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Digitized Field Inspection Tools to assist Reliability Planning

The task of Reliability Engineers and planners for the mine-site is to plan and schedule maintenance and repairs to the mobile equipment in order for the equipment to achieve as much uptime as possible for the least amount of cost. This is an extremely complex task requiring the planners to balance many competing variables such as production schedules, workshop and mechanic availability and schedules, replacement part availability amongst others. Some system tools can make this Read more…

By John, ago

Managing Undercarriage during times of throttled supply

The COVID Pandemic has led to a number of new market forces affecting business. Some among others is the slowing of supply chains including the availability of replacement undercarriage components. There are probably a few factors causing this: – Reduced manufacturing capacity at some period over the last 12 months, thus causing a backlog of supply. Increased shipping demand and cost due to previous supply limitations Reduced inventory being carried by suppliers due to the Read more…

By John, ago

Every Asset is as reliable as its weakest link

Every component on this machine needs to be regularly inspected to ensure that the machine remains reliable and productive. It is only as good as its weakest Link! Taking oil samples and performing PM’s is not enough to ensure Reliability Every component should be examined on a regular basis to assess its condition and the next potential point of intervention. Examination means a proper assessment not just a quick look. Engines use oil samples and Read more…

By John, ago

Technology helps make field inspections on Large Mining Machines safer and more efficient!

Moving Structural and Mechanical Inspections from paper-based forms and spreadsheets to a Digital version of the same form running on a phone or tablet, and allowing the same questions to be answered with measurements, images and comments provides many benefits and challenges to name a few Data Quality improves – data accuracy and consistency improve using a standard digital inspection format including data validation on input along with previous inspection record to assist the inspector Read more…

By John, ago

Component Rebuild Centre – Breathing New Life into your Tired Components

TrackTreads have released the Component Rebuild Centre as the latest module in their Undercarriage Management Tool Kit to support their customers increasing need to manage their equipment. The Component Rebuild Centre includes multiple inspections as the core of the management process commencing with: – Stage 1. Pre and Post Shipment inspection – to verify what component are being shipped to the repairer Stage 2 Disassembly process – the existing component is disassembled and cleaned ready Read more…

By John, ago

Release Notes 7.7

The digital field inspection functionality has been moved completely into the Undercarriage system thus doing away with extra security tokens which was slowing down users by forcing them to login multiple times when swapping applications. There is now just a single system All modules can now be accessed in the Undercarriage system, and this has meant developing a new menu structure as follows: – At a top level, each module has a Menu: The menus Read more…

By Chloe, ago

Release Notes 7.6

UNDERCARRIAGE CHANGES Webapp Undercarriage – Rope Shovels Inspections now have the ability to add to a measurement point if it is an estimate or not, this brings out a blue dot next to the measurement point.   Webapp Undercarriage Observation Point History Screen – we have now removed the green coloured background at this level Webapp Rope Shovels – Equipment details for Rope Shovels now only show the Left Side and the Right Side worn Read more…

By Chloe, ago
Pure Undercarriage Management

Next Step in Undercarriage Inspection Management

The TrackTreads Wear Management Software System is used for managing inspections on:- Undercarriage GET and Bucket’s including Dump Bodies Welded Structures Inspection data captured in the field with mobile phones – Measurements, images, comments and observations are captured using ordinary mobile phones, with functions to help the inspector understand the current observations relative to the limits and previous inspection readings. Data seamlessly syncs with the web – on inspection completion, all data is synced automatically Read more…

By John, ago