Inspecting Your Industrial Equipment

A couple of weeks ago, Amanda Clark noticed that a service crew had installed new racking in our warehouse. At first, I was a little confused by this. What's wrong with our current racking? Why did we need to get new racking? Did something happen that I didn't know about? After asking these questions, I found out that we were just upgrading our racking system. But if it isn't broken....why would we need to fix it?

In this day and age, it is a good idea to inspect all of your current equipment, even if it “visually appears to be ok” and consider fixing or replacing it with new equipment. The cost of inspecting or having everything checked is nominal compared to have the equipment break or fail completely. Not just the cost of replacement but the related costs of employee injuries or damage to your building or products is far more expensive that  taking time to see if there is a need to fix and replace.

Everyone’s workplace is different and so equipment is subjected to a variety of environments that can accelerate the life expectancy of equipment. It can also become outdated because newer technology or materials may have made such an improvement the replacement will pay for itself. But you will never know until you check.

We came up with three solid reasons why you should consider this.

Safety

Just because equipment looks safe on the outside, it doesn’t mean it’s actually safe to use! Racking in particular often gets dinged up by fork trucks and other equipment. This can really affect the structural integrity of the racking system.

You never want to put your employees in a position where they can get injured. So doing racking inspections and having preventative maintenance performed on doors and truck and loading dock equipment is a must!

Efficiency

Newer racking systems and truck and loading dock equipment are built to be more efficient for the end user. One of the reasons we replaced our racking system in our warehouse was because the loading and unloading from the rack was more efficient than the previous racking system. Efficiency leads to happier employees and higher productivity.

Productivity

It's simple. New equipment that is easier to use will increase your productivity and thus, your profits.

Good and sound advise! Many thanks to Amanda Clark, Marketing Manager, Barron Equipment Company

website: www.barroneq.com