{"id":284,"date":"2013-04-04T12:36:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T10:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wika.com\/us\/\/?p=284"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:27:15","slug":"gauges-act-as-alarms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wika.com\/us\/knowhow\/gauges-act-as-alarms\/","title":{"rendered":"How Gauges Act as Alarms for a Predictive Maintenance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any physician will tell you that preventing illness is much more effective than trying to cure it. The same can be said of the health of your plant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like a doctor uses diagnostic equipment to identify health issues before they become serious, pressure gauges are invaluable tools to help warn you of problems and mishaps before they can do significant damage.<\/p>\n

The Problem of Reaction, Not Action<\/h2>\n

Implementing an effective predictive maintenance program can save facilities as much as 12 percent in lost resources and downtime when compared to a reactive approach. However, more than 55 percent of those responsible for industrial plant maintenance described their maintenance activity as reactive rather than active in nature, according to a U.S. Department of Energy study.<\/p>\n

How Gauges Can Help<\/h2>\n

Gauges can identify issues before they become bona fide problems. A mechanical gauge can serve as a low cost backup for your monitoring software (or an entry point to predictive maintenance if you do not have monitoring software). When gauges specifications are appropriate for applications gauges can:<\/p>\n