As a pump owner, if there’s one thing you’re always concerned about, it’s sudden breakdowns. Depending on the functions your pump is performing, sudden breakdowns can lead to serious business consequences due to unexpected downtime. One of the most effective ways to prevent this is positive material identification or PMI for short.
VEMC is the leading Kirloskar pump distributor, and in this blog, we talk about how PMI prevents pump failures.
What is PMI?
PMI is an analytical test of a material (generally an alloy) to determine the composition in percentage terms of its constituent elements. The most common methods for carrying out PMI are optical emission spectrometry (OES) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). One of its greatest benefits is that it is a completely non-destructive method.
PMI has an important role to play in pumping, where it is used for safety compliance and quality control. It also enables you to meet the legal and regulatory requirements set by local governments. But most importantly, it can prevent pump failure and its subsequent business costs.
How PMI prevents pump failures
Let’s now try to understand how PMI prevents pump failures across industries.
- With PMI testing, businesses can ensure every single component of the pump meets quality specifications, and critical parts are especially made up of the right grade of alloy.
- PMI helps avoid the pump or its parts’ potential failure during the manufacturing process.
- PMI helps find potentially mixed-up alloys. This can be the single most important criterion for buyers to decide which pumps to choose and which sellers to trust.
- It enables buyers to determine whether the welded components have used the right filler material.
- With failure analysis PMI, you can unearth the root cause of a pump failure to avoid it the next time around.
- PMI ensures that the metal used in a pump meets the correct standards and specifications as per regulations and that it is safe to use for the customer.
- PMI testing reduces the risk of company liability, thanks to documented safety standards. It comes in handy when the documentation for the equipment is lost.
- Besides testing the composition of the alloys, it helps find out if the wrong material has been used in the construction of a pump or any of its parts.
- Due to its non-destructive procedure, it is beneficial in case of metals or materials that are too expensive to break down.
- PMI is also the best way out in situations where a part cannot be taken for a sample test.
Quite clearly, PMI is a remarkable novelty in pump testing. This is especially because of its cost effectiveness as no pump part or material is destroyed. Besides, the testing requires simple hand-held equipment, which requires no special training for employees.
For more information on how PMI can be useful, get in touch with VEMC at 022 43436655 or email us at marketing@vemc.co.in. We are the leading Kirloskar pump dealer, based in Mumbai.