Design Systems, Inc.

Health Assessment/Longevity Analysis

Design Systems utilizes the most advanced technological tools available including Infrared Analysis and Vibration Analysis.

Conveyor Health Assessment/Longevity Analysis

Design Systems’ teams of trained engineering specialists can quickly assess your plant’s conveyors for potential failure with no disruption to your production. Visual and physical inspection of the conveyors will be documented. Problem areas will then be prioritized and recommendations for corrective actions provided. A sample of the items assessed would include the following:

  • Drives
  • Take-ups
  • Roller and Traction Wheel Turns
  • Track Wear
  • Safety Devices
  • Chain and Roller Conditions
  • Tippers
  • Diverters
  • Surge Lines
  • Noise Abatement
  • Delivery Trailers Utilizing Conveyors For Strip-Out
  • Carriers

Equipment Health Assessment Analysis

Design Systems’ team of trained engineering specialists can quickly assess your plant’s equipment for potential failure with no disruption to your production. A visual and physical inspection of the equipment will be performed.

Tribology Specialist / Health Assessments

In our continuing effort to provide the highest level of specialized services to each client, Design Systems now has a full time Tribologist on staff.  Tribology is a key part of our ability, as a company, to provide meaningful and accurate system “health assessments” for each of our clients.  In these economic times, we all need to make equipment last longer and do more – a Design Systems Heath Assessment will help you do this with your systems and equipment.

Tribology – “the branch of engineering that deals with the interaction of surfaces in relative motion (as in bearings or gears): their design and friction and wear and lubrication” - wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn