Health Check

The efficiency of most paint plants decreases over a period of several years, the running costs may rise with performance levels dropping. At Premiere we advise every 3rd service is a full plant health check.

Our health checks are a lot more labour intensive than a standard service. A health check on a conveyorised paint plant would typically consist of a full strip down and thorough clean of all gas burners, measuring mechanical ventilation and a complete thorough examination of the plant including inspecting all fans, electrical cables, control circuitry and thermocouples.

Preventative breakdown measures would also include motor vibration testing, thermal imaging and oven data logging.

Health Check Extras

Data log (Oven calibration)

To achieve uniform cure on powder coated products it is vital that the oven is providing sufficient and even air circulation, good air movement often provides good heat distribution.

Our calibrated Grant data loggers generate graphs showing the heat distribution within the oven using air and/or component temperature sensors.

Thermal imaging of high temperature plant.

As high temperature process plant ages it can become less efficient, with insulation degrading over time and air seals becoming less effective this can lead to substantial heat loss resulting in high running costs, uncomfortable hot working conditions and damage to electrical cables, safety interlocks, fans and gas burners.

Thermal imaging can identify and pinpoint the main areas of concern.

Motor vibration and bearing tests

Out of balance impellors can over time lead to motor bearing damage.

Impellers can be awkward and time consuming to replace, monitoring motor vibrations can provide an early indication of failure giving you valuable time to purchase and plan for replacement. Preventative maintenance is more cost effective than breakdown maintenance, our reports provide a traffic light system indicating the general condition of impellers and fan and pump motors.

Control panel examination

From a small offline box oven to an online conveyorised system, control panels are fundamental to the safe start up, supervision and shut down of paint plant. At Premiere we advise control panel health checks are carried out as part of regular servicing.

A thorough examination on your control panel would pinpoint any issues, such as overheating of components and excessive working of fans and pumps.

Components such as safety interlocks, timers and controllers will be functionally tested followed by a detailed report after completion.