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Contents .............................................................................................................................. 1
Introduction......................................................................................................................... 2
Suspension Cylinder Maintenance...................................................................................... 2
Management Limits ............................................................................................................ 3
Mine Severity Index............................................................................................................ 3
Payload Index................................................................................................................ 4
Haul Road Condition Index........................................................................................... 5
Definition of ASA Composite Pressure Parameters ........................................................... 6
Guidelines for collecting representative haul road cycle data ............................................ 7
Importing real-time TPMS and VIMS datalogger files into ASA...................................... 8
Real-time TPMS files collected in TPMS, or TPMpc .................................................. 8
VIMS Data Logger files................................................................................................ 8
Exporting Data Logger files using VIMSpc ................................................................. 8
Importing VIMSpc files into the ASA program............................................................ 9
Interpretation of suspension cylinder pressure traces ....................................................... 10
Interpretation of PITCH data....................................................................................... 10
Using the RAC FELA index with the Mine Severity index ............................................. 10
Generating a Haul Road Condition Index from Road Analysis Control (RAC) FELA
values........................................................................................................................... 11
Benefits of using RAC to generate a Haul Road Condition Index.............................. 12
Limitations of using RAC to generate a Haul Road Condition Index ........................ 12
Recommendations for implementing RAC at your site .............................................. 12
RAC Reporting Suggestions ....................................................................................... 12
Suggested Customer Process Activities........................................................... 12
Suggested Customer Short Term Reporting .................................................... 13
Suggested Customer Long Term Reporting .................................................... 13
Acknowledgements........................................................................................................... 14
Document Change Chronology......................................................................................... 14
NOTE: This document should be used in conjunction with the ASA User & Application Manual located in the
Guides/Tools section of the Caterpillar Knowledge Network Community: “Mining Project Manager’s Toolkit”.
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Using this graphical method has proven to be a very useful way to illustrate current
Payload management and Haulroad conditions to mine management. Using green in the
‘Acceptable Range’ area, red in the ‘Unacceptable Range’ and placing a yellow ‘X’ to
show the current site conditions allows easy identification of a conforming or non-
conforming situation.
In the example above, a Mine Severity Index Rating of C6 has been added. This shows
that Payload is being managed within Caterpillar’s 10/10/20 Payload Rule, but Haulroad
conditions are in need of attention to bring the Haul Road Condition Index back into the
acceptable range.
Payload Index
Payload Monitor Summary data (through either TPMS or VIMS) can be assigned an
index value. The index is based on Caterpillar's 10/10/20 Payload Rule, which states:
Plotting this figure on the Haul Road Management Benchmark Graph indicates a frame
repair interval of around 10,000hr if 1600 FELA Rack can be achieved. From this graph,
and from CGM observations at other sites, FELA Rack values below 1600 (in some
places down to 800 FELA) are certainly achievable, along with a corresponding decrease
in frame repair maintenance.
With this in mind, the following table has been developed to allow those sites using RAC
to apply similar reporting techniques to those using ASA.
Acknowledgements
This document should be used in conjunction with the Application Severity Analysis
Program and Users Guide, and the document “Assessing the effects of a mine profile on
the performance of Off-Highway Trucks”, by Denis Mills.
Assistance is gratefully acknowledged from Denis Mills, Keith Williams, John Saban,
Jason Price and Geoff Perich for their work in developing the Management Limits, and
creating useable information from vast piles of VIMS dataloggers, and real-time TPMS
data.