Industry
Pulp & Paper
Mills are punishing environments — heat, steam, chemicals, and 24/7 operation. Our programs are built for them.
The reliability challenge
Paper Machines
Paper machines run fast and require outages every 4–6 weeks, losing tens of thousands of dollars per hour of downtime. They struggle with stock, water, chemical, and wash-up contamination, which infiltrates motors, gearboxes, bearings, lubrication systems, and hydraulics.
Pulp & Utilities
Pulp and utility operations run continuously for 12–18 months, where a mid-run failure can cost millions. These areas face stock, caustic, acid, chips, ash, biomass, sand, wastewater, and lime contamination, along with high-voltage electrical assets that demand disciplined inspection and condition monitoring.
High-ROI Reliability Investments
Lubrication discipline, infrared scanning, ultrasound inspections, and contamination control provide the earliest detection of developing failures and deliver the highest ROI across both fast-cycle and long-cycle mill operations. Corrosion protection adds long-term asset reliability by preventing structural and mechanical degradation before it becomes costly.
- High-temperature, high-moisture environments
- Aggressive chemicals attacking electrical and mechanical assets
- Critical motors and gearboxes with no spare
- Long runs between scheduled outages
- Lubrication contamination from process washdown
Outcomes we deliver
- Higher between-outage reliability
- Reduced bearing and gearbox failures
- Extended life on outdoor electrical assets
- Better-planned outage scope and shorter durations
Services for this industry
How we help
Precision Lubrication
Contamination control and route-based lubrication for harsh mill environments.
Learn moreThermography / Ultrasound
Pre-outage scans identify electrical and mechanical issues to fix during planned shutdowns.
Learn moreEnviropeel
Protect bearings, gearboxes, vertical gearboxes, pumps, and equipment bases from contamination and corrosion caused by the elements, wash up and chemical attack.
Learn moreOur process
How an engagement runs
A repeatable, low-disruption process built around your production schedule and safety requirements.
Scope & walk-down
We meet on site, walk your assets, and agree on the criticality ranking, scope, and access plan.
Inspection & data capture
Certified technicians collect IR, ultrasound, lubrication, and visual condition data using calibrated tools.
Prioritized reporting
You receive a written report ranking every finding by severity, with photos, thermal and ultrasound images, and recommended actions.
Corrective action support
We help you triage findings, plan outage scope, and re-inspect after repairs to confirm the fix.
What you get
Deliverables built for action
Every engagement ends with a clear, prioritized report your team can act on — not a data dump. Findings are ranked by severity, tied to specific assets, and accompanied by photos and thermal imagery.
For recurring customers, we trend results year over year so you can see exactly how your reliability program is paying off.
- Written executive summary with prioritized findings
- Asset-by-asset condition report with photos and thermal images
- Energy savings by identifying vacuum and compressed-gas leaks
- Early fault detection in high-voltage yards using ultrasound and thermal imaging
- Weed-free, code-compliant high-voltage yards maintained by licensed arborists
- Contamination and corrosion protection with Enviropeel for critical assets in MRO stores and in the field
- Reduced lubrication failures through proper lubricant selection, application frequency, contamination control, and lubrication testing
- NFPA 70B compliance — insurance-ready documentation
- Repair recommendations
- Year-over-year trending for repeat customers
- Audit-ready records for insurance and compliance reviews
Questions we hear a lot
Run longer between outages
Build a reliability program designed for mill conditions.