Save money with MEG-alert motor and generator protection!

Got motors?  Then you have motor problems!

The question is not IF a motor will fail, but WHEN!

Motors (and generators) wear out.  But motors also fail for other reasons than worn components.  Environmental factors can cause the failure of an otherwise machanically sound motor or generator.

Whatever the cause, when a motor fails you have a series of expenses that result:

0. The cost of a replacement motor, or repairs (if possible.)
0. Repair labor costs - at emergency rates!
0. Repair costs to related machinery, the production line, electrical cables, and the motor controls.

In fact, the cost of the motor may be the SMALLEST cost associated with the failure!

Consider these other direct and indirect costs of motor failure:

• When the motor stops, all the workers stop, too.  But you keep paying them.  Payroll costs may continue for hours or even days until production is restarted.
• When the motor stops the production stops along with the revenue that would be generated.  Lost production may total thousands - even tens of thousands of dollars per day!
• Lost production may mean missed deadlines, penalties, lost orders, lost customers, capacity diverted to competitors, and other costs directly attributed to lost time that can NEVER be regained.
• Work in progress can be lost or damaged.  Unfinished work may require cleanup or disposal, and may also require regulatory notification and fines.
• Failure could result in damage to the plant, affecting otherwise undamaged sections.  One small problem could result in a shut down of an entire plant.
• Failure could directly endanger workers.  Liability results in higher insurance costs, OSHA inspections, and potential lawsuits.

How does MEG-alert technology provide direct cost savings?

#1  MEG-alert provides automatic and continuous testing of critical motors and generators.

If you do not have a preventive testing program you literally have no measure of the relative "health" of critical equipment.  Unfortunately many businesses are faced with increasing costs and decreasing revenue.  The result is that most maintenance departments only react to emergencies - they have no time to proactively address preventive and predictive maintenance.

But the advantages of preventive maintenance can not be discounted.  Here is an example:

• A medium voltage motor may cost more than $50,000.
• Repairing this motor (that is, rewinding the internal insulation) may cost $25,000 - assuming it is not destroyed when it fails.
• But "reconditioning" this motor before it burns out may cost $10,000 or less.  This is a savings of 75% or more!

If you were able to schedule a motor for reconditioning before it burned out, you could slash the maintenance expenses by 50% to 75%.  BUT, you would need an accurate assessment of the motor condition.

This is exactly what MEG-alert does for each critical motor or generator.

MEG-alert accurately tests the condition of the insulation within the windings of the motor or generator.  As the motor ages, the electrical resistance of this insulation declines until the current "leaks" to the grounding circuit, resulting in a burned out motor.

Some MEG-alert models provide a "pre-alarm" warning that indicates that the electrical resistance has fallen below safe levels.  The motor will still run, but it requires preventive maintenance to avoid a failure in the near future.

When a "pre-alarm" status is detected by the MEG-alert, a flashing yellow LED is activated on the control panel.  The "pre-alarm" meg-ohm levels are clearly illustrated on the easy-to-read "green-yellow-red" meter dial - that does not require an electrician to interpret.  This status can also be alerted by accessory lights and even remote monitoring options.  The result is that maintenance staff can proactively cycle the motor out of production before it fails.  Corrective repairs can then be completed on a non-emergency basis and at a fraction of the cost.

It should also be noted that a reconditioned motor will have the same efficiency as a new motor.  The windings were reinsulated before failure.  Reconditioning can be performed repeatedly.  On the other hand, a motor can be rewound only once, if not damaged when the failure occured.  A rewound motor will draw more current and fail again in a shorter time frame.  Plus (as noted above) rewinding typically costs twice as much as reconditioning.

MEG-alert provides the testing capabilities to proactively maintain and recondition motors - at a savings of 50% to 75% over rewinding or replacement!

Would you like to slash maintenance costs 50% to 75%?

#2 MEG-alert eliminates the expenses associated with a manual testing program.

Testing is cost-effective in the savings it provides.  But what if the testing process could be dramatically improved AND the costs could be slashed at the same time?