Physical assets form the backbone of our modern civilisation. Just try to imagine a world without any mining equipment, agricultural machinery, power stations, smelter plants, factories, vehicles, aeroplanes, trains, road and rail networks, water supply networks and so the list goes on. Not much of a civilisation left when all these are gone...
The above mentioned industries are all asset intensive industries.
Resonant Solutions have traditionally focussed on the design and implementation of some of these physical assets. However, once installed on site it is important to manage these assets in an optimal way, hence increasing reliability, availability and throughput, whilst reducing risk, cost and environmental impact.
It is with this reality in mind that Resonant has decided to enter the asset management arena. When you design and build physical assets, you naturally want to see that these assets are cared for during their lifetimes.
Their may be many questions on the manager's mind such as:
- How and when should maintenance be performed?
- How can we increase equipment reliability?
- What design improvements can be made that will increase profits and reduce risk?
- How can maintenance resources be used more efficiently?
- How can useful asset life be prolonged?
- How can I get my staff to perform better quality maintenance work?
- When is the best time to perform overhauls or replacements?
- How can we improve the maintenance process during shutdowns?
- What are the lifecycle costs associated with different decisions?
- How can costs be reduced and be better controlled?
Resonant Asset Optimisation Services can provide answers to these questions. A process is followed where the important inputs are identified and analysed according to reliability, availability, risk and cost models. Based on the outputs of the models, good asset management decisions can be made and implemented. Results from implementation actions are measured. Feedback from the measurments is used to validate and improve the models, but also to initiate potential improvement actions. Improvement actions can be implemented directly or first be re-modelled before implementation. Refer to the diagram below.
Resonant Asset Optimisation Services closely adheres to the asset management process as stipulated by the PAS 55 code.
Kuthaba is a wedding venue which consists of Chalets, Tent Camps and Caravan camps. The lodge caters for 150 guests at a time. Due to inconsistency in waste water flow, a 55 000 litre balancing tank was constructed in order balance inconsistent flows. Chopper pumps then transfer the waste water to a secondary 2 500 litre balance tank. The waste water is then pumped into the Ekosistema treatment plant for treatment. The plant consumes only 900 Watt and is odourless.
