asset health concerns
Common Asset Health Problems
- Inefficient handover between mining and maintenance departments
- Unscheduled downtime
- Premature tire failure
- Fuel inefficiency
- Decreased suspension life
- Catastrophic, preventable failures
- Improper operation of equipment
- Repetitive component failure
- Reduced equipment life cycles
Our Solution
- Poor communication between teams and shifts can increase unnecessary downtime. Updating the maintenance and operations departments with real-time equipment status ensures that equipment failures are addressed promptly and repaired equipment is quickly returned to service.
- Unscheduled downtime causes loss of productivity and increases cost. By shifting unscheduled downtime to scheduled downtime, operational impact is minimized and production goals are more likely to be achieved.
- Tire failure results in unscheduled downtime, increasing operational costs for tire replacement as well as loss of productivity during repair. The ability to predict and prevent tire problems in real time leads to substantial cost savings and improved equipment availability.
- Fuel costs are one of the highest consumable expenditures at any mine. By proactively improving overall equipment health, and by assigning underperforming equipment to an optimum location, fleet fuel efficiency is maximized.
- Rough haulage roads take a toll on suspension systems, resulting in excessive downtime and increased maintenance costs. Real-time suspension monitoring provides instantaneous notification of poor road conditions, allowing support equipment to be efficiently dispatched for road repair.
- Most major failures can be prevented if minor failures are identified early. Historical analysis of major failures reveals early indicators that can be used to configure predictive trends for an entire equipment fleet. Once configured, these trends issue alarms that a major failure is imminent, giving you time to plan maintenance before it's too late.
- Equipment abuse leads to lost productivity and excessive downtime for repairs. By identifying specific incidents, operator training opportunities are identified, optimizing productivity and rectifying inappropriate operator actions that lead to equipment failure.
- Repetitive component failures are costly and highly preventable. Calculating downtime by component, and addressing those that are high-risk, allows for major cost saving opportunities. Eliminating repetitive component failure is a critical step towards Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM).
- Sub-optimal maintenance practices ultimately lead to reduced equipment life. Real-time and historical data acquired from the MineCare system enable actions that maximize the life of components and equipment, resulting in lower cost-per-ton.