Video 02 · 0:24
The maintenance window is booked: what do you address first?
Having a maintenance date does not define the scope. Electrical tests identify findings and rank them, so the outage window is spent on what the condition of the equipment points to rather than on a generic checklist.
- Duration
- 24 seconds
- Language
- Spoken in Mexican Spanish
- Captions
- Spanish captions, switchable from the player
- Published
- Published September 18, 2026
What is behind this video
A maintenance programme tells you when, not what. When the outage window opens without a prior diagnosis, the scope gets decided by habit: whatever was done last year, in the same order, with the same time allotted to each unit. The usual outcome is that the outage is consumed by routine tasks while the findings that mattered wait for the next window, which may be a year away.
The alternative is to measure first and rank afterwards. Electrical tests — insulation resistance, turns ratio, power factor, contact resistance on breakers, oil analysis — produce a table of measured values against criteria. That table does more than say pass or fail: compared against last year's measurement, it shows what is moving.
The 115 kV substation case at a paper and board mill illustrates it. All eight units tested met the criterion and the overall verdict was good. Even so, contact-resistance measurements showed four breakers with pole-to-pole spread well above the rest. None failed, but that spread is what defined which ones to address first in the next window and which ones to keep under watch.
With that information the scope is agreed before the shutdown: what gets intervened, in what order, and what needs coordination with operations. And what gets deferred, and why, is left in writing.
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Transcript — English translation
Already scheduled the maintenance, but not sure what to address first?
TEVKO runs tests to identify findings and rank priorities. With that information you can define the scope and coordinate the intervention with your operation. Your team will know what to address and what needs follow-up.
Send the nameplate, the location and the problem with the unit to request an assessment.
Transcript — original Spanish audio
¿Ya programaste el mantenimiento, pero no sabes qué atender primero?
TEVKO realiza pruebas para identificar hallazgos y ordenar prioridades. Con esa información puedes definir el alcance y coordinar la intervención con tu operación. Tu equipo sabrá qué atender y qué requiere seguimiento.
Envía la placa, la ubicación y el problema del equipo para solicitar una evaluación.
The same Spanish captions ship as a WebVTT track inside the player. The contact shown on screen at the end of the video is ventas@tevko.com.
Questions this video answers
Does having maintenance scheduled define its scope?
No. That is exactly where the video starts: the date is set, but what to address first is still open. The scope comes from the findings of the tests.
What are the tests for, before the intervention?
To identify findings and rank priorities. With that information the scope is defined and the intervention is coordinated with the plant's operation.
Related pages
Technical content reviewed by TEVKO Technical Management · last reviewed: September 17, 2026
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