Laboratory Contract Maintenance Services: Understanding the Benefits of Periodic Maintenance 

If you own a car, you’ve likely done some sort of periodic maintenance. Whether it’s an oil change every 3,000 miles, rotating your tires, or simply changing the air filter; the more you drive your vehicle, the more important periodic maintenance becomes. The same is true for the equipment in your laboratory. With a variety of multiple, complex, and precise moving parts in each asset,  periodic maintenance  is essential to keep them working accurately and consistently. Just like regular oil, filter, fluid, and belt changes will keep your car running for years, periodic maintenance will help to ensure the performance of your lab’s assets. Here's a few of the benefits of regular maintenance for laboratory equipment.

Preservation of Laboratory Equipment

The assets that allow you to perform all of the functions in your lab are essential to your entire operation. With routine, periodic maintenance, you can preserve these instruments by extending their life expectancy. When you can eliminate premature failure and replacement, you not only save on the cost of purchasing new equipment, you save the time it takes to assess, diagnose, and order new equipment; which means you can continue researching and making advancements.

Identification of Potential Failures

The mitigation of surprise expensive repairs begins when the signs of potential failure are discovered. Periodic maintenance creates the opportunity to find a component or system that may be showing signs of trouble. When this is identified, a quick, simple, inexpensive repair can be the difference between continued operation and a complete breakdown.

Reduced Laboratory Equipment Downtime and Operational Costs

We’ve discussed how timely, routine repairs, when necessary, can eliminate the need to make expensive replacements. When your periodic maintenance is scheduled and expected, as opposed to repairs which tend to be sporadic surprises, you drastically decrease equipment downtime. Routinely scheduled maintenance tasks also reduce operational costs. Instead of making a unexpected call to get your equipment back online in an emergency, which can lead to costly labor rates and repair parts, you can budget accordingly for your required maintenance.

If periodic, routine maintenance can save you money in the garage, it can save you time, money, and peace of mind in your laboratory. Leveraging the experience, expertise, and resources of a contract maintenance provider can allow you to get back to what you do best. Your science. Overbrook is here make sure that your equipment stays up, running, and performing so you can too.