Buckets

Using Technology for Management of Buckets and GET

Managing the wear performance of buckets and their individual components in large fleets of wheel loaders (Above or below ground), hydraulic shovels, and electric rope shovels is important for optimizing operational efficiency and improving costs in mining operations. Each bucket is made up of multiple individual components including Floor, Sidewalls, Rear attachment points, Pins, Bucket […]

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Undercarriage Inspection Tool Kit

Another Undercarriage Inspection Kit heads out to a team of cts (Custom Track Service) inspectors on a Minesite in Australia Items include: 1. Ultrasonic Tool and Probe 2. Depth Gauge 3. Tape measure 4. Ruler 5. 2 X Calipers 6. String-Line 7. Scraper TrackTreads provides the Toolkits, Software and Training to help Inspectors carry out

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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 the bucket or Tray across

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Managing Undercarriage is more costly than Tires

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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Great Products should be flaunted with Testimonial Data

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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Using Propel Hours to Forecast Residual Undercarriage Life on Shovels

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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Ensure Chain is Installed in correct Direction to avoid quick destruction

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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Undercarriage Idler Failure can be detected to avoid further Damage and Expense

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

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