Get peace of mind with preventative maintenance and diagnostic services

Identify possible issues. Monitor equipment changes. And minimize unexpected downtime. Smith Services® works onsite with your team to diagnose root causes of failure and maintain your equipment — before disaster strikes.

Our engineers, field service experts, and route drivers leverage our private fleet of service vehicles, plus over a half-century of combined expertise, to deliver the support you need, when you need it. Backed by our leading repair facility and preventative maintenance program, rest easy knowing your machines have the full support to run smoothly.

Identify potential issues with infrared thermography   

Quickly find overheated electric connections and other machine components that cause unscheduled downtime and production losses. Infrared thermography makes it simple to set priorities for repairs and schedule them during periods of planned downtime.

Infrared thermography applications
  • Power distribution and control cabinets
  • Building envelopes and structures
  • Electric motor conduit box and frame temperature
  • Mechanical bearing inspections
  • Electrical systems
  • Process problems due to heat loss
Smith Services scanning motor with infrared technology for preventative maintenance
Monitoring electric motor with vibration trending and analysis

Evaluate your equipment’s condition with vibration trending and analysis

Diagnose imbalance and misalignment on your rotating equipment, and monitor changes over time. Our vibration trending and analysis pinpoint the source of a variety problems, including bearing issues, helping maximize uptime and machine safety.

Vibration trending and analysis applications
  • Small to large industrial electric motors and generators
  • Pumps
  • Air handlers
  • Fans
  • Gearboxes
  • Other driven equipment

Get advanced root cause analysis with online electric motor testing

Tap into complete predictive maintenance insights that separate mechanical from electrical issues. By monitoring motor conditions while they’re running, we unlock data on variable frequency drives’ effects on motors, accurate assessments of operating load over time, and real-time results allowing our technicians to make quick adjustments.

Online electric motor testing applications
  • Motor performance tests
  • Motor condition tests
  • Energy assessment
  • Advanced data collection and organization
  • Power condition tests
  • Balancing machine
Smith Services uses advanced root cause analysis with online electric motor testing
Smith Services uses CSI and various Schenck machinery to provide in-house balancing of up to 40,000 lbs.

Ensure reliable performance with dynamic balancing and laser alignment

Keep your precision rotating equipment working smoothly — and your operations running reliably. Smith Services uses CSI and various Schenck machinery to provide in-house balancing of up to 40,000 lbs.

Dynamic balancing and laser alignment applications
  • Vertical and horizontal electric motors
  • Pulleys and belts
  • Laser alignment on any size equipment 5 horsepower and up
  • Includes printouts and live visual displays with specifications and tolerances for alignment

Sharpen your skills

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Do your part to prevent catastrophic failure

Speak to one of our experts about preventative maintenance and diagnostic services today.

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