Preventative maintenance: tips for extending your pump’s lifespan

When you buy a pump, it’s essential to have a proper plan in place to ensure its longevity. Every pump we sell at Kelair is designed with preventative maintenance in mind, which ensures that our pumps maintain a high performance and avoid downtime from critical failures.

However, preventative maintenance requires a proactive approach to keep your pumps from deteriorating. In this blog post, we’ll discuss how to make a check-up schedule and what tasks to complete, and when.

How to create a check schedule

Creating a new schedule for checks is essential when you first add a new pump to your workspace. The first step in determining the kind of preventative maintenance your pump requires is consulting the manufacturer’s documentation and ascertaining what the regulations are for your industry and device. For instance, a fire pump will have different maintenance requirements to a pump used in mining or food and beverage.

From there, determine what checks need to be made on a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Kelair has maintenance guides and operating manuals available on our website for you to consult, and our team of pump service experts will provide you with an agreement on how to maintain your pumps.

By becoming familiar with this schedule early, your pumps can stay operating for longer and require less downtime to be serviced, which saves money and time across its lifespan.

What to look for with each check

When creating a check-up schedule, it’s vital to know what aspects of your pump to examine and when.

Daily checks shouldn’t take too long and usually involve making quick visual inspections to ensure your pumps are avoiding major damage and wear. This usually includes checking the exterior for leaks and listening for odd sounds, as well as doing a quick clean of any easily accessible build-up.

Meanwhile, a monthly check up will take more time due to the more time-consuming steps required. This is the time for tasks such as lubricating bearings, as well as inspecting key components like mechanical seals for any signs of damage, wear or leakage and replacing them if need be.

Quarterly and annual pump checks are especially vital to ensuring that a pump continues operating efficiently. Tasks like drive coupling inspection, changing oil and pump realignment take up the most time out of all other tasks, but are critical to ensuring the long-term operation of each pump.

Book in with Kelair’s service team

When you purchase a pump from us, it comes with a recommended approach for preventative maintenance that you can implement for your pump. Additionally, our team of highly trained technicians are available to routinely service your pumps and provide spare parts if needed.

The best way to maintain a pump overall is for an expert to look at it. At Kelair, our dedicated team of pump service experts are available across Australia to help keep your pumps operating at their full potential.

Call us at any time on 1300 789 466 to book in an appointment with our service team and keep your pumps operating at maximum efficiency!