WPC recognized the increasing challenges that industry faced to improve operating performance and profitability, added to this are the costs of regulatory compliance.  By incorporating the right technology, you can effectively meet these challenges. WPC has acquired distribution rights to a number of innovative and proven technologies and services and with its industry knowledge can advise as to which will suit your requirements.

An Asset Manager Program can be provided to customers looking for continuous improvement in maintenance strategies.  The asset manager program provides a proven approach to reducing maintenance costs and process variability, improving process reliability, and sustaining these improvements. While the primary focus of the program usually begins with the control valves, it is flexible and can be customised to include other process control equipment as designated by the facility. Some examples of other equiment that could be included in the program are relief valves, actuated on/off valves, desuperheaters, and damper drives. The program is not limited to any particular equipment manufacturer.

The following are typical primary areas of focus for the Asset Manager Program that can improve total cost of ownership for the processing facility.

Outage management - assist in planning and execution of control valve related repairs or replacements with a goal of reducing cost and increasing reliability.
Control valve database - develop for selected units or the entire facility; includes development of a database, surveying the installed base and inputting results into the database.
Establish life cycle by application.
Establish criticality ratings.
Application analysis - provide engineering assistance and fit for service reviews of process applications.
Valve diagnostics - assist in scheduling and interpreting results from valve diagnostic testing.
Valve repair - assist in coordination, evaluation, and recommending valve repair concerning both day to day items and shutdown items.
Standards development - develop a written control valve rebuild/repair standard for use facility wide; establish application standards.
Establish valve performance standards
Process variability reduction - assist in maximizing and sustaining process loop performance.
Installation review and commissioning - Resource to assure correct implementation of new and existing equipment.
Purchasing assistance - source equipent and assure accurate information for ordering is available.
Storeroom spares management - determine optimal level of spares for maintenance and reliability.
Perform root cause failure analysis.

Contact WPC to arrange a meeting to discuss implementing an Asset Manager Program to improve your site maintenance strategies.