MacKellar Group Got Its Mechanics Out of the Line of Fire - Here's How

MacKellar Group implemented SafeGauge across its Middlemount and Carmichael mining operations to improve live-testing safety and increase maintenance efficiency.

The Challenge

Live testing exposed workers to:

• High hydraulic pressure and hot oil
• Burn and crush risk
• Working in the line of fire
• Personnel positioned under live machinery

Without SafeGauge’s products, our workers would be in the line of fire. The SafeGauge products allow us to get our people right out from in front of the machines; without them, there’s a chance of them getting injured or burned.

The Solution

MacKellar adopted the below SafeGauge kits:

• Pressure Transducer Kit (6-channel)
• Dial Indicator Kit (4-channel)
• MultiTool touchscreen monitor

SafeGauge Capabilities

• Remote Bluetooth monitoring
• Simultaneous multi-channel testing
• Digital recording and storage
• Testing from up to 100m away, outside the line of fire

Results

• Workers removed from hazardous zones
• Faster measurement and data capture through digital recording
• Reduced errors due to electronic readings and storage
• Maintenance records transferred and shared more quickly
• Faster overall maintenance and servicing process
• Reduced downtime
• Machines returned to operation sooner

The remote tools that monitor hydraulic pressure were particularly handy on the excavators. Without them, our teams would be stationed literally under the machines while they checked them and if something moved, it would be a horrible end to that story.