Frequently Asked Questions

Saving money is a given when preventative maintenance is performed on time by qualified staff using quality parts and lubricants. Yes, you will need to spend money on parts and labour, but we encourage you to consider this a relatively small investment to reduce the risk of downtime, which is usually exponentially more costly.

Here are some of the specific results of an air compressor breakdown.

1. Lost production
2. Compressor rental fees (including hook up)
3. Inconvenience
4. Refuelling
5. Rush shipping
6. Emergency repair costs
7. Hasty decision making
8. Catastrophic failure, beyond economic repair
9. Unbudgeted/unplanned replacement costs
10. Panic & stress - It’s hard to put a dollar value on these, but you know the toll they take

The condition, complexity, and scale of the equipment in your compressed air system will determine the extent of coverage you need.

The amount you save is difficult to assess because it depends on the cost of subsequent downtime in your plant and the extent of the breakdown. A catastrophic failure combined with any amount of downtime can add up to some pretty astronomical amounts.

Option 1. “Pay-as-You-Go”
With our pay-as-you-go plans, prices are fixed for the duration of a one- or two-year plan. Whenever we install a part or perform labour, we bill accordingly, on a time and materials basis.

Option 2. Fixed Fee
Do you prefer the predictability of fitting a fixed fee plan into your annual budget? We’re happy to do that. We first assess the hours your compressors will be operating. Then, from the shift patterns, we estimate the required frequency of your service calls and the quantity of parts, oil, and labour required to perform those services.

Option 3. Payment Plans
Want to spread the preventative maintenance plan costs over semiannual, quarterly, or monthly payments? No problem. Almost 75% of our plans are formatted this way. You get one fixed invoice value two, four, or twelve times per year.

Absolutely. We service any brand, anywhere, any time, any way, and any how.

This often occurs, as demand for products increase and decrease. Our plans are flexible, and we can adjust to meet your needs. If the fixed payment plan has left money on the table, we simply issue a credit at the end of the term/agreement.

No, every client’s preventative maintenance plans are tailored to our clients’ needs. They can be  set up to suit any size and type of compressed air system. We can create plans for small or large piston, vane, rotary screw, and oil-free compressors, dryers, filters, drains, and condensate separators.

Because we have the largest compressed air service team in Southwestern Ontario and a fleet of rental compressors, maintenance can be scheduled any time you want, including nights and weekends. You’re the boss here. Tell us to jump and we will ask “how high?”

Yes, as a Kaeser dealer, we are licensed to sell and install Kaeser’s Sigma Air Manager 4.0 system (SAM). SAM integrates all of the components of your compressed air system, monitors, analyzes, and controls performance in real time, and provides warning, maintenance, alarm, and operational messages.

The combination of remote diagnostics and needs-based preventative maintenance help ensure maximum compressed air supply dependability. Through permanent availability of compressed air system process data and the resulting permanent analysis, it’s possible to identify the perfect point in the future when your compressed air system should be maintained and serviced.

Any customer of any size can benefit from a preventative maintenance plan. Whether it’s a one-person operation with a 3-HP piston compressor, or a 1,000-person plant with a 5,000HP compressor.

Our customers include every facet of industry that uses compressed air: food and beverage, brewing, dairy, pharmaceuticals, automotive, municipal, hospitals, chemical plants, textiles, paper, electronics, aerospace, rubber, and steel (to name a few).

No, nothing is outsourced with Air Solutions Canada. We have one of the largest teams of compressed air service technicians in southern Ontario, including certified refrigeration technicians and millwrights. We have the in-house capability to directly handle any maintenance or service issues that arise.