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2018 AHAFO DIGEST

Detecting trouble in mining equipment before it happens...
The Dingo Trakka success story in Ahafo

In keeping up with new
technology that is transforming Technicians utilising the Dingo Trakka system
the mining industry and managing
our complex facilities in real time,
through automation and
technology, the Ahafo mine
introduced the Dingo Trakka
technology to help detect faults in
mining and process equipment.

Prior to the implementation of the
Dingo Trakka’s Field Inspection
App, the Reliability Team
(Inspectors) solely relied on their
pens, books and sheets to record
findings, get back to the office to
input findings and spend minutes
in analysing findings before
identifying/flagging issues for
corrective actions to be Principal Advisor I, Asset Through the successful
implemented. Management. deployment of the Dingo
Trakka System, the maintenance
With the introduction of Dingo This app enables the Inspectors to team has helped the Ahafo
Trakka in August 2017, the capture images, along with notes mine to avoid cost of $1.9million
Reliability Engineering teams are and ratings, on their mobile ($927,354 in breakdown
able to monitor Newmont assets’ devices while physically inspecting avoidance and $1,032,074 in
health in real time. equipment. This observation data component life extension) as at
then integrates directly with May 2018 .
Trakka, Dingo’s proprietary
What is the Dingo Trakka condition management software, Kudos to the Maintenance and
System? allowing a centralized expert Asset Management teams for
The Dingo Trakka system is a (Reliability Engineer) to easily successfully deploying this
powerful, cloud-based predictive review, analyse and extract the software which has impacted the
maintenance software system maximum value from this cost profile of the mine positively!
designed to house all of our Asset information.
Health data under one roof. It is
then integrated with our existing How has it worked for Ahafo?
maintenance system to help The introduction of Dingo
conduct predictive analysis on Trakka has helped the Ahafo
mining and process plant maintenance team to
equipment, facilitating the proactively maintain equipment
management of condition and increased equipment
monitoring information from one availability through the reduction
accessible central location. of unplanned failures. It has
provided an easy and
“Before things get out of hand, cost-effective way to run a
Trakka would have helped pick predictive maintenance
it up for corrective actions to be programme with the mine’s
taken’, says Julio Castillo Ruiz, existing resources.

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