Predictive Component Monitoring Helps South American Coal Mine Drive an Additional 11.6% in Shovel Availability

Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) specify intervals at which the components in their heavy mining equipment should be replaced to prevent component failure or operator injury. While many mine sites follow these OEM specifications carefully, it’s a well-known, and commonly accepted, practice to push equipment beyond these recommended intervals – especially in today’s unpredictable, COVID-19 climate, in which mining organizations large and small need to get more from their existing equipment. Extending component uptime successfully and safely requires careful, thorough monitoring of a plethora of related component parameters. It’s often a monumental task but is made much easier with the help of the MineCare® maintenance management system.

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