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Tread Carefully: Measuring Hydraulic Shovel Undercarriage Life Accurately

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Tread Path Depth and Pitch Elongation are two critical indicators used to assess the current wear level of a Hydraulic Shovel’s undercarriage, and more importantly, to estimate the remaining service life of its components. Tread Path Depth can be measured in two ways: While the top-of-lug method (Figure A) is commonly used, it presents challenges. […]

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Why UC Swing Chains & Frames are critical for Dozer Reliability

Leave a Comment / Bulldozer Tracks, Dozer Undercarriage, Reliability Engineering, Uncategorized, Undercarriage Inspection /

Optimizing Swing Chain and Frame Management in Mining Operations Swing Chains and Frames are critical components in mining operations utilizing a fleet of dozers. To maintain optimal machine productivity, it is essential to ensure that worn-out chains and frames are promptly replaced, repaired, and tracked efficiently. Ensuring Continuous Machine Operation To keep dozers running without

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The power of Undercarriage data

The Power of Undercarriage Data

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There are several ways in which undercarriage data is collected. On its own, the data points will not mean a lot, but all together and once analysed, this data forms a powerful roadmap for end users, suppliers and manufacturers alike. The more data that is collected, the greater the power of this data. There is

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6 Tasks lead to Good Undercarriage Management

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Performing 6 tasks will lead to long term costs savings and increased competitiveness in the market The reason to perform these tasks is that Undercarriage components undergo extra machining and surface hardening in order to have the necessary wear resistance. This costs more and thus undercarriage maintenance costs will be greater than 50% of the

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Managing Undercarriage Off the Machine

Leave a Comment / Component Rebuild Centre, Dozer Undercarriage, Reliability Engineering, Uncategorized, Undercarriage Inspection /

TrackTreads provides a systematic process to help keep the machine running as the Chains and Frames are replaced on the machine to and from inventory. Each frame and chain is tracked to provide traceability of work performed and performance data on life achieved in total hours or distance achieved. Warranty tracking of all rebuild work

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Undercarriage Inspection Tool Kit

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Another Undercarriage Inspection Kit heads out to a team of cts (Custom Track Service) inspectors on a Minesite in Australia Items include: 1. Ultrasonic Tool and Probe 2. Depth Gauge 3. Tape measure 4. Ruler 5. 2 X Calipers 6. String-Line 7. Scraper TrackTreads provides the Toolkits, Software and Training to help Inspectors carry out

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