Trakka™ 3.1 delivers greater efficiencies, functionalities and ease of use

On Dec. 10, 2008, Dingo Maintenance Systems released the newest version of Trakka™ 3.1, a powerful tool that is critical to the success of Dingo’s Condition-Based Asset Maintenance (CBAM) system. Trakka, an Internet-based software program, allows CBAM systems to track, store and analyze oil sample data of heavy assets, resulting in early identification of maintenance issues.

The key features of Trakka 3.1 improve the efficiency of Dingo’s Condition Intelligence™ service, offer an asset search tool to allow customers to more easily find assets, allow oil analysis comparisons with predetermined reference oil and provide improved sample labels. Customers will welcome a number of additional, smaller functionalities in Trakka 3.1.

First released in 2005, Trakka is designed to allow a seamless, electronic data flow from any oil analysis lab into a database for rapid turnaround time. Tailored, site-specific alarm settings can be implemented for entire enterprises, enabling the spotting of fleet-wide trends and lubrication issues. Trakka also stores a unique set of procedures that guide detailed, corrective actions after they’ve been identified.

Six of the 10 largest mining operations worldwide now use Trakka and CBAM, avoiding catastrophic in-service failures and breakdown of assets.

Paul Higgins, Dingo president and CEO, explained that Dingo’s experienced and trained teams implement the CBAM system onsite. “The results document Dingo’s track record of delivering a greater than 3:1 ROI for cost reduction through breakdown avoidance and condition-based component changes. Our payback is so fast that, in most cases, we deliver a positive impact on a mine’s costs almost immediately, creating an average savings of $1.6 million in maintenance costs in the first 12 months.”