Why Preventive Maintenance is Essential for Your Conveyor System 

Why Preventive Maintenance is Essential for Your Conveyor System 

When it comes to keeping your conveyor system running smoothly, preventive maintenance is the smartest move you can make. Instead of waiting for something to break (and dealing with the chaos that follows), a proactive approach saves you time, money, and headaches. Here’s why preventive maintenance is the gold standard for conveyor care—and how you can get started.

What is Preventive Maintenance? 

Preventive maintenance means regularly checking, cleaning, and servicing your conveyor system before problems arise. It’s the opposite of reactive maintenance, where you only fix things after they break. While reactive maintenance might seem easier in the short term, it often leads to bigger, more expensive issues down the road.

The Benefits: Preventive vs. Reactive Maintenance 

  1. Minimizes Downtime
  • Preventive: Scheduled checks and part replacements reduce the chance of unexpected breakdowns.
  • Reactive: Waits for failures, causing sudden and often lengthy production stoppages.
  1. Cost Efficiency
  • Preventive: Fixes small issues early, saving on labor and expensive repairs.
  • Reactive: Breakdowns can damage other parts, leading to costly repairs or replacements.
  1. Extends Equipment Life
  • Preventive: Regular lubrication, alignment, and cleaning reduce wear and tear.
  • Reactive: Lack of upkeep causes parts to wear out faster and shortens system lifespan.
  1. Safety Improvements
  • Preventive: Ensures belts, rollers, and sensors are always working safely.
  • Reactive: Failures can create safety hazards, especially if equipment fails under load.
  1. Predictability and Planning
  • Preventive: Maintenance can be scheduled during slow periods, avoiding disruption.
  • Reactive: Downtime is unpredictable, causing delays in orders and throughput.

What Should Your Preventive Maintenance Plan Include? 

To get the most out of your conveyor system, your preventive maintenance plan should be tailored to your operation. Here are three key things to consider:

  1. Type of Equipment: Different conveyors have different needs. Know your system’s components and their maintenance requirements.
  2. Usage and Load: Heavily used systems need more frequent checks and servicing.
  3. Operating Environment: Dusty, wet, or extreme environments require extra attention to prevent wear and damage.

Simple Steps to Get Started 

  • Create a Maintenance Schedule: Plan regular inspections and stick to them. Daily, weekly, and monthly checklists help catch issues early.
  • Train Your Team: Make sure only qualified personnel perform maintenance and repairs.
  • Keep Good Records: Track all inspections, repairs, and replacements to spot patterns and improve your plan over time.
  • Follow Manufacturer Guidelines: Always use the manufacturer’s recommendations for best results.

Why It Matters?

A well-maintained conveyor system means fewer breakdowns, lower costs, safer workplaces, and longer equipment life. It’s a win-win for your business and your team.

Ready to Protect Your Investment? 

Don’t wait for a breakdown to disrupt your operations. Reach out to ABCO Systems today, and let us help you design the best preventive maintenance plan for your conveyor system. Your equipment—and your bottom line—will thank you.

Protect Your Racking

Protect Your Racking

Safety is critical to the continuing function of your daily operations. Accidents can happen anywhere to anyone – a trainee, a worker who takes a wrong turn, or even an experienced operator having an off-day. Efforts to protect your racking systems not only helps to reduce damaged merchandise but it also helps ensure the safety of your valued employees.

Forklift accidents can result in pallet rack damage, costly repairs, downtime, damaged inventory, and injury to workers. Rack protection is essential to maintaining your inventory and key assets because they keep the structure safe at various impact points.

No matter the size of your storage facility, pallet rack protection will increase your productivity and eliminate damages due to narrow aisle for trucks, lifts, and individuals encountering sensitive rack uprights. These factors are important particularly when you consider the damage a forklift can cause.  ABCO provides the most suitable protector or guard for your pallet rack to ensure safety and no damages.

ABCO welcomes the opportunity to visit you and assess any at-risk products. There are several ways to protect your racking. The rack aisle protector, rack post protectors, wire mesh rack guards, and floor angle guide.  These all offer protection to the most vulnerable parts of your warehouse and business. They can be formatted into the size and shape to fit your protection needs. ABCO helps to protect your inventory, investment, and your valued employees.

Contact us here for all of your rack protection needs.

Rack Aisle Protectors - Protect your Racking Rack Post Protectors - Protect your Racking

Wire Mesh Rack Guards - Protect your Racking Floor Angle Guide - Protect your Racking

 

Get Serious About Safety

Get Serious About Safety

warehouse safety

Being that we are a construction company, we have always been serious about safety. It has always been our first priority for a plethora of different reasons.

However, it was not until about 5 years ago that we learned how much we did not know. ABCO started to work with our insurance company to create standards for our staff and plans in case of emergency. We are still evolving and we are still learning more every day.

Further to that, because we work with local code officials in townships all across the country, we have learned a lot of what they have to teach us. For them, it comes down to the simple fact that life safety is their only priority.

It is because of this that we are beginning to place even more of focus on helping our customers create safer environments for their teams. There are some seemingly basic life safety requirements that are often times overlooked and we are dedicated to increasing our own knowledge to ensure that we continue to provide more and more value to our customers.

Warehouse Safety
  • Is your fire protection system up to date? Do you have enough water flow in your building to support your commodity and how it is stored in your Pallet Rack or your Garment on Hanger (GOH).
  • Do you have proper signs and lighting on your Flat Pack Mezzanine or GOH Pick Module?
  • Are your Egress Lights active and working? Do you have a clear Egress path?
  • Do you have the necessary safety barriers between lift equipment and walking staff members?

We can help you identify and rectify all of these potential hazards. Not only will it help increase employee moral by showing you care about employee safety, but it will also increase productivity by having standard operating procedures. On top of all that, a clearly documented safety protocol can also reduce your liability, and therefore your costs, with your insurance company.

ABCO Systems has developed a safety/maintenance program that can help with all of your needs.

Please contact us with any questions.

ABCO Systems has been acquired by Element Logic.

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