Taking a holistic approach to managing hydraulic systems has further benefits in diagnosing and rectifying faults. “If a hose has been replaced three times in 12 months, it’s obviously not the hose that’s failing,” Kevin says, “there’s something wrong elsewhere. “For a lot of companies, if the hose fails, they get another one, the hose fails, they get another one and so on. The root cause is never addressed.” One of the diagnostic tools utilised in Total Hydraulic Management is the oil contamination report.
“We take a sample of oil and do a report within 24 hours, giving a breakdown of every single contaminant in the oil – chrome, other metals, everything. Then you have an indication of what is causing the problem. “You can only do that if you do regular maintenance – preventative maintenance. That’s Total Hydraulic Management.” Software “Once we get our data management combined into a bespoke software system, we will be able to pull down the asset number of any machine and tell the customer how many times the machine has failed because of a hydraulic fault,” Kevin says.
“In the back of the FSM (Field Service Management) software will be the asset management system. Every hose we then supply will be logged on the software, which the customer will have a portal to and all existing Total Hose Management data will be exported to the new software so we will have that historical record to refer to. “We will be doing something that nobody else does. They may do it on elements such as engines, gearboxes or transmission, which cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. Hoses are minuscule in comparison, but if we can start collecting the data, people will begin to appreciate the knock-on effects in terms of time, labour, oil, environmental costs, and so on.”
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