine potential failures
in process, and to schedule fluid changes accurately.
Fluid analysis should not be an optional procedure left to whenever you
“get around to it”. It must be routinely conducted by engineers and technicians
as a tool to measure and monitor principal fluid characteristics that include
metal content, water content, and viscosity.
Hope
Air Systems’ engineers and technicians are ready to help with a fluid analysis
to prevent costly failures and breakdowns. If you have any questions, please contact
me at 508-351-1827 or by email (hstjohn@hopeair.com).
We recently released our monthly eNewsletter. It contained
two important topics about your air compressors that I would like to share with
you.
The first article deals with properly controlling your air
compressors to save energy and money. Unfortunately, electrical costs are not
going down and it is important that one person is responsible for conserving
energy in your plant. There are some simple things that you can do to ensure
you are controlling your systems properly. To learn more, read the entire article
titled: Turn
It Off (Your Air Compressor)
Avoid Filter Confusion
The second article talks about avoiding filter confusion.
Are you selecting the correct filter? How many filters do you actually need?
When tackling this topic, I discuss a basic filter that every system needs down
to a filter that may be used in breathing air or biotech firms. To learn more,
read the entire article titled: Filters
- How Many and What Do I Need
If you didn’t already know, Hope Air Systems releases a
monthly eNewsletter on a wide range of informational topics, such as these,
that can help you in your compressor room. If you would like more information
on these topics, or would like to receive the newsletter, please contact Frank
Lederer at 508-351-1817 or by email (flederer@hopeair.com)
and he would be happy to assist you.
