1. An INTRODUCTION to
Viking Mining Services
Hydraulic Excavator and
Face Shovel
Thermography
Inspection Service

2. Excavator Stick to
Bucket Pin & Bush
Hydraulic excavators and
face shovels present
unique challenges to non-
destructive testing.
Viking Mining Services has
developed a unique
method of inspection.
Thermography is the
safest, most effective way
to monitor these machines
and it can be done from a
distance.

3. Even from 100m without
our telephoto lens, Viking
can identify this anomaly
in an excavator stick to
bucket bush.
Early detection allowed
the client to flood the
newly fitted pin and bush
with grease to assist in the
bedding in process and
avoid an early failure.
These images represented
a $30,000 saving for the
client.

4. Face Shovel Stick to Bucket
Pin and Bush.
The keys to a successful
operation are:
• Increased safety
standards.
• Increased production
• Decreased downtime
The Viking service delivers
on these requirements.
The ability to check
machinery from outside
high risk zone with no
contact is the key to
success.
Our clients have saved
thousands in downtime
alone by engaging Viking
Mining Services.

5. Bucket Cylinders.
Hydraulic cylinders are an
expensive item, therefore
misdiagnosis is extremely
costly.
Allowing the problem to
develop over time can also
have repercussions in
terms of loss of production
and in the event of a
failure, contamination of
the system.
Let Viking assist you in a
diagnosis.

6. Blocked coolers are also a
thorn in the side of
production and
maintenance.
Viking first identified the
bottom rear cooler from
100m, then took a closer
look.
We then had grounds to
board the machine with
the mine staff and further
diagnose the fault.

7. Once on board, a thorough
inspection was carried out
and the cooler was
diagnosed with clear
imaging and temperature
measurement.
This saved hours of
downtime and
unnecessary cost to the
business.

8. Slew Bearing Deflection.
Slew bearings are also
subject to temperature
increases before failure.
These are not an item
that’s kept on the shelf.
Early diagnosis is key to
saving you a costly failure,
leading to lengthy
unplanned downtime.
Viking’s findings were
verified with a bearing
deflection check.
A change out was planned.

9. For more information call Jeff | 0400 696 505The sky is the limit.
We look forward to
working with you.
Thank you for considering Viking.