Resources

Resources

This is a behind the scenes look at how RMAs work at RIGAS (and probably other repair facilities like ours):

1. Customer contact:

Usually there is a phone call or email that starts a dialog regarding a misbehaving analyzer

Sometimes simple problems can be “worked around” just by talking with an expert

2. Customer requests a RMA (return material authorization)

while RMAs are not required at RIGAS, it is nice to ensure that you have some sort of activity/tracking number … just in case your boss asks about it!!

3. RIGAS generates a RMA from its ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system

the RMA is also the assigned job number

BTW, we use Infor’s ISM ERP

4. We send you the RMA number and address to ship the material to

5. When we receive the material from you, we either call you or email you to let you know that it arrived, and the condition that we received it in

6. We evaluate the material (analyzers mainly) within 24 hours of its receipt

we’ll send you an email about what we found

7. We’ll proceed with minor repairs, or maybe do a major component substitution in order to prove a theory

8. Then we’ll write up an estimate

This is where you, the customer, can say “yes” or “no” to having us proceed with the repair.

99.49% of the time our estimates are approved (I don’t know that it’s ‘actually’ 99.49%, but it is a very high percentage!!)

9. Once the repairs are complete, we’ll do some overnight testing

10. Then a second person will run through a quality assurance checklist

11. The technician will polish his handwritten notes; the front office will enter those notes into the system; and a depot service report will be printed

12. Then it’s boxed, readied for shipping, and shipped (UPS, USPS, FedEx, etc.)

13. A few days later Accounting generates an invoice

14. Once the payment is received, the job is fully closed

 

So why do we do “second person checks?”  Two reasons:

1. you probably hate getting something back that doesn’t work … and then you have the hassle of reboxing it and reshipping it

2. we hate hearing that it didn’t work when you got it back … and then there’s the warranty expense that we incur

 

Over the many years of working around the Rosemount companies, we have acquired significant knowledge. The pages below are a partial list of models created by the various divisions over many decades.  We service gas analyzers so mainly our interest is in Anaheim, Orrville, and Hasselroth models.

Rosemount Orrville Models List

Rosemount Anaheim Models List

Rosemount Hasselroth Germany Models List

Rosemount Irvine Models List

Rosemount (Chanhassen) Measurement Models List

 

Here are some of the manufacturers that we work with to source parts.

1. Rosemount Analytical (gas analyzers and systems)

2. Rosemount Liquid Division (pH, pOH, turbidity, conductivity analyzers)

3. Rosemount Measurement Division (temperature, pressure, flow)

4. Cemtrex

5. Control Instruments

6. Ducon

7. Land Combustions

8. Lear Sieger

9. Servomex

10. Teledyne

11. Tyco

12. OPAL

Obsolete Items

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