NoVasPect outaGe MaNaGeMeNt serVices

NOVASPECT
OUTAGE
MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
Your Local resource for Process reliability
They’re Your Control Valves, but We Care About Them Too!
Novaspect’s reputation is only as good as the reliability of the control valves we’ve placed in your plant. Novaspect
Outage Management Service provides professional control valve outage management services which can remove the
burden of your maintaining specialized planning staff, diagnostic testing equipment and tooling which is required to
optimize outage maintenance expenditures on control valves… improving your plant performance, and maintaining our
good name.
Traditional outage repair scope development usually consists of documenting the valves on which operations has hung
maintenance tags. These are known trouble-makers, but to what extent is repair required? Is the problem with the
positioner, the actuator, the packing system, or the valve body and trim parts? Is the installed valve appropriate for the
service demands?
Beyond the tagged valves, which other valves could be guilty of causing a forced outage, reducing availability, or
impacting plant performance before the next outage? Novaspect’s approach to outage planning is based on our
understanding of the ranking of the criticality of control valve condition to these issues.
Many plants have invested in a valve-mounted predictive maintenance infrastructure through utilization of Fisher FIELDVUE®
DVC Digital Valve Controllers installed on their valves. Skilled valve diagnosticians utilize the power of these devices to
troubleshoot and plan repair for the tagged valves. The same devices can be used to pre-test control valve assemblies,
prior to, or at the outset of an outage. Imagine being able to predict which additional valves will likely fail in service before
the next planned outage. Imagine that you could then prioritize your outage spend based on criticality. Imagine that you
would only repair the bad component, or only replace the bad parts.
The effective use of these diagnostic tools requires significant training and repetitive use of the testing process …. so-called
“use it, or lose it!“ Many plants have neither the staff nor the skill-set required to accomplish specialized tasks. But that
doesn’t mean you’re out in the cold because we “use it”, repeatedly. And we’re good at it.
No Fisher DVC positioners installed? No Fisher valves? No problem. Through our
relationship with Emerson Instrument & Valve Service we have access to the same
diagnostic technology via the famous Fisher FlowScanner™ …. for any manufacturer’s
control valve. Same tests, same diagnosis, same reliability.
The tests are done, the repair scope is set, so now what? We can manage your workforce
to implement the repairs required, or we can utilize the technical power of the Emerson
Instrument & Valve Service Company technicians to do what they do best …. fix valves.
It’s what we do for a living. We take care of your control valves so you don’t
have to.
For more information, contact your Novaspect Fisher Valve account manager. Let us prove to you that we care about your
valves too!
The Novaspect Outage Management Process
Set Test Scope Based Upon:
Document
•Save test results to Outage Database
•Deliver formal repair report with pictures,
diagnostic test results, as-found/asleft condition, list of parts replaced,
recommended immediate customer
actions and recommendations for
next outage (including parts to have
on hand for next outage)
•Revise official factory
serial cards as required
•Conduct a satisfaction review
•Operational application knowledge
•Historical common cause work order analysis
•Previous outage recommendations
•Opportunity (long time until next access)
•Environmental
•Safety
•Obsolescence
•Control loops in manual control
Test
•Via Fisher DVC Digital Valve
Controller
•Via Fisher FlowScanner
Set Repair Scope Based on Tests:
•Which valves?
•Which sub-components?
•What improved performance
objective?
Calibrate and Retest
•Calibrate the valve travel
•Calibrate accessories
•Test as-left condition via Fisher
FIELDVUE® Digital Valve Controller
or Fisher FlowScanner™
Define the Repair Specification
•Division of labor (scaffolding,
Repair
•Repair the valves per the Specification
•Develop notes for repair
report documentation
•Develop notes for future course of action
•Develop notes for serial card
documentation revisions
•End-of-day reporting to cognizant
Pre-outage Planning
•Photos
•Rigging point identification
•Nameplate data
•Accessibility review
•Special considerations
•Parts availability review and
pre-order as required
•Repair by replacement decisions
•Actuator re-engineering for
live-loaded packing retrofits
•Set repair schedule by tag
rigging, insulation removal,
lighting, power, customer’s shop
labor and machine resources)
•Procedures, results, schedule,
documentation
•Communication channels
•Safety training plan
•Lock-out/Tag-out procedures
•Signing on to a job
•House-cleaning
There’s a
Novaspect
Office Near You
To become the leader in process control in the
upper Midwest takes more than just world-class
products and services. It takes a commitment to
the region we serve. That is why Novaspect has
invested in people, facilities and equipment to
provide you with the local resources you need to
run your business more efficiently. Please contact
one of our nearby offices to experience all that
Novaspect has to offer.
Office Locations:
Illinois
1124 Tower Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Ph: 847.956.8020
Fax: 847.885.8200
410 Jubilee Lane, Suite C
Metamora, IL 61548
Ph: 309.383.2776
Fax: 309.383.2779
Wisconsin
N992 Quality Drive
Greenville, WI 54942
Ph: 920.757.1292
Fax: 920.757.1297
6000 W. Executive Drive
Mequon, WI 53092
Ph: 262.242.3053
Fax: 262.242.3072
Minnesota
7565 Corporate Way
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Ph: 952.934.5100
Fax: 952.934.1279
102 NE 3rd Street
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Ph: 218.326.5100
Fax: 218.326.9259
North Dakota
9320 Sibley Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
Ph: 701.255.0917
Fax: 701.258.8048
www.novaspect.com