Increase Uptime
MCA enables us to identify defective motors before they reach a point of catastrophic or functional failure. This allows for planned, economical corrective actions that minimize the interruption of normal scheduled production. The technology also allows maintenance personnel to locate problems inside a motor or within the motor circuit before those issues find you—either in the middle of the night or during critical production time!
Save Money
By understanding the true condition of motor assets, collateral damages from failures are limited and maintenance costs reduced, both of which directly impact your organization’s bottom line. The need to either repair or replace a motor carries with it significant costs in terms of labor and equipment. Deciding whether you need to “clean, dip and bake”, rewind or replace a motor is an important and potentially expensive decision. With Motor Circuit Analysis you are better able to schedule appropriate maintenance actions, further reducing overall maintenance costs. Many customers are even verifying the quality of their new or rebuilt motors by testing them prior to either inventorying them or installing them.
Conserve Energy
Using this remarkable technology, it is even possible to identify motor circuit conditions that result in increased power consumption. These can both negatively impact overall power quality and accelerate wear of other assets as well result in costly increased energy consumption, peak use and power factor. Motor Circuit Analysis identifies supply voltage problems that reduce the life of most electrical equipment and increase overall utility costs. It is also possible to locate “high efficiency” motors suffering reduced efficiency due to core loss or poor rewinding practices used by some motor shops.
Improve Safety
The bottom line is that Motor Circuit Analysis reduces both the urgency of breakdowns and the frequency of their occurrence. The knowledge gained helps management shift more maintenance work to scheduled downtime and much safer de-energized repair work conditions. MCA also locates faulty electrical connections in the motor circuit that may not be found during routine infrared surveys thus reducing the threat of fire.