AVOID COSTLY FACILITY SHUTDOWNS

What is your facility doing to prevent costly facility shutdowns? Oftentimes, it is a lack of heat tracing preparation that causes systems and processes to fail, causing large and costly facility shutdowns like freeze ups and pipe bursts.

There are ways in which you can avoid these costly upsets, and that is where our group of experts can set you up for success.  

As the cold weather approaches, it is vital for facilities to have the proper heat tracing processes in place to avoid shutdowns and disruptions to their production demands. Most organizations use a reactive strategy to heat trace which means following up on error/warning messages versus being proactive. These reactive approaches result in lost time, increase in costs to fix the problem from both a labour and material standpoint, all at the risk of production. For many facilities, this is a band aid solution that continues to pop up year after year.  

So what can you do to avoid such costly facility shutdowns?  

Conduct a Heat Trace Facility Assessment  

Colder weather, severe storms and natural weather disasters can cause serious facility shutdowns if your facility is not properly maintained. At EHT Group, we specialize in heat trace facility assessments. A heat trace facility assessment is this low-cost high value activity with the aim to support facilities with understanding the health of their heat trace infrastructure. In our assessments we aid facilities in,  

• Getting ready for winter 
• Getting through winter 
• Providing overall peace of mind knowing your overall operational risks as it related to heat tracing
• EHT Controller Programming
• Review for heat trace control panels
• EHT maintenance scheduling review
• Any site-specific problem areas 

Our facility assessments result in a report on our findings and a clear simple path forward to creating a worry-free heat trace system.  

Be Proactive  

A properly managed heat management system can keep your facility in safe operating order, but for many facilities, they do not have a dedicated system or team responsible for heat tracing maintenance, therefore there is zero visibility over their heat trace infrastructure. This lack of responsibility is where upsets happen. You do not want to be reactive to such upsets, but rather be prepared and with a proper preventative maintenance monitoring system such as SmartTrace in place.  

Gain Visibility & Control 

With heat trace management software like SmartTrace, you can gain the heat trace visibility you need all while taking control of your heat trace infrastructure. SmartTrace is simple and easy to integrate into your existing heat trace panels to a single circuit in a remote location and connect to any type of heat trace controller. The software monitors and manages the heat trace systems of client facilities, by analyzing multiple datasets related to those systems. SmartTrace removes the human error from heat trace management and allows you to make data driven decisions Saving your facility time and resources, all while avoiding costly facility disruptions and shutdowns.  

With EHT Group, and our SmartTrace solutions, you can get the visibility you need, from anywhere at any time, freeing up more resources, saving money and more importantly protecting your facility. Book a meeting with us to find out how we can help you avoid costly facility upsets and disruptions.