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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 most effective way of enhancing […]

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Undercarriage Inspections – learning the Basics

How do I start implementing an Undercarriage Monitoring Program? – TRAINING! As with all improvements once you have identified what to change, sometimes how to start moving in the right direction can be a little more challenging. Undercarriage inspections do not need to be complicated or difficult. Knowledge can be gained through training and support

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Undercarriage Budgets – How to achieve your KPI’s

With increased pressure to perform against measurable objectives many bonuses have been linked to cost reductions – does this sound familiar to you? Read on to understand a methodology to achieve your targets! Test Case – Peter manages 20 large mining dozers with an Undercarriage replacement budget for each undercarriage set of $250,000. His budget

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Managing Undercarriage in a world of inflation

Digitized undercarriage inspections are now the industry standard while extracting maximum life out of components is now the new frontier. The benefit is reduced costs of ownership and increased ROI Undercarriage Inspections are the basic foundation of undercarriage management, but offer little long term value unless components are tracked across their entire life. To track

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TrackTreads provides audit tool to manage component rebuilds

TrackTreads has included in the toolbox a Component Rebuild Audit tool which tracks the rebuild process of Undercarriage Track Frames from cradle to grave. Each step of the process is captured with measurements, images and comments on a mobile device and shared directly with the web application for review and reporting. The system provides several

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Underground Buckets added to TrackTreads Field Inspection Software

Inspectors can now perform condition and wear measurement inspections underground on their mobile device on GET, Wear Plates, the bucket core and attachment points for their underground buckets. The system will automatically forecast when the bucket needs rebuilding based on the wear percentage and residual life of the critical components, while also displaying performance against

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Undercarriage Inspections give certainty to Maintenance Planning

In our business at TrackTreads we have many different customers each having their own reason to perform Undercarriage Inspections. There is however one common theme throughout which is to calculate the residual life of undercarriage components so as to plan for the next maintenance event. This calculation comes from the measurement resulting in a percent

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