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Expansion Joint Preventative Maintenance & Reliability Service

The Garlock Difference 

Garlock understands the value PM has in meeting operational goals and offers programs designed to assist our clients with these needs. Unplanned downtime and its associated costs put undue stress and burden on everyone from purchasing and operations to maintenance and engineering. After all, the last call anyone wants to receive is one advising that a part failed over a weekend and flooded a critical area of the plant. This can be avoided! 

Expansion Joint Inspections 

As part of a preventive maintenance (PM) program, routine expansion joint inspections serve an important role in maximizing up time and efficiency. With an ongoing decline in the availability of skilled trades, maintenance technicians and reliability engineers are assuming responsibility for more equipment and larger areas of the plant. There are simply not enough hours in the day or resources at hand to perform every PM recommended to keep a facility running. Consequently, manufacturer recommended expansion joint PM can be easily overlooked or forgotten.

Unlike most system components, rubber expansion joints exhibit obvious outward signs of deterioration. This deterioration is typically due to settling, misalignment, excessive movement, chemical incompatibility, or a combination thereof. While these characteristics may be obvious during visual inspection, it can be difficult for untrained personnel to judge the severity of the deterioration.

Preventative Maintenance & Reliability (PMR) Benefits 

Garlock’s engineers and specialists will perform inspections of all rubber (non-metallic) expansion joints currently installed or in inventory. As part of the service, each expansion joint you utilize will be visually inspected, evaluated, and pertinent visual and dimensional data recorded. This comprehensive service will provide the following:

» Manufacturer recommended periodic inspection

» System nomenclature and expansion joint identification information

» Recommended replacement schedule including priority ratings 

This compiled data will help engineering, maintenance and purchasing personnel formulate the necessary maintenance & replacement schedules and forecast repair budgets more accurately. Our customers have found that by partnering with Garlock and implementing the PMR Service, they can realize zero unplanned downtime related to expansion joint failure. This service, and its associated options, has proven to be a tremendous benefit to our customers

 

If you are interested in the Preventative Maintenance & Reliability Service or have questions, please contact:

Karl Hoffman Sales Development Representative Office: 1-315-597-7197 Email: karl.hoffman@garlock.com

 

PMR Service Features 

Inspection

Guaranteed Fit

Consolidation 

Training

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