Standardization can provide benefits throughout your operation from the design engineers who create the rupture discs’ data sheets to the inventory managers who have to maintain obsolete inventory and hundreds of duplications in the warehouse. As a buyer of safety relief devices, have you ever thought that this procedure seems to be time-consuming and that there must be some way of standardizing the purchasing of these devices? The answer is yes!
To help you, we’ve come up with a list of pros and cons for standardizing rupture discs to help you decide if it is right for your facility.
Why Standardize Now?
Pros
- Eliminate duplication of similar items in inventory.
- A higher volume of one standardized inventory item. Drives cost down!
- More cycles. Designed and tested for 5 million cycles from full vacuum to maximum operating pressure.
- Fewer maintenance issues. The familiarity of one common holder/disc. Decreases installation problems while improving maintenance practices.
- Inventory control. Reorganizing and upgrading inventory, in the long run, may reduce excess inventory.
- Code compliance. All rupture discs and future discs can now be in compliance.
Cons
- Time consuming.
- Survey. Who is going to spend the time collect all the information on my inventory and holders?
To learn more about rupture disc standardization contact our flow and safety experts today!