Future Forecast Date of Undercarriage Component Replacement driven by Data
Data driven decisions
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Undercarriage Management
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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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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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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Measuring Undercarriage Links
The Track link along with the bush are often the most important components to measure during a machine audit. The links can be measured using 2 of the available tools: Ultrasonic Tool and the Depth Gauge. Ultrasonic Tool The Distance F is measured using the Ultrasonic Tool. A small amount of Gel is placed on
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Sometimes is it good to go back to basics. 4 Basic Pillars of Undercarriage Management
Collecting Undercarriage Field Inspection data – Measuring the undercarriage component wear needs to be done regularly and accurately. Readings should then be supported by images and comments. Automatic calculation of % wear and the physical limits along with any prior reading history help the Inspector provide quality information. All this functionality should be available offline
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The most important Undercarriage Inspection of them all
The last inspection before the undercarriage is removed is the most important and provides a wealth of information
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Achieve Maximum ROI on your undercarriage for Tracked Machines
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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