 Products > optiService > Prevent a minor problem from becoming a major crisis No matter how good your Optimar equipment is – and we think it is the best – problems can and will occur, especially when it is run at full capacity in extreme conditions in even more extreme environments. We can’t predict everything that might happen or when, but that doesn’t keep us from being proactive in trying to prevent unplanned downtime and production surprises. Based on our accumulated histories and expertise, OptiService has developed preventive maintenance schedules for all Optimar equipment, from the most basic conveyor to the most sophisticated robot. All newer Optimar machines, for example, are equipped with software that monitors the operating time and parts that should be serviced or changed accordingly. Just like a car, each machine requires different levels of maintenance at different timesdepending upon factors such as the intensity of the work load and the products being handled. Without preventive maintenance, the risks for fatal failure, spoiled products and, as a result, the costs for lost production increase dramatically. We don’t want to take that risk and we don’t want you to take it either. |  | 
“Components that wear out are candidates for preventive maintenance. When the cost to repair or replace a component before it fails is less than the cost to replace the component after it fails, it makes sense to maintain the component preventively.”
Source: Reliability HotWire, issue 96, February 2009
It may be hard to believe but preventive maintenance leads to significant short- and long-term savings. Numerous studies and real-life histories show that preventive maintenance: - improves system reliability
- decreases cost of replacement
- decreases downtime
- improves management of spare parts inventory
Optimar engineers use sophisticated algorithms to calculate the relative life of a part or machine. The goal is to choose the preventive maintenance time that minimizes the cost-per-unit time. OptiService works very hard to strike a balance between your risk – the cost associated with a
failure – and the time between preventive maintenance visits. 
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