Fleet owners save on maintenance costs with WearCheck

February 7, 2025

Specialist condition monitoring company, WearCheck, has a fundamental goal: to ensure that engines, machinery, and other mechanical components operate at peak performance with reduced maintenance costs.

The company achieves this goal and more through comprehensive condition monitoring programmes for its clients. It offers an extensive range of analysis techniques and services, many of which are tailored specifically towards fleet management, assisting transport companies to keep tabs on vehicle health.

WearCheck’s managing director, Neil Robinson, understands that the commercial transport sector is always under pressure to reduce operational expenditure. “In light of this,” he says, “we recommend that the condition of vital fluids – such as oil, fuel, and coolants – is regularly monitored, to ensure that all components are operating as expected.”

Robinson says that a failure to conduct regular fluid assessments can potentially result in engines and components falling victim to mechanical setbacks or breaking down completely. “WearCheck’s core speciality is the scientific analysis of used oil, fuel, and other fluids. This entails analysing fluid samples for trace particles, which indicate which component is suffering unusual wear patterns,” he explains. “The test result data is assessed by a team of specialised diagnosticians, who advise on a course of remedial action, where required.”

Effective fluid analysis thus means that any problems can be remedied early on. “We identify a potential failure before it occurs. This way, catastrophic failure is avoided, thereby enhancing machine availability and performance, and ultimately boosting the bottom line,” Robinson elaborates.

“Our transport sector clients include bus and truck fleets and logistics companies, as well as agricultural, mining, and quarrying vehicles, just to name a few. We also offer condition monitoring services for many other sectors, such as power generation and renewable energy, mining, earth moving, aviation, maritime, and more.”

Additional predictive maintenance techniques offered by WearCheck include asset reliability care (ARC) services, water analysis, transformer chemistry services, and advanced field services (AFS) such as non-destructive testing, technical compliance, and rope condition assessment. The company also offers lubrication-enabled reliability (LER), providing clients with bespoke solutions to ensure that their lubrication systems are well managed, efficient, and cost effective.

With many success stories and thousands of happy customers, many of whom have been customers for multiple decades, WearCheck enjoys its recognition as a leader in the preventive maintenance field, servicing a wide range of industries with an array of different monitoring techniques.

The company’s extensive, Africa-wide network of world-class laboratories serves as a condition monitoring hub, providing clients with a one-stop destination for all proactive maintenance services. For more information, please visit www.wearcheck.co.za, email marketing@wearcheck.co.za, or call WearCheck on +27 (31) 700-5460.