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ndustrial Fluid Monitoring Solutions (IFMS), the only authorised ser-
vices, repairs and calibration business for Pall Corporation in South
Africa, now offers direct servicing and calibration for all African users
of Pall’s PCM Cleanliness Monitor units.
IFMS was recently founded by Anton van Deventer, former Technical
Services Manager for Pall South Africa, which had been servicing the
African PCM users under Pall SA. With his 13-plus years of experience
with Pall’s PCMs, filtration, separation and purification products, Van
Deventer helped form Industrial Fluid Monitoring Solutions in conjunc-
tion with a consortium of investors from AFS Holdings who have the
distribution rights for Pall Corporation products in the energy market
servicing the Southern African markets.
The core focus of IFMS is the service, repair and calibration of all Pall
PCMs; service and repair of all Pall filtration, separation and purification
equipment as well as plant filtration audits and system design for new
and existing concerns.
Steven Whitcher, Market Development Manager for AFS Holdings, says
the advent of IFMS comes with significant advantages for African PCM
users. “As a result of our African users being able to deal directly with
IFMS, we can now offer the African customer base quicker turnaround
times on the units, while providing our services at a reduced cost,” he
says, adding: “While the focus is on Africa in this endeavour, there is
a more concentrated focus on Southern Africa for now and we aim to
service any industrial user of hydraulic, lubrication, power transmission
and insulating fluids. These include industries like mining, power sta-
tions, refineries, machinery and equipment.”
IFMS Field Services for purifiers
Water in hydraulic, lubrication, power transmission and insulating flu-
ids adversely affects fluid performance. It threatens overall system re-
liability and can lead to compromised production and costly downtime.
Companies today need equipment that can guarantee oil quality and
reduce operating expenditure and a practical preventative maintenance
programme is a critical part of achieving this.
The right programme will help to extend oil life, reduce the need for
oil disposal and minimise asset corrosion and unexpected equipment
downtime. Proactively addressing these areas of concern improves
equipment reliability and with it, overall costs. Pall purifiers are a key
part of a reliable preventative maintenance strategy.
Pall’s fluid conditioning purifiers have been designed for reliability and
robust operation even under the most challenging conditions. They are
easy to install, operate and maintain, feature a small footprint and can
be built to typical industrial or explosion protected standards.
“We are proud to be recognised as the best services and repairs busi-
ness for all filtration and purification equipment in Africa as well as
the only authorised services, repair and calibration business or Pall
Corporation in South Africa,” says Whitcher. “We’ve enjoyed a positive
response from the market thus far, having secured PCM service and
calibration contracts from Angola and the Middle East as well as locally.
This bodes well for the future of IFMS and paves the way for more ac-
cessible and affordable servicing, repairs and calibration for Pall PCM
users in Africa,” he concludes.
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PARTS AND MAINTENANCE
DIRECT SERVICING AND CALIBRATION
for Pall’s PCM Cleanliness Monitor unit users in Africa
Industrial Fluid Monitoring Solutions now offers direct servicing and
calibration for all African users of Pall’s PCM Cleanliness Monitor units.
The core focus of IFMS is the service repair
of all Pall PCMs and calibration.