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Field Structural Inspections help monitor patterns of cracking

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Digitizing structural field inspections on mobile equipment such as trucks, shovels and dozers allows the collection and recording of the length and position of cracks on components common to the fleet of machines. Crack Length Measurement – Each following inspection will display the existing cracks allowing a further measurement to be recorded. The rate of […]

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Achieve Maximum ROI on your undercarriage for Tracked Machines

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Increasing return on your undercarriage requires implementing and then maintaining certain basic steps as part of the normal business process. These steps require discipline but are simple to implement. Regular Track Inspections Undercarriage inspections should be performed regularly to measure components, calculate the amount of wear on each component, take images and observe the condition

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Crystalizing Field Inspection Data into a story for Management to Browse

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In mining, large amounts of data is collected from the field continuously to the point of being swamped. The data will be on spreadsheets, paper inspection forms and many other formats. All this data is extremely valuable as it contains a story which management wants to read and understand. Extracting this data can be done

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Financial Benefits of Managing your Undercarriage

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Undercarriage is a high value wear item and can represent 50% or more of the maintenance costs on large, tracked machines. That represents a huge maintenance cost. Managing the undercarriage can therefore deliver large savings. There are several basic principles to be followed to unlocking these savings. Correct Component Selection – Select the correct undercarriage

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ROI – Using Undercarriage Management Software to obtain better life from your Tracks

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Undercarriage can make up more than 50% of the maintenance costs of a machine. Therefore, managing this wear surface can deliver large $ savings. Utilizing Undercarriage Software requires integrating the inspections into the daily inspection routine across the job site. Points to consider when calculating the ROI:- Time and accuracy to complete an inspection The

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Digital Management of Dump Bodies made easy

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Dump bodies on Off-Highway trucks are a typical component subject to wear rates based on the material being loaded. High wear areas may use sacrificial wear plates or GET for extra protection. Heavy loads can cause flexing of the body with resultant cracking. To track the life and performance of the dump body, we start

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Release Notes 7.8

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Main Functions; Workshop Repair Estimates – Idler Rebuilds This additional functionality allows a user to complete an Idler Rebuild in the system, take measurements and photos. Interpret the information and the send this as a report to your customer. Reports can be fully customised as per your branding requirements, with any information you would like

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Undercarriage Measuring and Management capability internally at your mine-site is important to achieve 100% life on tracked machines.

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Internal Undercarriage measuring and management capability can deliver large financial benefits

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Digitized Field Inspection Tools to assist Reliability Planning

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The task of Reliability Engineers and planners for the mine-site is to plan and schedule maintenance and repairs to the mobile equipment in order for the equipment to achieve as much uptime as possible for the least amount of cost. This is an extremely complex task requiring the planners to balance many competing variables such

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