As any successful management team will exclaim you cannot change what you cannot measure!

How do you monitor performance if you have no yardsticks to use, no history to base your commercial decisions upon. Are your tyre purchases based on fact or just which representative has the most give-aways?

Tyre records form an exacting tool which can be used to gauge the production of a mine site, which reflects changes in operations, changes in the hardware being used, but are mostly used to base your commercial decisions on fact. The validation for installing appropriate tyre records can easily be made as tyres are generally in the higher cost centres. A saving in tyre operating costs will be reflected in overall profitability of the operation.

Basic tyre records will monitor tyre movements; every tyre one / tyre off event is logged recording the tyre serial number, remaining tread depth, removal reason, the unit ID and wheel position, the date & time, hour and odometer readings.

Inflation pressure data should also be recorded against the individual tyre as well as the unit ID. Pressure can yield important information about haulage patterns and material being moved. Inflation pressure records also indicate the status of tyre maintenance regime to tyre manufacturers in any discussions that may take place.

Advanced tyre recording using fit for purpose software can provide management with an up to date snap shot of one of the highest costs in a mining operation. Budgeting can be made with a high degree of certainty, analysis of operations can be made using scrap tyre data, tyres are a mirror of the operations, look in the mirror to see what your tyres are telling you.

If the your record system cannot inform you the true cost in tyre dollars per tonne of material moved then perhaps COBA Engineering can assist you to reduce your tyre operation costs and relieve the headaches you suffer from tyres.