Reliability Engineering
Managing Undercarriage significantly reduces the cost of ownership.
Managing your undercarriage components reduces your cost of ownership since the components are more likely to live a full productive life.
Reliability Engineering
Scalloping causes more than an uncomfortable ride
Scalloping is where the middle of the Link rail becomes hollowed out. This increases the vibration as the chain moves over the components and can lead to a very uncomfortable ride! Scalloping can be caused by a number of factors: – Idler Rise Heights are provided within the TrackTreads system for Read more…
Reliability Engineering
Thermal images are a useful tool for early identification of accelerated wear in undercarriage components.
The art of managing undercarriage is the early identification and then rectification of accelerated wear in the components. Inspecting and measuring these components, and then comparing the results with previous inspection results allows a comparison of the wear rates. Ideally the components should be achieving between 100 and 110% wear Read more…
Reliability Engineering
Use Undercarriage Inspections to fight the impact of inflation
Track Inspections serve a number of purposes, but a few of the more important reasons are: In the image below, the budget life, of the undercarriage components for a large Dozer, is 8,000 hours, and the cost of replacing the undercarriage is $250,000. Thus, in the above example the undercarriage Read more…
Reliability Engineering
Managing Swing Track Chains in the yard
Chains must be able to be tracked from cradle to grave. In any mining environment, chains needing maintenance, whether it’s a regrousing of shoes or a pin and bush turn, will need to be taken off the machine and placed in the yard, ready to repair. To keep the machine Read more…
Field Inspections
One System – One purpose – saves time
A single Mobile App. Operating remotely, allows inspectors to focus on specialized areas of Track, Blade and Bucket GET inspections as well as any other area requiring measuring and observations. Wear material on the components being measured includes surface hardening and treatment, hence the increased cost. Inspecting and managing these Read more…
Field Inspections
Condition Monitoring Inspections should drive Maintenance Activities
Managing Equipment and Components is a tricky business. Condition Monitoring Inspections provide a solid basis for identifying and scheduling maintenance activities: – In contrast, the most expensive way to manage equipment is to fix the machines when they break down. By this stage, the components have failed and there will Read more…
Reliability Engineering
Key Performance Indicators for Undercarriage Management
4 Key Measures for Effective Undercarriage Management 2. Wear Rate Performance 3. Lost or Scrapped Wear Material 4. Number of Maintenance Interventions over Track Life
Buckets
A Testimonial of performance lies in the numbers
Marketing the benefits of your Buckets and Trays can be strengthened with numbers of actual performance from the field. The bucket or tray has a certain capacity, but the difference between competitive products will come down to:- The above numbers can only be gathered by continual inspection and management of Read more…
Reliability Engineering
Actionable Tasks keep your undercarriage turning.
There are 3 main groups of tasks required to Manage Undercarriage effectively! Group 1: Collecting the field undercarriage inspection data Group 2: Reporting on Condition Group 3: Converting Actionable Items into Actions Integration with the Undercarriage Inspection System so that data flows seamlessly to the work order system is the Read more…