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Mining Downtime Management Software: Gold Fields Implements the PIPER Downtimes System

Cajamarca, Peru

  • Company:

Goldfields Mining

  • Location:

Cajamarca, Peru

GoldFields expanded its downtime management beyond the SAG Mill, implementing PIPER Downtimes (2024 R1 update) to cover all critical assets with a flexible hierarchical model, real-time reporting, and integration with systems like Dispatch. The result: better asset prioritization and a 5% reduction in unplanned SAG Mill downtime.

  • Challenges

Moving Beyond the SAG Mill in Critical Asset Management

GoldFields needed a solution that would enable automated, efficient management of downtime events, with real-time reporting across its full set of critical assets — not just the most visible one. Key requirements included:

  • A comprehensive solution for critical assets: a tool covering all critical assets in the operation, not limited solely to the SAG Mill.
  • Optimized staff time: simplifying management and reducing the maintenance team’s workload.
  • Complete, real-time reporting: generating thorough reports for all critical assets, not just top-priority ones.
  • Asset evaluation and prioritization: a system to help classify and prioritize assets by actual criticality level.
  • Access to performance data and analysis, enabling more informed decision-making on each asset’s status.
  • Staff training, on the new tools and asset management methodologies.
  • Solution

PIPER Downtimes 2024 R1 Update

The Downtimes 2024 R1 update was implemented, extending downtime management from the SAG Mill to other critical lines across the operation:

  • Downtime management implemented by critical lines, initially focused on the SAG Mill and expanded to other relevant lines.
  • Hierarchical model by lines and equipment, with a flexible organizational structure for classifying and managing assets, improving supervision and control.
  • Full solution configuration: equipment type, equipment name, system, component, and failure mode.
  • Configured maintenance calendar, for efficient planning and scheduling of activities.
  • KPI formulas: Availability, Utilization, MTTR, MTBF, Productivity, and Top Ten Failures.
  • Real-time report access for all critical assets, not just priority ones, improving visibility and performance tracking.
  • Results

Measurable Operational Impact

  • New hierarchical model implemented, mapping the critical equipment to be managed; thanks to its flexibility and adaptability, the necessary automated reports were generated without reconfiguring the solution from scratch.
  • Redesigned data-recording workflow for downtime events, improving process accuracy and efficiency.
  • Real-time monitoring of asset availability and utilization, enabling continuous, precise oversight.
  • Optimized decision-making, based on up-to-date data and detailed analysis for executing action plans.
  • Real-time report visualization, including trends and historical data, for a better understanding of asset performance.
  • Integration with other applications, including Dispatch, improving interoperability and data flow between systems.
  • 5% reduction in unplanned SAG Mill downtime, increasing operational efficiency for the operation’s most critical asset.
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  • Key Benefits

Why It Matters

  • Full-scale critical asset management, overcoming the limitation of focusing solely on the SAG Mill to gain visibility across the whole operation.
  • Lower operational burden on maintenance, thanks to a simpler recording workflow and reduced manual tasks.
  • Data-driven asset prioritization, rather than perception-based, through systematic criticality evaluation.
  • Scalable, adaptable model, which extended downtime management to new lines without redesigning the solution.
  • Interoperability with key operating systems, like Dispatch, avoiding information silos between maintenance and mine operations.
  • Trained, self-sufficient staff, ready to operate and get full value from the new tool.
  • Direct impact on the most critical asset, reflected in the 5% reduction in unplanned SAG Mill downtime.

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