Advanced ND T Syste m s Gear Inspe c tion Cleaning Crack Detection Program Dragline Insp ections Mobile Mi ne Equi pme n t In spections Heat Ex chang e rs Tub e s In spections Wire Ro p e In s p ections Head Office Kelowna BC Canada tomglobal ndtca 250 762 552 5 Regina SK 306 209 699 5 p Allisonglobal ndtca Brossa rd QC infoglobal ndtca Chile Office Alonso de Cordova 5900 402 Las Condes Providencia Santiago Chile Calgary Office 403 651 856 8 jasonglobal ndtca The Challenge Equipment maintenance is a critical component of any i ndustrial op eration but the larger more expensive machinery found in the mining ind u stry demands a higher level of importance be placed on optimal maintenance With an average of about two tonnes of min e d oil sands needed to produce just one barrel of synthetic crude oil these giant haul trucks are placed under tremendous amounts of stress that can caus e fatigue cr acking Any failure of these cruc ial piec es of machiner y can ultimately cost the company millions of dollars in downtime and damaged equipment Oil Sands maintenance personal generally utiliz e a preventa tive maintenance plan which consists of three service levels at varying intervals with va rying maintenance tasks performed at each serv ice level For ex ample Servic e 1 8 hours dur ation every 3 rd week Servic e 2 24 hours duration every 6 th week Servic e 3 24 hours duration every 9 th week During this scheduled dow n t i m e th e haul trucks undergo routine maintenance pro c edures such as engine and transmission oil changes A visual inspection is also made to detect an y new cracks which on any given inspection can number 5 10 per haul tr uc k Of those cracks bet w een 1 3 are generally id entified as critical but will not undergo repai r s at this time due to maintenance bay scheduling constraints 0 10 20 30 40 Service 1 Service 2 Service 3 Sc hed u ling Period W eek s Do wn time H ours