Protecting your Instron® Investment
Preventive maintenance scheduled at a time that suits your business will help to ensure you get the most out of your materials testing equipment. Each visit includes a pre-defined set of maintenance activities designed to help maximize uptime and extend the life of your testing system.
Instron’s engineers have access to all the latest documentation, official spare parts, and tools required to maintain your equipment at its peak performance.
We will consult with you and take care of all the arrangements keeping you informed with the aim of minimized disruption to your operation.
Preventive Maintenance and Calibration
Preventive Maintenance, when coupled with Calibration and Software Support services, will protect your equipment investment while providing the confidence that your system is operating to factory specifications.
Combining preventive maintenance and calibration services is the most convenient and economical way for you to meet ISO 9001, ASTM E4 and ASTM E83 compliance requirements. We also offer support services and documentation to support IQ/OQ process requirements.
Taking advantage of our combined calibration and preventive maintenance services will minimize costs and simplify scheduling. We will keep track of the scheduled due dates and work with you to schedule the necessary services in advance of the due date deadlines.
We can help you put together a support program suited to your budget and business needs, whether it be a basic health check to a comprehensive program tailored to provide professional services to support your operators, to maximize capabilities and manage the up-keep of your materials testing system.
Benefits of Scheduled Preventive Maintenance
Extend the life of your system:
- Minimize downtime due to failures
- Improve equipment performance
- Minimize the risk of non-compliance
Your Instron service engineer will perform a designed list of preventive maintenance routines and procedures that have been developed for your specific testing system. These might include:
- Testing and maintenance of servohydraulic system oil quality
- Confirming mechanical drive system and feedback loop operation are within specifications
- Cleaning, lubricating, and making needed adjustments to the drive system
- Confirming electronic control system operation are within system specifications
- General cleaning and adjustment of electronic control systems
- Confirming proper operation of attached accessories and system safety features
- Verifying proper operation of initialization and diagnostic routines