Industrial Maintenance • Kwale, Kenya
Industrial Maintenance (Mining)
Heavy machinery servicing, 98.1% availability on 340t excavators.
100%
On time
Pass first time
Audit
2 years
Warranty
Challenge
Unplanned stops on 340t fleet.
Scope
Preventive + predictive (vibration, oil analysis) every 250h.
Result
98.1% availability, -40% breakdowns.
What Was Delivered — Kwale Mineral Sands
8 deliverables • Detailed for this project • Not generic
- 1340t CAT 6040 excavators + 8× 100t dumpers — 250h PM cycle: 38 checks per unit, 1.5h average, zero missed in 90 days
- 2Oil analysis lab tie-up — 42 samples, 3 early warnings (iron + silicon) → planned swaps, no catastrophic failure
- 3Vibration route: 24 points, monthly, trend plots — bearing defect on #3 swing gearbox caught 3 weeks early, KES 2.1M saved
- 4Spares consignment: Ruiru → Kwale 24h — 2× final drives, 4× track chains, filters, hoses (KES 8M stock, vendor managed)
- 5CMMS: Fiix set up with 86 assets, 214 tasks, QR codes on machines, operator daily tick-box in Swahili
- 6Safety: LOTO kits (24 locks), permit system, toolbox talks 10min daily — 45% fewer breakdown near-misses
- 7Report: Monthly MTBF 140h → 310h, MTTR 8.2h → 3.1h, availability 91% → 98.1% (target 98%)
- 8Handover: Maintenance manual + spares min/max + training certs for DOSHS file
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