Thwarting safety incidents, avoiding errors in chemical calculations and preventing equipment breakdowns are vital to cost-effective plant management. Achieving those goals takes constant vigilance. Shortcuts won’t do to ensure the well-being of each industrial laundry facility.
 
Preventive maintenance, or “PM,” accompanied by common sense, will. An effective PM program consists of tests, measurements, adjustments and parts replacement, plus training. Such activities can go a long way toward keeping mistakes from happening.
 
Preventive maintenance includes everything from machinery overhauls to bolt tightening, and these practices have spawned numerous computer programs with those goals in mind ...