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Advice about repair spare parts
Maximize production with implement maintenance
To maximize the performance of any machine, it is very important to take care of your tools. It should be noted that attachments affect the longevity, productivity, fuel consumption and maintenance costs of your equipment.
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Buying a new machine or thinking about alternative solutions like leasing, renting or repairing?
When the machine used for earthmoving breaks down, what are the alternative solutions that the owner has?
Buying new construction machinery certainly has its advantages if you have the right budget.
When the budget is limited, you can repair the machine and, in the meantime, you can opt for a rental option. Repair can be done with new or recycled spare parts.
Many users do not like the idea of replacing their old machine with a new one, both for economic reasons and for reasons of difficulty in learning new technologies. If the operator uses the machine well and is productive, a repair is a good solution.
Some owners, for example, would choose to repair any component with the goal of maximizing the overall life expectancy of their machine. Continue reading Buying a new machine or thinking about alternative solutions like leasing, renting or repairing?
Increase machine productivity and efficiency through spare parts management
Any component with moving parts has a limited life cycle.
A construction machine owner should consider a well-planned spare parts system having the right spare parts. Having parts on hand offers a greater chance of eliminating unwanted downtime.
When the machine stops, the losses are multiple, such as employee inactivity, lost of contracts and orders, just to name a few.
It should not be overlooked that in the event that the machine stops due to a breakdown, the inability to have the correct replacement parts can lead to higher costs. For example such as the additional costs of requesting a fast delivery or the safety risk by implementing an improper repair to try to get the machine working again without the proper replacement.
Having a basic supply of spare parts on hand can reduce the risks and problems identified above.
But how do you know which spare parts a heavy machine owner should always have available?
First, it is necessary to identify which machines have the greatest impact on production. Consequently, focusing on older machines that are no longer in production, as replacement parts can be difficult to obtain. It is very important consider when request parts, especially at short notice, and therefore forced to go to the non–genuine parts market of usually poor quality.
Therefore, the objective of spare parts management should be to ensure the lowest possible overall cost, both in economic terms and in terms of productivity.
Spare parts management is a determining factor for better machine efficiency.
Maintenance of machines and organization of spare parts
Routine maintenance implies the need to organize an efficient system of available spare parts. An understanding of which cannot be dispensed whit.
For scheduled maintenance, on the other hand, spare parts must be requested within a specified period. For these, it is useless to manage the warehouse, it is rather useful to know the life cycle of each important component for the functionality of the machine.
What can the maintenance manager do to keep everything under control?
First, you must generate consumption statistics and then maintain a close collaboration with the suppliers of the parts to ensure their availability with acceptable delivery times. In addition, you must constantly communicate with maintenance technicians to know the status of machines in real time and classify spare parts according to their strategic importance.
Therefore, it is advisable to always have the so-called critical spare parts available, that is, those that reduce machine downtime due to breakdowns.
It is understandable that a company does not have the financial availability to buy, for example, a transmission or an engine and keep them in stock. But a machine which doesn’t work cannot be afforded.
To overcome these problems, you can contact Taop Parts. We have thousands of spare parts available for machines such as wheel loaders, excavators, dump truck, bulldozers, backhoe, loaders etc.
Taop Parts offers recycled, original, verified and reliable spare parts that save money for the machine owner, but above all it gives you the opportunity to have your own warehouse for spare parts, especially for critical ones.
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Tires or chains?
Today we will treat with a very important topic concerning the difference between wheeled and crawler machines.
Let’s start with the first statement: earthmoving machines have wheeled and crawler versions and various factors come into play when it comes to choosing between them. These are factors related to the type of work to perform, the type of surface on which to carry it out, the load capacity, etc. Continue reading Tires or chains?
Hydraulic cylinder: types and operating
Taop Parts offers hydraulic cylinders recovered from original machines, which have been tested and are ready to be installed.
Hydraulic cylinders are important components in earth-moving machines, such as excavators and wheel loaders, as they transform hydraulic force into linear movement, by facilitating the lifting and moving of heavy materials.
The cylinder works thanks to the hydraulic system, consisting of pumps, pipes and hydraulic fluid.
A hydraulic cylinder is a tube closed at one end with a rod that moves inside. Inside the cylinder we find a piston. The piston separates the internal side of the cylinder from the external one. The fluid moves to both sides of the cylinder to extend or retract the rod.
Hydraulic cylinders can push, pull and lift different types of loads with different weights and sizes.
Tips on when to replace the components of heavy machines
Heavy machines such as wheel loader, backhoe loader, dump truck, bulldozers, etc., are essential in a construction, public works company, in a quarry or mine and they should be used correctly, it must be handled by skilled personnel and periodically checked.
It is very important to know the operation of each component, to carry out the appropriate tests.
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How to detect problems in the fluid system of wheel loaders, bulldozers, dumpers and excavators
Efficiency is a key issue when we talk about the operation of excavators, loaders, dumpers, bulldozers, etc.
The owners of heavy machines and their operator use fewer resources to complete certain jobs than others, certainly have a competitive advantage because they use the equipments more effectively.
Scheduled and preventive maintenance, which we always recommend to be carried out regularly, is the best ally to avoid breakdowns and damage to the machine.
In this article we will deal with a very important topic, namely how to detect any contamination in the fluids present in a heavy machine.
The operator’s safety of excavators, wheel loader, dump truck, bulldozer: fundamental labours standards and good practices
Excavators, wheel loaders, crawler excavators, bulldozers, backhoe loaders, etc. are special vehicles that perform heavy jobs with certain features. Operators must be properly trained and educated to the use of all the components of the machine, especially the engine, transmission, hydraulic system, electrical system, etc., and follow the safety standards defined by the legislation and by the company.
The employer is responsible for providing appropriate training for the works to be performed and all the relative safety devices related, which we showed in the following image.
How to preserve the hydraulic system of earth moving machines
The hydraulic system of a machine determines how much weight it can load and at what speed it can operate. Therefore, it represents one of the fundamental elements for the correct functioning of a wheel loader or an excavator.
In the next video we can appreciate how, thanks to the hydraulic system, the excavator’s arm and the bucket move easily.
Operators must obtain the maximum possible performance of the machines to use them in the best way and avoid wastage of fuel.
This objective can only be achieved through the implementation of a failure maintenance and prevention strategy. The checking must be carried out daily and, in the specific case of the hydraulic system, must mainly be focused on the hydraulic oil level. The filters and oil must be changed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
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