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Marshall Teams up with Hunt The Front again in 2022 at Bristol!

Marshall Teams up with Hunt The Front again in 2022 at Bristol! We are psyched! We are back on the side of the #10 Hunt the Front Super Late Model again in 2022.  The team has stepped up a class and will be racing against the best dirt track drivers in the country at Bristol Motor Speedway for four separate Main Events March 26, 26 and April 1 and 2.  Goood luck Joseph!!! Check them out on Youtube  or on the web!

HTF Super Late Model at Bristolo

Why Is Plant Maintenance So Critical?

plant maintenance

Your industrial plant is full of finely-tuned equipment and systems, and your production rate and the safety of your employees depend upon smooth, reliable operations. An effective plant maintenance program is how you ensure that no surprises threaten production. Rather than waiting until a small problem turns into a costly repair, regular maintenance can keep everything running optimally, promoting a long service life for your equipment, reducing unexpected downtime, and protecting workers from potentially dangerous malfunctions.

What Is Plant Maintenance?

A maintenance program keeps your equipment in top working condition. By keeping your machines clean and appropriately lubricated and replacing parts when they start to become worn out (instead of waiting for them to fail), your systems operate more efficiently and are less likely to break down. Regular service also allows you to identify and correct small issues before they cause major problems. 

There are two common types of plant maintenance:

  • Preventative Maintenance: This is regular service performed at designated time intervals. That could be monthly, or it could be based on the number of repetitions a machine performs or the number of hours it’s in operation. It’s designed to ensure the equipment continues to run smoothly and to avoid unexpected breakdowns. 
  • Predictive Maintenance: With this approach, machine performance indicates when it’s time to schedule maintenance. It typically requires software and other technology, like vibration analyzers or pressure and temperature gauges, to help you monitor the equipment and determine when it’s at risk of malfunction. While preventative maintenance happens on a regular basis, predictive maintenance occurs as needed. 

Each type has its place in certain applications, and some facilities may implement both approaches to best serve their equipment and their business. In both cases, some scheduled downtime may be required. While predictive maintenance is more expensive than preventive maintenance, it occurs less often, so the reduced scheduled downtime may help you save money over time. 

 

Plant Maintenance Neglect and Effects

Some companies avoid performing maintenance because of the cost, falsely believing that a reduction in maintenance costs can help their bottom line. Unfortunately, neglecting plant maintenance can cost you far more in the long run.

  • Broken Equipment: If your equipment breaks down, you’re facing hours or even days of lost production while you wait to get it fixed. Meanwhile, you’re paying employees a skilled wage to do tasks that would normally be beneath their pay grade, just to keep them busy. Purchasing a replacement part is often more costly than simply maintaining the parts you have. 
  • Increased Operational Costs: Putting resources toward repairs results in higher overhead, lost work hours, and rescheduling hassles. You may also have to pay more to expedite shipping for a customer whose order was delayed, for example. Poorly maintained equipment doesn’t operate as well, which could increase your energy usage. 
  • Production Management Challenges: When you get behind schedule, how do you prioritize your clients? How do you get back on track? You may have to pay employees overtime to make up for the lost downtime.
  • Poor Customer Relationships: Everyone is on a deadline, and when your client fails to receive their order on time, they fall behind with their own customers. You’ll have to spend time and money repairing those relationships, or you may lose the client to a competitor.

 

Plant Maintenance Services with Marshall Industrial Technologies

Since 1951, Marshall Industrial Technologies has been your go-to source for equipment installation, machinery repair, electrical work, and plant maintenance. Our maintenance department manages routine, spot, and emergency maintenance, including services like instrumentation and process controls, millwright services, mechanical and electrical maintenance, pump maintenance, preventive HVAC maintenance, and both predictive and preventative machinery maintenance.

Through the years, we’ve helped countless clients save time and improve their bottom line with expert plant maintenance plans. Contact us to learn more about our full range of services, or request a quote for your customized maintenance program.

Process Piping Expertise for all of your projects

We are proud to offer you a single source for process piping installation, modification, maintenance and repair.

Process Piping Expertise
Our Specialty Piping Group specializes in the design, fabrication, and installation of austenitic sanitary and high-purity process piping systems.
·   System design and project management
·   Complete piping system fabrication and installation
·   Mechanical and electrical installation
·   Instrumentation
·   Systems integration
·  Inspection, documentation and validation

Industrial facilities of all kinds rely on process piping to move fluid, gas, and fine particulate matter. Process piping refers to the interconnected system of pipes or tubes that transport materials within and throughout a facility. Process piping systems may be simple and limited in scope, or they may be extensive and intricate, depending on the application. As such, it’s important to work with an experienced process piping supplier who can negotiate the many variables involved in process piping design.

As a turnkey service provider, Marshall Industrial Technologies specializes in the design, fabrication, and installation of austenitic sanitary and high-purity process piping systems. We support clients from design through installation to provide personalized, high-performance process piping across diverse industries and applications.

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Portable machine shop expertise

Portable machine shop expertise

Marshall provides high quality machining services to plants and facilities throughout the Northeast – some within our 30,000 sf machine shop but alot is done with our full suite of portable machining equipment. If it’s too big to move, our expert machinists will get the job done when and where you need it. We offer portable machine shop expertise.

Flange Facing – Shaft & Journal Machining – Line Boring – Milling

The next time your project requires on-site machining, call Marshall.

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Equipment Installation Expertise

Northeast Equipment Installation Experts - Marshall Industrial Technologies

We are your Northeast equipment installation experts. When looking for someone to install your equipment or supplement your installation team, some things are non-negotiable.

Experience. Precision. Accountability.
Partnering with Marshall Industrial Technologies will provide the peace of mind of knowing that your equipment will be installed exactly to you and your customer’s specifications.

For more than 70 years, we have provided equipment manufacturers with turnkey equipment installation from single machines to entire production lines. We can provide:

Electrial
Millwrighting
Mechanical
Piping

If you or your customers have an upcoming installation in the Northeast, let’s talk.

 

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Marshall Industrial Technologies Partners with Hunt the Front

Marshall Industrial Technologies partners with Hunt the Front

Photo Courtesy Dustin White

From time to time, we here at Marshall find it beneficial to stretch our legs and unwind.  Recently, we decided to go dirt car racing with our friends at Hunt The Front racing! They are a fine match for our hard-working values and family-centered vibe (and pretty fast on the track!) so we signed on to help them cut through the pack and see what they could do.  Thus far it’s been a wild ride and we’re proud be a part of their success!  Check them out on the track or through their wildly successful YouTube videos and go visit their site at www.huntthefront.net.

 

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