Extended Airend Warranty on Installed Air Compressors with the Signing of a Patton’s Service Agreement
As an incentive to sign new customers to Patton’s service agreements, Patton’s will warranty the airends presently installed on lubricated rotary screw compressors at the new customer’s location. This extended airend warranty will last as long as the customer maintains an active/current service agreement account with Patton’s. The warranted machines need to be performing the purpose and function for which it was designed and intended, when used, serviced and maintained in accordance with the original compressor manufacturer’s instructions and specifications. If the customer’s airend fails to perform as warranted, Patton’s will, at its option, repair or replace the airend as indicated and upon the terms and provisions set forth below.
Warranty Coverage
- Airends are covered under warranty on new customer’s compressors as long as the customer maintains an active service agreement with Patton’s and keeps his account paid within Patton’s payment terms
- Airend shaft seals, o-rings, gaskets and inlet valves are considered normal wearing parts and are not covered under this warranty
- Warranty requires use of Patton’s synthetic fluid and Patton’s genuine parts. Service agreement labor is to be conducted by a Patton’s service technician.
- Oil analysis is required and will be conducted as standard procedure on Patton’s service agreements to give us an indication of the airend’s condition. Patton’s may choose to service an airend prior to its failure if indicated as such by the oil analysis
- Warranty Policy shall cover both airend parts and labor on removal, repair and reinstallation of the airend Should the airend failure cause damage to other machine components or to contaminating the oil, oil filter or separator element, Patton’s will not be responsible for replacement of these components
Warranty Conditions
Warranty will be applicable only if:- A qualification inspection of the equipment warrantied must be conducted by a Patton’s service technician and approved/signed by a Patton’s Service Manager
- Use only of Patton’s genuine spares, consumables & lubricants at all times
- All repairs of a warranty nature must be completed by Patton’s
- Maintenance is performed as scheduled and detailed in the Patton’s Service Agreement
- The on-going servicing/maintenance of the compressor must be performed by Patton’s technicians
- Rotor shaft seals, o-rings, gaskets and inlet valves are considered normal wearing parts and are not covered under this Warranty policy
- Patton’s reserves the right to repair or replace the proven defective airend.
- For any warranty claim, all the terms of this warranty policy will apply without regard to the length of the applicable warranty
Conditions that will Void or Invalidate the Warranty
- Failure to abide by the warranty conditions unless otherwise given in writing by Patton’s
- Repairs carried out on the compressor unit without prior authorization by Patton’s
- Nonconformity to Patton’s service agreement
- Airend failure as a result of abnormal or unusually harsh operating conditions, negligent use of equipment, and accidents will void the warranty
- If maintained/serviced by unauthorized personnel
Limitation of Liability
- The benefits of this warranty shall be to the first owner or commercial user only and cannot be transferred.
- Patton’s shall not be liable for any loss of profit, loss of production, loss of income or contract, loss of goodwill, or for indirect or consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever
- In no event shall Patton’s be liable for any claims or loss having a value higher than the original purchase price of the airend
- Airend failure as a result of abnormal or unusually harsh operating conditions, negligent use of equipment, and accidents will void the warranty
- The warranty expressly set forth herein is the only warranty provided by Patton’s with respect to its products and Patton’s expressly denies and disclaims all other warranties, either expressed or implied and specifically disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose
Force Majeure
- Patton’s is not liable for failure to perform the company’s obligations if such failure is as a result of Acts of God (including but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, storm, hurricane or other natural disaster), war, invasion, act of foreign enemies, hostilities (regardless of whether war is declared), civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection, military or usurped power or confiscation, terrorist activities, nationalization, government sanction, blockage, embargo labor dispute, strike, lockout or interruption or failure of electricity or telephone service.