Asset Health Management on generators
How can you mitigate the risk of your generators leaving your business without power when you need it most?
Pragma provides an engineering support service that provides:
- Improved generator availability
- Extended asset life
- Reduced business interruption
- Increased cost transparency and predictability
- Lower business risk
If generators fail to start when required, it can lead to a loss in trading time, impact the perishable stock, reduce service delivery, and much more.
By continuously monitoring these assets, you have factual and real-time information about the readiness of these assets and are able to make quick decisions and act to ensure their availability when needed.
At Pragma, it is more than just monitoring
Pragma’s end-to-end implementation and operation’s approach to asset health management includes a structured framework with asset type specific features.
Visit the Asset Health Management overview page for more detail.
This model illustrates the solution architecture.
Spectrum
Assets we cover
- Generators between 60kVA and 2500kVA
Industries we serve
- Retail
- Facilities (Buildings)
- Distribution Centers
- Manufacturing Plants
Challenges faced by industry
Generator reliability issues
- Controller not in Auto mode
- “Emergency Stop” activated
- Battery flat or stolen
- Switchgear not functioning correctly
Cost transparency and predictability
- Lack of historical budget information
- High cost of reactive maintenance
- Servicing not done when specified
- Overcharging for maintenance
Availability of fuel
- Fuel theft
- Insufficient monitoring of fuel levels
Impact of poor maintenance practices
- Statutory compliance work not tracked
- Remedial work not managed
- Fluid levels or leaks not monitored
- Maintenance work quality not confirmed
- Warranties not tracked or managed
Value Add
Improved business sustainability
- Efficient implementation of digitalised maintenance processes
- Continuous monitoring of asset readiness
- Effective management and control of maintenance contractors
- Monitoring of fuel supply
- Critical information provided to enable agile decision making
Improved cost transparency
- Maintenance spend planned, benchmarked and controlled
- Fuel theft identified early
- Asset life-cycle cost managed based on reliable information
Improved generator availability
- Generator health monitored and early warning provided
- Reactive and predictive maintenance work identified and planned
- Contractors dispatched to perform work under agreed SLA
- Maintenance work inspected to ensure quality
Prioritised risk management
- Assurance provided that generator will be ready when needed
- Load testing done as required
- Services and remedial work scheduled and controlled
- Fuel level monitored and controlled
- Reduced human error
- Monitor operating parameters and react where limits are exceeded
Pragma's AHM service on Generators
What we monitor
Operations readiness
- Controllers in auto mode*
- Emergency stop de-activated*
- Monitor running hours*
- Battery health*
- Battery theft alert*
- Alarms generated*
*Minimum requirement to deliver the service
Engine operating conditions
- Oil temperature
- Oil Pressure
- Engine Speed
Coolant
- Coolant pressure
- Coolant levels
- Coolant temperature*
Fuel management
- Fuel level*
- Fuel consumption
- Fuel theft alert
- Re-fueling alert*
Generator operating conditions
- Voltage per phase
- Current per phase
Mains power
- Voltage per phase
- Current per phase
- Frequency
What we manage
Monitoring and response
- Monitor and record readings and alarms
- Plan and schedule maintenance
- Initiate re-fueling when the fuel level reaches the trigger level
Maintenance
- Service scheduling
- Load testing
- Pro-active inspections
- Close control of re-active maintenance
- Warranty management
