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AGGREGATES MANAGER / May 2017
EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT
and identify equipment for liquidation, helping to lower
carrying costs.
• Understanding component wear: Wear components,
such as teeth on a bucket or cutting edges on a blade, are
often replaced on an hourly schedule, regardless of how
that machine is used. Telematics provides a unique opportu-
nity to differentiate between different working situations for
each machine. A fl eet manager may know that a machine
is doing its ground engaging work when it registers higher
RPMs, and is merely in a travel or carry mode when RPMs
Telematics can help determine if equipment is right-sized for the application, and help fleet owners make smart decisions about
how equipment is deployed.
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• Resource evaluation
• Expert testimony
• Technical writing and review
• Lecturer
• USGS Aggregate Resource Geologist 1977-2011
• Past Chair and Distinguished Service Award recipient, Society for Mining,
Metallurgy, and Exploration, Industrial Minerals and Aggregates Division
• Author of ASBPE award-winning columns - Carved In Stone,
Aggregates Manager, 1998-Present
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