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Preventive maintenance can avoid many problems. It is a widely understood truth that poorly maintained equipment uses more power, suffers more failures and operate for longer periods of time to produce the same effect as well maintained equipment. Poorly maintained equipment translates into: Higher repair costs. Higher utility costs. Lost sales. Reduced customer satisfaction. Lost inventory. Lower profitability. When you are running a bar / restaurant the last thing you need to deal with is equipment failures. The best way to avoid trouble is to be proactive and implement a preventive maintena...

Why dust collection systems are crucial to your business. A little dust around the plant or even the office shouldn’t be a big deal, right? Wrong! Dust has the power to cause employee health problems, equipment degradation, and even possess the potential for explosion and fire. How can such a little thing do such big damage? Breathing in dust The human nose is a great dust filter. It traps particles and keeps them from reaching the lungs. When a person sneezes or blows their nose, the dust is then eliminated. However, some particulates do get past the nose and airway cilia and enter the lungs....

An expensive lesson learned. From a dairy to a water treatment plant to a chemical manufacturing facility, process piping is an integral and critical component of a successful operation. But what happens if the wrong process piping is used? Recently AEM Mechanical Services, Inc. was contracted to replace the process piping in a galvanizing plant. The original contractor incorrectly used plastic piping instead of steel as was dictated by the piping application. What should have lasted twenty to thirty years, barely made it ten. Adding salt to the wound, the cost of replacing the piping througho...

Is it time to replace or simply repair? If you’re in the business of serving or selling perishable food items, your commercial refrigeration system can literally make or break your success. Although replacement or repairs can be costly, if you start to notice your refrigerator compressor is running non-stop, your unit is running hotter than normal, or your inventory isn’t remaining fresh as long as it should, you need to act fast. Replace or repair? A properly functioning commercial refrigeration system is critical to your operation, so when it’s malfunctioning, it’s important to determine the...

How to Avoid Disaster & Keep Your Business Running If your data center is anything like 40% of data centers nationwide, then your computer server exists in a place that it was never intended to inhabit. Quite likely, it’s operating in an empty office, a mechanical room or even a closet where space is limited and its temperature could increase faster than your cooling system is capable of decreasing it. This very real and risky possiblitiy could force your server to shut down, potentially disrupting your business for days or even weeks. How can you avoid that kind of disaster and keep your ...