News

The future profitability of mining or construction, as with any businesses, lies in the effective use of Business Intelligence. BI isn’t just your data, it’s the information you get from effectively analysing your data. It’s the ability to take large, and often very large datasets, and distil them down to the key performance indicators and other relevant metrics that drive efficiency and profitability. A simple example for machine undercarriage is the collection of inspection data. Read more…

Undercarriage Inspection data provides the basis of equipment condition monitoring and drives the decisions to repair and/or replace components. These are the day to day tasks handled by the TrackTreads system, but there is so much more. The lost value associated with the old chain is the 10% of wear and hours still available, being $50,000 X 10% = $5,000. Analytical analysis of the Data built up through successive inspections also provides insights into the Read more…

There is a bucket load of money to be saved from Undercarriage Components that are changed out too early.Many operators of heavy tracked machinery are hard pressed for time in their daily routines to consider the cost and lost savings from components being removed prior to reaching 100% worn. Understanding the true cost is a worthwhile exercise . Take for instance a set of links where the cost of the chain is $50,000. On a Read more…

Technology is everywhere today and is being used to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Undercarriage and Wear Surface management are a perfect example. In the past, components were inspected manually, with readings jotted on paper before being transferred to some system, generally a spreadsheet. The measurements were then compared with previous data and whatever wear limits were available to assess the % of wear and to try and plot a wear trend/rate. Graphing of the Read more…

  TrackTreads has developed a solution that enables customers to collect and manage their own Undercarriage and Wear Surface inspection data. The system then provides wear forecasting calculated from the inspection data as well as other usage metrics and reports including cost analysis. Customers wanting to manage and control their undercarriage and Wear Surfaces receive end to end support from the TrackTreads team that includes; The software system in 2 cloud based modules along with Read more…

Improving your level of Undercarriage sophistication is an essential first step towards a comprehensive Undercarriage strategy that both saves you money by reducing waste and downtime, and makes you money by increasing asset utilization and productivity. At TrackTreads we see this Undercarriage sophistication being achieved through 3 distinct stages; Understanding the $ value of Undercarriage across your fleet – having a clear picture of the money invested in undercarriage across your fleet, and subsequently the Read more…