Issue 7 2020

Oct19515 Contracted for Safety Success Maintaining the highest engineering standards is crucial in vital industries, saving time and avoiding disturbance to clients. The team at AF Condition Monitoring (M) Sdn Bhd have been an essential service for many, and have been justly recognised for their hard work as Best Plant Condition Monitoring Contractor – Malaysia in the Energy Innovator Awards 2019. We profile the firm to see what they have to offer. For over a quarter of a century, the team at AF Condition Monitoring have been a mainstay of plant maintenance, providing a wealth of expertise to a variety of different industries. As the way in which these operations work continues to evolve, so do the tireless efforts of this incredible team. AF Condition Monitoring has come to be seen as the industry’s most trusted partner when it comes to plant reliability maintenance and condition monitoring, with the model that the team operates under improving plant availability, allowing for less breakdowns and reducing maintenance costs. The team’s hard work ensures that every aspect of a plant’s operation performs to the highest level. The team specialise in this field, providing a single point of contact when a solution is required, with their 26-year track record allowing them to provide the best possible solution. These solutions draw on the need to be both cost-effective and efficient in design and implementation. Not many contractors boast the significant hands-on expertise that has made AF Condition Monitoring into the success it is today. At the heart of AF Condition Monitoring is the team’s ability to utilise a variety of different tools in the search for the ideal way forward. CBM tools allow the team to act as Predictive Maintenance or Condition Monitoring Specialists where appropriate. A range of different packages are on offer, allowing the different needs of different organisations to be adequately met. The team offer many different services that appeal to different organisations. A proactive machinery service uses a variety of techniques to provide clients with a service that is able to make a difference to their operation. These include FAT and SAT (acceptance test and baseline), analysis of rotating machinery behaviour, vibration monitoring and analysis (rotating, piping and structure), ultrasonic detection and infrared thermography. Alongside corrective machinery services such as in-situ balancing for rotating machinery, precision shaft alignment, precision pulley alignment and verification of online vibration sensor and system, the AF Condition Monitoring team are able to provide a complete package to their clients. It goes without saying that this is why the industry continues to trust in their hard work. As time has gone on, the challenges for a plant repair provider has evolved significantly thanks to increased mechanisation, new techniques and greater complexity in terms of equipment. The aim of the team at AF Condition Monitoring is not to merely learn what techniques are available, but to know how to apply the most worthwhile to specific situations. The significance of what AF Condition Monitoring is clear, as it can make the difference between improving performance while reducing costs and creating new problems to sit aside old ones. In all, it’s little wonder that AF Condition Monitoring has been able to achieve such success. The team draw on considerable expertise that lifts them above and beyond the competition. With a range of different services, it’s no wonder that they have become the provider of choice across multiple industries. Their forward thinking in this regard is what has ensured this impressive achievement for the last twenty-five years, and what will secure it for the next quarter century. Contact: Ahmad Fawzal Web Address: www.afcm.com.my The team specialise in this field, providing a single point of contact when a solution is required, with their 26-year track record allowing them to provide the best possible solution. These solutions draw on the need to be both cost-effective and efficient in design and implementation. Issue 7 2020 31