With every company and industry using equipments and machines that has air storage in some form or the other, there are surely chances that there would occur occasional or frequent leakages in one or more of them. Not only air, there are other substances like water, gas, vapor etc that are used and their leakage also does occur. When there is leakage, the effect doesn’t limit itself to that only but extends far beyond. Because of leakage production may be hampered, the machine undergoes excess of pressure to continue its operation thereby leading to faster wear and tear and the cost of the leaked substance is also a loss. Over and above this is the labor hours taken to detect the leakage and fix it up. So, if we take the overall cost incurred on account of leakages that would really put us in a tense mood

The leakage, even after the best efforts, cannot be completely stopped but can surely be minimized. And the further incurring of loss on other accounts too can be drastically minimized with a proper Leakage Management put in place by every business house.

The Leakage Management consists of different steps and stages that need to be properly implemented. The first step is to make every related person aware of the importance and value of the compressed air that is being used in the process, what the leakage may cost, how it will hinder the production process etc. Secondly, there should be appropriate and effective leakage detection equipments at hand. Not only this, for fixing up the leakages, proper logistic arrangement should be in place so that the problem can be addressed immediately without further delay. Thirdly, there persons handling these detectors should be given proper training on effective handling and fixing of the problems. Or otherwise, depending upon the requirement a set of trained personnel can be deployed exclusively for this purpose. Fourthly, a periodic check up of every such equipment should be conducted to ensure that there is no weak point that has chances of leakages, if not leaking now, but in near future. When detected, as a prevention method, such points should be repaired immediately to avoid leakages.

If a company finds it difficult or feels it to be a costly affair to set up a Leakage Management of its own there is another option of outsourcing. There are companies that specialize in Leakage Management and are providing this service to various companies at an affordable cost. This would surely take away the headache of the companies to regularly and exclusively keep an eye on the equipments for leakages. These specialized companies provide you with the entire services starting from regular checkups, prevention, and detection and fixing up the problems. If hired, they also provide the staff of your company with an awareness training program that would help those handling the equipments to quickly detect any leakage and report to them.

With a proper surveillance, training and awareness, detection equipments and solutions, the Leakage Management would contribute considerably in reducing the cost on leakage front.