PALEN KIMBALL SERVICES
Preventative Maintenance Services
Preventative Maintenance Services
Palen Kimball’s customized preventative maintenance programs reduce energy use and costs for commercial heating and cooling equipment, air purification systems, HVAC systems, kitchen equipment, energy management controls, and industrial refrigeration equipment.
Extending Facility Systems Investments
Everyone looks to extend the life of their facility systems investments, especially when those investments are essential to the day-to-day safety, comfort, and productivity of your business operations. Palen Kimball has provided many state-of-the-art preventative maintenance services to its customers, large and small, since 1932. We can support, supplement, and even allow you to outsource one of our full-time dedicated chief engineers to maintain and support all your building’s critical assets and mechanical systems.
Palen Kimball Offers Customized Preventative Maintenance, Service, and Asset Management Programs for:
- Heating Equipment
- Cooling Equipment
- Air Purification Systems
- Commercial HVAC Systems
- Commercial Kitchen Equipment
- Energy Management Controls
- Reduced Energy Use and Costs
- Industrial Refrigeration Equipment
Our unique approach. We look to leverage data, using predictive analysis methods to help identify target areas where preventative measures will produce the most dramatic positive outcomes for our customers – including a substantial reduction of the total cost of operation and ownership. Time after time, our outcomes far exceed those achieved through more traditional approaches.
Our Unique Mechanical Systems Preventative Maintenance Approach:
- We focus on regularly maintaining equipment instead of simply repairing it when it breaks.
- We endeavor to extend the life of your equipment to avoid replacement for as long as possible.
- We reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and provide immediate return on investment by finding immediate cost reductions through energy savings or incentives through our partnerships with energy providers to help offset the purchase price for new equipment.
Your Investment in Preventative Maintenance Services Includes:
- Labor for planned maintenance, including travel and living expenses when incurred
- Materials for covered equipment include oil, grease, rags, contact cleaner, etc.
- Regular inspections for worn, failed, or doubtful parts; mountings, drive couplings; oil level; rotation; soot flame composition and shape; pilot and igniter; steam, water, oil, and/or refrigerant leaks
- Testing for excess vibration, motor winding resistance, refrigeration charge; fan R.P.M.; refrigerant oil analysis (acid), water condition; flue gas analysis; safety controls; combustion and draft; crankcase heaters, etc.
- Cleaning coil surfaces, fan impellers, and blades; electrical contacts; burner orifices; passages and nozzles; pilot and igniter; cooling tower baffles, basin, sump and float, chiller, condenser, and boiler tubes
- Regular adjustments or replacement of equipment components such as:
- Aligning belt drives, drive couplings, air fins, etc.
- Tightening electrical connections, mounting bolts, pipe clamps, refrigeration piping fittings, damper
- Adjusting and checking belt tension, refrigerant charge, superheat, fan R.P.M., water chemical feed, feed rate, burner fuel/air ratios, gas pressure, set point of controls and limits, compressor cylinder un-loaders, damper close-off, sump floats, etc.
- Lubricating motors, fans, and damper bearings, valve stems, damper linkages, fan vane linkages, etc.
- Filters for the equipment listed in the inventory of covered equipment are included
- Belts for the equipment listed in the inventory of covered equipment are included
Preventative Maintenance Services Program Startup Steps:
Step 1: Evaluate the current condition of your facility and equipment and conduct an energy audit.
Step 2: Develop a customized Preventative Maintenance (PM) program for existing and new equipment to eliminate unscheduled and unplanned outages and maximize life expectancy.
Step 3: Identify equipment that should be replaced rather than entered into the PM program.
Step 4: Identify and secure all available rebates, discounts, or incentives with energy providers and partners to most quickly and effectively decrease your energy usage costs and develop a custom plan to reduce energy usage costs which, in combination, will help to offset the cost of any new equipment purchases.
Step 5: Implement the programs!