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The Value of Thermal Images in CTS (Custom Track Service) Inspections

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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 before they need to be […]

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Use Undercarriage Inspections to fight the impact of inflation

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Track Inspections, known as cts inspections or custom track services, 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

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Managing Swing Track Chains in the yard

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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 productive while the maintenance is

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One System – One purpose – saves time

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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 components thereby ensures that full

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Condition Monitoring Inspections should drive Maintenance Activities

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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 be a rush to obtain

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Undercarriage Inspections – learning the Basics

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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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Managing Undercarriage in a world of inflation

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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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Underground Buckets added to TrackTreads Field Inspection Software

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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

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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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