Seminar update

I would just like to take a moment to thank everyone who made it to our seminars in April. It is never easy to arrange to be out of the office - particularly in times like these - so it was good to see so many of you there.

I personally attended two of the three seminars myself, and I thought the content was excellent and well-delivered - and, having read through the feedback, many of you seem to agree. Those of you who requested a CD with the presentations should now have received their copy.

We do have a few CDs left, though, so please let me know if you'd like one.

Contribution from ERIKS

Cavaghan & Gray - a leading supplier of own-label chilled ready meals, and a part of Northern Foods' Chilled Division - is making savings of £86,000 per year on the running costs of the compressed air installation at its factory in Carlisle as a direct result of an air leak survey carried out by ERIKS UK.

Use of the latest ultrasonic leak detection technology made it possible for engineers from the ERIKS condition monitoring team to complete the comprehensive survey in just two days, without interrupting or affecting the normal operations of the factory.

"Two aspects of our service were particularly appealing for Cavaghan & Gray," said Mark Eagling of ERIKS. "The first was the ability of our detectors to find even the most unobtrusive of leaks quickly and easily. The second was the accurate and proven formula ERIKS has developed to relate data from the survey to the actual financial loss resulting from each individual leak."

"As well as unequivocally confirming the exceptional value delivered by the survey, the financial information provided by our formula also makes it easy to prioritise remedial work."

While they were carrying out the survey, the ERIKS technicians were accompanied by a member of the Cavaghan & Gray maintenance staff. Not only did this ensure that no part of the compressed air installation was missed, it also meant that Cavaghan & Gray's own terminology for machines and other plant could be used in the survey report, making it easy for the company to work with.

The report included a photograph of every leak, together with comments on why the leak was occurring and detailed recommendations for remedial action, which in every case, was simple and inexpensive to carry out. Also included for each leak was information about its financial impact on the running costs of the compressed air system.

"With savings of £86,000 per year achieved, it might sound as if the compressed air installation in the factory was in poor condition," said Mark, "but the results are in fact fairly typical for a regularly maintained installation of this size."

"It's fair to say that Cavaghan & Gray was surprised by the amount of the savings, and it's also fair to say that there are many other companies that, by spending just two or three thousand pounds on a similar survey and appropriate remedial work, could make savings equally as big, if not bigger."

Ultraprobe tip - itchy trigger finger

Is your finger getting tired of holding down the trigger while operating the Ultraprobe 10000? Well, then here's a tip for you...

By default, the Ultraprobe will switch off when the trigger is released for 5 seconds, which helps to conserve battery life. However, you may prefer to change this, and you can configure the instrument to remain on for another 5 minutes.

You can also disable this timed turn off by changing the "Shut Off" mode. The instrument will then switch off when you next pull the trigger.

To change this, you'll need to enter the Setup mode. From there, turn the Sensitivity dial and select Menu 11 ("More"). Click the dial to select this menu, and then spin it again to select either Menu 17 ("Set Shut Off Mode") or Menu 18 ("Set Turn Off Time").

Whatever you decide, you'll have one less-tired finger at the end of your inspections!

Contact us

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Telephone: 01424 437000
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