Fluid contamination causes millions of dollars in unnecessary repair expense each year. It slowly attacks components as fluids flow through the various systems invisible to operators and maintenance personnel. It is one of the leading causes of unscheduled downtime and can result in a loss of production and revenue, high operating cost, difficulty in meeting project deadlines, and increased safety concerns. Left unchecked, fluid contamination assaults components to the point where, with little to no warning, the system fails, causing immediate chaos. Operators and site managers quickly contact maintenance, demanding immediate dispatch of a technician. Maintenance managers examine the work schedule to identify a technician working on a machine of lesser demand who they can immediately dispatch to the failed machine. A backlog of work builds up in the maintenance schedule. In addition, cost estimates escalate two-fold as managers deploy secondary equipment and failure-repair cost increases the overall machine cost.
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