This medical facility had two 20 HP rotary screw medical vacuum pumps. The units were approximately 15 years old. When they began to have problems, they decided to replace the pumps. Even though the hospital had relatively trouble-free vacuum with these pumps, there were major downsides. One huge factor was the noise the pumps generated…. read more
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Case Study – Botched Service Causing High Dew Point Alarms
Facilities management at a hospital called with a complaint of high dew point alarms. We responded to the call and inspected the medical air equipment. The first item our technician found wrong was the valve feeding air to the dew point monitor. The valve was half-way closed cutting off the full air flow to the… read more
Case Study – Medical Air Retrofit Saves Hospital a Bundle
The hospital had an older duplex medical air system that was experiencing long-term, intermittent problems. The medical gas company caring for the medical air system suggested that the system be replaced and quoted the new project. The hospital construction team got together and estimated the cost for the replacement system. The hospital set aside a… read more