Large Hydraulic Shovels and Rope Shovels are not built to walk long distances. Short distances is all they can do. The general rule of thumb is no more than 7% of the overall machine hours should be spent walking the machine. Take an example, our shovel aims to achieve 22,000 working machine hours as the […]
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Tires are high-pressure vessels on which the wear is measured typically by measuring the depth of available tread with at least 3 points being taken across the face of the tire to provide a reasonable average. The overall condition of the tire will be inspected to identify any visible faults that could lead to failure.
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In this day and competitive environment, if you have a great product, flaunt it with a convincing argument! Demonstrate your argument with a testimonial of performance. This can be done in the following steps Investment in placing product in the field Monitoring performance of the product in the field through inspection with data capture at
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Excavators, Hydraulic Shovels and Rope Shovels spend most of their time digging and loading. They are only required to move short distances to reposition themselves or to move to a new area of excavation. In the mining environment, most undercarriage inspections will utilize the machine hours to forecast the residual life of the components.
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Custom Evaluations We have now implemented a system where you can customise the evaluation percentages and letters for your undercarriage inspections. The traditional A, B, C and X system will still be used with default percentage ranges for each, but you can now customise these on a per site customer or jobsite basis and set
Undercarriage Chain is built to operate in a specific direction of motion, this is the forward direction in which the machine operates under load. When the chain is installed in the incorrect direction, the reverse direction, will cause wear at 3 times the rate of the forward direction. It is thus critically important to
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The Front and Rear Idlers on an elevated sprocket machine are effectively the spreaders for the track chain. The idlers keep the chain reasonably tensioned and guides the chain as it rotates. The track chain is essentially a rail that is laid down and picked up again in a continuous movement that allows the machine
Undercarriage Idler Failure can be detected to avoid further Damage and Expense Read More »
On the non-rotating sleeveless bushes, the wear on the bush is typically on only 180% of the bush as shown in the following diagram. Bush Life before Turning The speed of wear on the bush will be determined by various factors such as:- the abrasiveness of
Bush Turn Budgets ensure Turning of the Undercarriage Bushes are not Missed Read More »
Technology is everywhere today, being used to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Undercarriage Management is no different and any customer operating tracked machines is using Undercarriage Management and Asset Wear Monitoring Systems to track the condition and performance of their components and plan maintenance activities. OEM’s or Manufacturers and their dealer network are using these
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Introducing Thermography Inspections TrackTreads has been working with IIAT to include thermographic inspection data in the system and this is now available. As well as thermographic measurement of all standard undercarriage components, the system also allows for the creation of any additional components where thermographic imaging is used to assess performance. These inspections are available