Don’t let a Bottom Roller GUARD Hinder your Undercarriage Inspection
Getting around Gards covering Bottom Rollers
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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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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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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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Investing in Knowledge and Experience
The TrackTreads Support Team experiencing undercarriage inspections first hand
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Measuring Bushes during Undercarriage Audits
Pins and bushes can be one of the trickiest components to measure when performing a machine audit. Here are some tips and thoughts to help you.The Pin and bush on the undercarriage chain is subjected to wear from 2 directions depending on whether the machine is being operated in the forward direction or in reverse.
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Achieving savings with Undercarriage Wear
Undercarriage, as a wear material on equipment is expensive due to the extra heat treatment and processing required to improve its wear properties. There are 2 ways to save money Avoid accelerated wear Utilise the wear material to its full available life Accelerated wear – is where the components become prematurely worn, caused by any
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Undercarriage Frame Rebuilds – Grave to Cradle
Rebuilding worn out Undercarriage Frames provides each frame with a new lease of life. The frames arrive worn out and cracked. They are stripped down to the bare minimum Each disassembled part is measured, and assessed to determine whether it can be refurbished or needs replacing Cracks are identified, gouged out and then re-welded Bores
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Crack Management on Field Equipment
The TrackTreads system provides “cradle to grave” Crack Management in Mobile Fleet Structures. There are 4 main steps covered in the management of these cracks Identification, measurement and setting of limits Field Inspectors capture, using mobile phones or tablets, the precise position of the crack on the structure by drawing the crack on a structural
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