Modern Quarrying Q4 2024

Weir collaborates with their customers to optimise their maintenance strategies.

Grant Potgieter, Strategic Services Manager at Weir.

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estimate how long a certain com ponent will last under predefined conditions,” he says. “By generating strategic reports from our pro curement system, we can see if a customer is ordering components more frequently than they should be – suggesting that there is wear taking place.” Technicians from Weir can then visit the site and examine the conditions more closely as part of a root cause analysis. This is most effectively done with a multidisciplinary team includ ing process engineers and mechan ical experts, to identify first-hand what the challenge is, and how best to address it. Potgieter highlights the role of accurate measurement of equip ment performance and condition, pointing to the fact that this is not always constant when conducted manually. To provide a platform that would overcome human error, Weir offers its own digital plat form to harvest data continuously,

Plant monitoring includes a regular wear analysis of components, to monitor whether such wear is in line with expectations.

If a sensor transmits a certain vibration signature from an item of equipment, a trained Weir Minerals condition monitoring expert will be able to verify system notifications.

Analysing this wear involves a considerable amount of data from the plant operation itself, such as ore characteristics and throughput.

Weir looks holistically at safety, value and technology to ensure that whatever is spent on an intervention helps to lower the total cost of ownership.

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MODERN QUARRYING QUARTER 4 | 2024