Leading the Way for Mining Equipment Structural Maintenance

The structural integrity of fixed, mobile and field equipment in the mining industry is essential to production and safety. If done poorly, weld repairs of cracking can cause significant maintenance costs due to snowballing issues with re-cracking, lost production, and overall reduced viable structural life leading to shutdowns or even replacement.  Unfortunately, these are the issues that most mine sites and asset managers currently face. 

There are 5 core problems why this is the case

1. Inadequate NDT data for risk and repair management

2. There is no existing suitable standardised way to establish welder competency, and there is a large skills gap for welders in the mining industry. 

3. Site maintenance personnel are not welding or crack repair experts 

4. Crack repair planning, supervision, and effectiveness are not adequately managed 

5. The existing fabrication based standards such as AS/NZS 1554 or AWS D1.1 don't provide the appropriate tools or strategy for on-site crack repairs.

WQMS have tackled these problems head-on, developing a suite of innovative, practical, yet simple solutions to empower a radical shift in how industry manages structural maintenance welding. 

Explore the suite of Solutions that have been custom developed for the mining industry for inspection, structural maintenance management, and welder competency. WQMS are experts in the TRG Hot Work - we helped write it! WQMS helps mines update their SHMS, MECP and Hot Works Risk Assessment to ensure that all risks are appropriately managed in alignment with the TRG Hot Work. See our Services for full details of the technical support WQMS provides for mine sites.