Condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, recently opened the doors to its second laboratory in India – this one in Durgapur. Its Chennai-based laboratory has operated successfully since 2010.
Neil Robinson, WearCheck Managing Director, cut the ribbon opening the new Durgapur laboratory with team members from the lab.
The South Africa-based company, recognised as a leader in the preventive maintenance sector across the African continent and beyond since 1976, offers an extensive range of world-class condition monitoring services in 16 state-of-the-art laboratories in Africa, the Middle East and India.
The new lab in Durgapur in India’s West Bengal region will provide fast turnaround analysis and reporting across its range of services, supporting efficient plant maintenance.
WearCheck’s fundamental goals are to save time and money for customers by ensuring that industrial machinery operates at peak performance, with reduced maintenance costs. The company services clients in sectors ranging from power generation and renewable energy to mining, fleet management, aviation, maritime and more.
Its core business is the scientific analysis of used oil, fuel and other fluids. Samples from customers’ plant and equipment are analysed in the laboratory for trace particles, which indicate what component is experiencing unusual wear patterns. This information is assessed by highly trained diagnosticians, who make recommendations on the required remedial action for the component in question. WearCheck’s diagnosticians have access to a huge database of information on performance trends for different machinery components – data that has been carefully collected and collated since the company’s inception over 45 years ago.
The new Indian laboratory, strategically located in the major industrial city and mining hub catering to the Eastern Region, West Bengal, addresses the growing demand for top-quality condition monitoring services in the region. Durgapur is home to various industrial operations, including manufacturing, power generation and more. The experienced and highly qualified WearCheck team will provide world-class condition monitoring services to the Bengalese mechanised sector.
WearCheck Regional Managing Director, Sundip More, outlines the concept of proactive maintenance: “By monitoring a component’s condition regularly over time, our scientific techniques provide reliable data which enables our diagnosticians to predict accurately whether and when that component will potentially fail.
“We identify a potential failure before it occurs and recommend a remedy. This way, catastrophic failure can be avoided and machine availability and performance are enhanced. The repair work to the component can be scheduled for a time that suits the work programme.
“Unplanned component failure can be extremely costly and is preferably avoided. With forewarning about potential component failure, our customers avoid unnecessary maintenance costs and maintain efficiency by upholding optimum production levels.”
For more information visit: www.wearcheck.co.za
