The opportunity to save millions of dollars over the life of the mine on a handful of assets by extending component life seems like a simple decision to make. But it's not. We recently held a 30 minute webinar about the concept of extending component life (past OEM budgeted) life through the analysis and utilisation of condition monitoring data. We've done the math and we know the potential…
23rd Feb, 2021 |
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What would the cumulative value of one cent doubled every day for a month end up at? I’m sure a lot of you would have done this. It’s quite astonishing.…
02nd Feb, 2021 |
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Getting full value from your condition monitoring program is possibly the best investment you'll make in your equipment. I recently wrote a blog post for…

29th Jan, 2021 |
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Keeping oil in peak condition can have far reaching benefits from reducing maintenance expenditure to increasing reliability. It's that time again where…

15th Jan, 2021 |
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Do you plan to fail a core component prematurely this year? Surely not! Australian cricketing great, Glenn McGrath was always asked to predict the…
11th Jan, 2021 |
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Understanding the Importance of Evaluations in Oil Sample Reports It’s often easy to decide what to do when an oil analysis lab report returns a ‘normal’…
16th Dec, 2020 |
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Quality sampling is the basis for any decisions based on oil analysis. Taking a sample is not difficult, but don’t make these mistakes. Following this…

17th Nov, 2020 |
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Used oil analysis is a predictive maintenance technology used to infer the condition of oil-lubricated compartments. Data gained through…
29th Oct, 2020 |
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Oil sampling programs can provide incredible insight into machine conditions, but if you don’t get that sample right then time and cost invested can be…

15th Oct, 2020 |
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Oil analysis dates back to the end of World War II when the US locomotive industry started the practice to successfully detect diesel engine problems via wear metal in the engine oil. It’s a tried and tested process that has stood the test of time and forms a permanent place in any condition monitoring plan. In a time when there was less data to work with, oil samples were one of the primary,…

06th Oct, 2020 |
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