TrackTreads: Mining Wear & Structural Lifecycle Management Software
TrackTreads turns field inspection data into practical maintenance information. It helps mining companies standardise inspections, understand component condition, plan maintenance, forecast replacements and get better life from undercarriages, buckets, GET and structural components.
Every day, mining operations collect thousands of inspection measurements across undercarriages, buckets, GET and structural components. Yet much of this engineering knowledge remains locked away in spreadsheets, PDF inspection reports, photographs and individual experience, making consistent maintenance decisions difficult.
Considerable time can be spent collecting, collating and interpreting this information rather than using it to make better maintenance decisions.
TrackTreads transforms this fragmented inspection information into a single source of lifecycle intelligence, providing maintenance teams with real-time visibility of component condition, maintenance priorities, remaining life, replacement forecasts, inventory requirements and lifecycle performance.
Can You Easily Answer These Questions?
For every machine and component in your fleet:
What is its current condition?
What maintenance needs to be planned next?
What inventory needs to be available to support those replacements?
When will it require replacement?
Are we achieving a reasonable component life for our operating environment?
Are components being changed too early and leaving usable life — and dollars — on the table?
Which machines or components are performing poorly compared with the rest of the fleet?
What components will we need over the next 3, 6 or 12 months?
TrackTreads transforms inspection data into lifecycle intelligence that enables better maintenance decisions, improved forecasting and lower operating costs.
One Platform for Mining Wear and Structural Components
TrackTreads provides a common process for collecting inspection data in the field and using that information throughout the component lifecycle.
Inspection
Measurements
Observations
Comments
Images
Assess / analyse
Analyse wear
Identify defects
Calculate residual life
Plan maintenance
Maintenance plan
Inspection report
Maintenance plan
Forecast replacements
Historical reports
Action
Fix cracks
Replace components
Rebuild components
Midlives
Review performance
Fleet health dashboard
Historical performance
Prioritised action list
Incompleted action list
Undercarriage Management
Manage inspection data, calculate wear rates, component condition, determine maintenance actions required, forecast replacements and measure and compare lifecycle performance across multi-OEM tracked fleets of machines.
Bucket, Tray & GET Management
Monitor wear, thickness, GET condition, GET replacements, cracking and repairs while recording GET replacements. Track the complete lifecycle and cost performance of Buckets, Trays and GET.
Structural Crack Management
Digitise structural inspections, map cracks to their exact location on the chassis area, track repairs and recurrence, and analyse cracking across the fleet to identify structural and operational problem areas.
Component Rebuild Management
Capture component condition from arrival through disassembly, measurement, repair, NDT and return to service, maintaining the complete rebuild history.
Undercarriage Inventory Management
Track chains, frames, rollers, idlers and other components by serial number as they move between machines, inventory and rebuild facilities.
Proven in Mining Operations Worldwide
TrackTreads provides multi-OEM fleet and wear specification support to satisfy the practical requirements of maintaining heavy mining equipment in demanding operating environments.
Supporting Surface and Underground Mining operations across Australia, Canada, the United States, South America, Africa and Asia.
Customer Success Stories
Digitising Chassis Crack Mapping Across 100 Large Mining Trucks
Standardising Undercarriage Management Across a Multi-OEM Mining Fleet
The Problem
Structural cracks were recorded on PDF check sheets during 500-hour inspections. The information enabled individual repairs to be completed but provided limited ability to analyse recurring structural problems across the fleet.
The Solution
TrackTreads digitised the inspection process, allowing cracks, locations, images, severity and repair requirements to be recorded directly against the chassis and dump body.
The Outcome
Inspection information became immediately available to maintenance teams while fleet-level heat maps identified recurring crack locations and structural bad actors.
The Problem
Multiple dealers and service providers inspected electric rope shovels, hydraulic shovels and dozers using different inspection methods, wear specifications and report formats. Reports could take up to a week to reach the maintenance team.
The Solution
TrackTreads introduced a single inspection and lifecycle management process across the multi-OEM fleet, irrespective of machine type, inspector or service provider.
The Outcome
Inspection results became available immediately in one standard format, allowing maintenance requirements to be identified earlier while providing management with a consolidated view of condition, remaining life and lifecycle performance across the fleet.
Our Team and Support
Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, the TrackTreads team combines practical mining inspection knowledge with web, mobile and Power BI development experience.
We also offer hands-on support and training, helping users get the most from the software—from taking correct measurements to fixing mistakes in data entry (because everyone makes them!).
The TrackTreads Difference
Designed by Mining People
Built for more than a decade of practical inspection experience
Multi-OEM
One process regardless of Manufacturer
Standardised
Every inspection uses the same methodology
Immediate Reporting
Inspection information is available immediately.
Lifecycle Intelligence
Lifecycle Intelligence
Ready to Improve the Way You Manage Inspections and Component Life?
Whether you manage undercarriages, buckets, GET, structural inspections or rebuild facilities, TrackTreads helps turn inspection results into maintenance actions, replacement forecasts and measurable component performance.
Latest Articles
Choosing the Correct Measure for Undercarriage Usage
Most maintenance systems track operating hours, but measuring undercarriage distance travelled provides a far more accurate forecast of actual component life. For many mining operations this works well. But what happens when a machine spends several hours each shift idling? In very cold climates, particularly the Canadian oil sands, machines may idle for extended periods to keep engines, hydraulic systems and operator cabins warm. Those hours appear on the hour meter… but the undercarriage isn’t travelling Forecasting solely on operating hours often underestimates undercarriage life. That is because long idling times distort the actual work performed by the machine.
Choosing the Correct Measure for Undercarriage Usage
Most maintenance systems track operating hours, but measuring undercarriage distance travelled provides a far more accurate forecast of actual component life. For many mining operations this works well. But what
Why It’s Time to Digitise Chassis Structural Crack Inspections
Every mining operation performs structural inspections on its mobile equipment. Whether it’s an electric rope shovel, hydraulic excavator, haul truck, loader or dozer, inspectors routinely identify cracks, assess repairs and
Maximizing Undercarriage Life with Distance-Based Forecasting
For track-type dozers, undercarriage life has traditionally been forecast using machine hours. It’s simple. It’s widely accepted. But it’s often wrong. Hours measure time — not work. Undercarriage wear is driven by movement, not idling.
Variability in Undercarriage Consumption Across Identical Machines
Why Identical Machines Wear Differently Mining operations often see two tracked machines performing similar work consume undercarriage components at very different rates. One machine may achieve significantly more operating hours