CCI Pope
CCI Pope joins BV Group - Wed 08 Aug 2007

As of July 2007, CCI Pope has become a part of the Bureau Veritas Group of companies. Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas is an international group with a core business of conformity assessment, applied in the areas of quality, health, safety, environment and social responsibility. Bureau Veritas is recognized and accredited by the largest national and international bodies. Bureau Veritas serves more than 280,000 customers throughout the world. In 2006, present in 140 countries with more than 700 offices and laboratories, Bureau Veritas revenues reached more than the equivalent of 2.956 billion Australian dollars. Bureau Veritas employs more than 26,000 staff including countless experts.

Reliability Wins Again - Fri 13 Oct 2006
Grahame Vernon Asset Reliability Engineer
Asset Reliability Report MTW #331 Propel Pinion

Vibration Analysis, one of a variety of techniques employed by CCI Pope, detected a defect on an input pinion of a P&H 5700 shovel. MTW Personnel were able to perform a planned changeout of the suspect pinion. The changeout revealed the input pinion had one tooth completely broken off and several other teeth were cracked, which would also have broken off through further use. A vibration survey conducted after the changeout confirmed that vibrations relating to the defective gear had been eliminated.

Catastrophic bearing failure prevented on Hunter Valley Dragline - Fri 15 Sep 2006
Grahame Vernon Asset Reliability Engineer
Asset Reliability Report MTW #103 HM#3.doc

An estimated 12 hours of unplanned downtime was avoided through the application of a rigorous Condition Monitoring program on a 9020 dragline at Mount Thorley Warkworth in the Hunter Valley. The condition monitoring program successfully detected a defect on the drive end bearing of hoist motor #3 that allowed MTW personnel to perform a planned changeout of this motor.

Materials Consultancy Centres Expand Into Mackay and Wollongong - Wed 09 Aug 2006
Adam Van Dyck Manager - Product Development Centre
Reliability Matters - CCI Pope Newsletter July 2006.pdf

In response to the demand from our customers, CCI Pope is pleased to announce that we now can offer our full range of materials engineering and failure analysis services based from the regional centres of Mackay and Wollongong. The Mackay office is situated to provide services to industry in Mackay and the Bowen basin (coal mining in particular), as well as to surrounding regions such as Gladstone, Townsville and Mount Isa. The Wollongong office can provide fast service to industry in the Illawarra and southern NSW.

Extending Life and Improving Safety of Large Earth Moving Tyres - Wed 09 Aug 2006
Ken Brown Director - Business Development and Special Projects
Reliability Matters - CCI Pope Newsletter July 2006.pdf

Due to a worldwide shortage of large earth moving tyres many organisations are attempting to maximise the service life of their tyres. One method for achieving life extension is to adopt a condition based maintenance program for these tyres.

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