One of the main benefits of having scheduled preventative maintenance in your lab is to have your equipment and instruments inspected, ensuring safety, and assessing to ensure it’s not at risk of breaking down. A PM can also highlight and rectify potential problems before they become too costly, replacing them with refurbished parts, and helping to improve the lifespan of equipment and laboratory instruments. Ensuring your equipment is in good working health, so your analytical results don’t suffer.

For example, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system pump seals usually begin to show wear around 6-12 months of normal use. When this happens, leaks can appear, causing pressure dips. Having a PM scheduled can ensure compliance before they affect the analytical results.