With proactive maintenance, sometimes time and money have to be spent to save more money and time in the long run. We have all been there, taking time and budgeting is hard sometimes. However, if you’re relying on reactive maintenance every time, your assets will sustain much more severe damage than they would have with a predictive maintenance schedule.
This situation we are highlighting here is all too familiar. We know many of you recognize it! This concrete customer used to pull this particular motor annually for inspection due to its extremely harsh environment, but it had been over two years now since it was last proactively pulled.
The motor came in covered in debris (concrete). Due to the thickness of the debris, the motor was unable to “breathe” and overheated. Experts agree that excessive heat causes rapid deterioration of motor winding insulation. The common rule states that insulation life is cut in half for every 10 C of additional heat to the windings above rating.
Predictive maintenance helps you perform maintenance when it’s essential for the asset’s health and when it’s most cost-effective.