Bartech can help you with your maintenance planning, whether it is optimising any current plan you may have in place, or creating one to suit your situation.

With over 30 years of experience, Bartech will ensure your maintenance plan is correctly optimised and time-efficient for your particular engine use and environment.

We extend our knowledge of each operator’s needs through developing our understanding of their engines. We achieve this with the feedback of testing samples and temperatures before any intrusive work takes place.

Bartech Maintenance support

Tailor made plans

A Bergen maintenance plan is shown here for an example of generic OEM recommended maintenance intervals.

These do not make any allowance for your operation and could result in higher costs and increased downtime, either by advising servicing is carried out more often than required for your application, or of greater concern, not often enough for your environment and usage.

Pre-plan survey and assessment

Before we begin creating your individual maintenance plan, our engineers will carry out a survey on your assets, and speak with your engineers to ascertain the type of running, environment and other important considerations we need to take into account for your plan.

Improve engine monitoring

We can manufacture bespoke engine gauge panels for your engines, allowing effective on-site monitoring, ensuring any deviations are highlighted immediately and can be acted on without delay.

Diesel engine uptime programme

To improve your asset efficiency and monitoring, alongside the gauge panels, we have created a specific programme, the Diesel Engine Uptime Programme (DEUP).

Essentially, the DEUP is a piece of software, built by Bartech, that enables shared information between our team, your office & your offshore team.

It provides visibility on the state of your diesel engine – the historical information, reports, maintenance plan & strategy, technical information and trend analysis, all in one easy-to-digest place.

With this data, it’s easier to make decisions that’ll reduce your downtime and save you money, since you’ll have a greater understanding of the health of your engine, and what needs to be done to keep it running smoothly.

Reduce downtime and costs

One operator to have benefitted from bespoke maintenance planning is Shell.

We were asked to review their work order procedure, which was written many years ago and changed by several people over the years, it read:

  • Remove injectors and carry out a borescope inspection
  • Change oil filter and oil
  • Check valve clearances and adjust as necessary
  • Replace injectors

As you can see, this was not the most effective order – it doesn’t make sense to perform activities out of sequence if you want to minimise engineers time.

This routine was in place for all of the platform’s engines, regardless of use, make or model, and on this particular engine, our new plan led to them shaving 3 hours off the work time.

Our process

When compiling your maintenance plans, we consider the following aspects:

  • Criticality of use (Emergency generator, Firepump, Main propulsion etc)
  • Current regime
  • Budget
  • Feasibility of implementation – other assets connected to the engine, operational restrictions etc
  • Requirements for operation

One example of a simple yet effective change to schedule was identified during a recent site visit where the operator was running their MTU 4000 generator monthly.

We advised that it would be more beneficial for the engine to run weekly for less time.

Small changes like this are just one way we can streamline your maintenance schedule. Many are easy to implement and will make a positive impact on your operation.

To arrange a maintenance plan or to discuss any aspect of maintenance planning, contact us now on the form below, we’re ready to help.

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How did working with Bartech benefit you / your company on this project?

“Rob and his team at Bartech have time and time again assisted our company even when we ask for unrealistic timescales and results. They have identified and quoted for spares at each enquiry without fail.

This simple and quick response makes acquiring the right spares, right quality first time possible and allows us to return important plant back into service quicker than anticipated.

Look forward to working together in the coming years.”

Phil Keane ~ EDF Heysham

“Bartech professionally delivered on all promised work within schedule.

By utilising the experience and expertise of the Bartech engineers we were able to simultaneously liquidate a number of jobs.

The engineer’s problem-solving ability meant that long-standing issues were corrected.

The technical expertise on this particular fire pump was first class.”

Wood Group PSN on behalf of Shell.

“Bartech helped maintain & achieve our recovery plan in a safe manner & also implementing the improvements required to prevent similar incidents.

They were very adaptable to our urgent requirements and used all of their resources possible to expedite the safe return of P-7230 fire water pump.

Bartech exceeded our expectations during this intervention.”

TAQA Bratani

What were you most impressed with working with Bartech?

“A genuine open and honest customer focused approach.

A willingness to evolve and support ongoing learning (both ways) when things may not quite go as planned or expected. Whilst the whole Bartech team are focused and engaged Rob Lee has proved to be a pivotal contact point for EDF addressing and resolving concerns that may arise.”

Mark Bradbury ~ EDF Hartlepool

“Many thanks for your help and cooperation, most refreshing to find a business that actually puts the customer first and understands the imperfect world that we operate in.”

Williams Associates

“Well done, it is great to see the final “three for three, FYFP 1, De-Sup Station and CW valve” risk mitigations now delivered safely before year end.

Can I reinforce and recognise the drive, team work and clear communications during the last month especially.

This rounds off a very positive risk mitigation year for Team Hartlepool and the wider support provided via CTO and the Supply Chain with 22 oo 23 Key Deliverables completed and handed back to the operations teams.”

Bill Liu ~ EDF

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