MINE MACHINE CHALLENGES
SOLVED.
We partner with Global Miners and Offsite Repairers who value innovative approaches to mining equipment parts and maintenance to improve uptime, reduce safety risks, and lower operating costs.
Global Miners Benefiting from Enhanced Performance Wear Parts & Specialised Tooling Include:
![BUMA](https://geographe.com.au/hubfs/Geographe%20Feb_2024/Homepage/BUMA.png)
![Thiess_logo](https://geographe.com.au/hubfs/Geographe%20Feb_2024/WP%20Home%20Page/Thiess_logo.png)
![Peabody](https://geographe.com.au/hubfs/Geographe%20Feb_2024/WP%20Home%20Page/Peabody.png)
![BHP_logo_White](https://geographe.com.au/hubfs/Brand%20Kit/Logos/Clients%20Logos/BHP_logo_White.png)
![Stanmore_Logo](https://geographe.com.au/hubfs/Geographe%20Feb_2024/WP%20Home%20Page/Stanmore_Logo.png)
![Emeco_logo](https://geographe.com.au/hubfs/Geographe%20Feb_2024/WP%20Home%20Page/Emeco_logo.png)
![Glencore_logo 1](https://geographe.com.au/hubfs/Geographe%20Feb_2024/WP%20Home%20Page/Glencore_logo%201.png)
![Rio_Tinto_logo](https://geographe.com.au/hubfs/Geographe%20Feb_2024/WP%20Home%20Page/Rio_Tinto_logo.png)
With you for the long haul
Partnering with Geographe allows you to achieve the best solution for your fleet. We help miners globally to reach their business goals and attain optimal site performance. Through OEM quality Replacement Parts, Enhanced Performance Parts (EP) and Specialised Tooling, we can support you to extend your machine uptime, keep your workforce safe during equipment maintenance and optimise your machine assets.
Reduce operational risks & maximise business outcomes
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We solve your equipment
challenges
Enhanced Performance (EP) Parts are engineered to address site challenges, from extending asset life to reducing maintenance costs, improving serviceability and increasing uptime.
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Superior quality mining equipment solutions
At Geographe, we empower customers to enhance their equipment through innovation. We partner with our customers to design bespoke solutions to deliver optimal equipment performance and reliable improvements in mine site profitability.
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Proven experience solving customer challenges
Proudly collaborating with all Tier 1 Miners in Australia, Geographe supplies miners and offsite repairers with high-quality parts that go the distance.
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Local manufacturing for prompt turnaround
Geographe are your trusted partners in mining success. We support Australian and global miners with Enhanced Performance parts to improve fleet performance, ensuring your mine stays at its peak performance.
Geographe Enhanced Performance™ Parts & Specialised Tooling
Due to the demanding nature of mining operations, equipment failures significantly impact mine performance as well as the safety of people on site. Geographe EP Parts have been designed to prevent premature failure and can offer superior longevity. The Specialised Tooling range offers safer, more efficient approaches to heavy machine maintenance, allowing for reduced machine downtime and maintenance costs.
![PI Komatsu Colleted Pin Assembly](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%20Komatsu%20Colleted%20Pin%20Assembly.png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%20Komatsu%20Colleted%20Pin%20Assembly.png)
KOM 830E
Rear Strut Colleted Pin Assembly
OEM Ref: EK1326ASSYEPMOD
Category |
EP Parts |
Geographe Ref |
11540877 |
Enhancement |
The Collet from the C Pin Assembly (CPA) is fixed in the housing which protects the bore from wear and eliminates the need for line boring during changeouts. The CPA increases fleet uptime and performance, delivering safer, efficient maintenance. An installation and removal kit is also available. |
![PI 11539211 Assembly Kit_Exploded and Collapsed (300 x 250 px) (9)](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(9).png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(9).png)
CAT 777 Sway Bar Greased Colleted Pin Assembly
OEM Ref: 7D3009EPMODASSY2
Category |
EP Parts |
Geographe Ref |
11541832 |
Enhancement |
The Collet from the C Pin Assembly (CPA) is fixed in the housing which protects the bore from wear and eliminates the need for line boring during changeouts. The CPA increases fleet uptime and performance, delivering safer, efficient maintenance. |
![PI 11539211 Assembly Kit_Exploded and Collapsed (300 x 250 px) (6)](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(6).png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(6).png)
CAT 992G/K Boom To Bucket Cartridge Pin Conversion Kit
OEM Ref: 4596731KIT/EPMOD
Category |
EP Parts |
Geographe Ref |
11539211 |
Enhancement |
To solve premature wear in Hitachi bucket bush and cartridge pins, Geographe designed the Enhanced Performance (EP) Solid Pin Kit (SPK), which has a greased design that significantly reduces the chance of leakage and catastrophic failure. Solid pin conversion kits are also available for other positions. |
![PI 11539211 Assembly Kit_Exploded and Collapsed (300 x 250 px) (7)](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(7).png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(7).png)
CAT 785/789
Greaseable Hoist Pin Assembly
OEM Ref: 4992600EPMODASSY1
Category |
EP Parts |
Geographe Ref |
11541298 |
Enhancement |
Designed to improve upon the standard hoist pin design by incorporating seamless integration with the truck’s automatic lubrication system, it creates easy greasing, making pin extraction process both safer and more efficient. |
![PI 11529608- 789793 Ball Stud Kit](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%2011529608-%20789793%20Ball%20Stud%20Kit.png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%2011529608-%20789793%20Ball%20Stud%20Kit.png)
CAT 789/793
Ball Stud Kit
OEM Ref: 8X9620EP/KIT
Category |
EP Parts |
Geographe Ref |
11529608 |
Enhancement |
Geographe Enhanced Performance™ (EP) Ball Stud Kits are manufactured using high-quality materials offering optimum impact toughness and fatigue resistance. As well as improved wear resistance by increased lubrication grooving on the ball section. Ball studs and kits are also available for other CAT trucks. |
![PI Komatsu Colleted Pin Assembly](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%20Komatsu%20Colleted%20Pin%20Assembly.png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%20Komatsu%20Colleted%20Pin%20Assembly.png)
KOM 930E
Rear Strut Colleted Pin Assembly
OEM Ref: EJ2846ASSYEPMOD
Category |
EP Parts |
Geographe Ref |
11541308 |
Enhancement |
The Collet from the C Pin Assembly (CPA) is fixed in the housing which protects the bore from wear and eliminates the need for line boring during changeouts. The CPA increases fleet uptime and performance, delivering safer, efficient maintenance. An installation and removal kit is also available. |
![PI 11539211 Assembly Kit_Exploded and Collapsed (300 x 250 px) (1)](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(1).png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(1).png)
HIT EX3600
Backhoe
Top Hat Bushes
OEM Ref: 4204091EPMOD
Category |
EP Parts |
Geographe Ref |
11541372 |
Enhancement |
The Geographe Enhanced Performance™ (EP) Top Hat Bush has incorporated a standard bush and thrust plate into a single component, constructed from a single piece of material, and sharing the same improved material and gas carburisation heat treatment processes as the standalone bush. Top hat bushes and refurb kits are available for all HIT excavators EX1200 - EX8000. |
![Frame 1973-1](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Frame%201973-1.png?width=270&height=270&name=Frame%201973-1.png)
CAT 6020B Top Hat Bushes
“Stick to Bucket” Kit
OEM Ref: 4365365/93EPMODKIT
Category |
EP Parts |
Geographe Ref |
11542668 |
Enhancement |
The Geographe Enhanced Performance™ (EP) Top Hat Bush is upgraded to case-hardened steel, incorporating a larger thrust face for improved contact surface area, allowing for optimal performance. Top hat bush kits are also available for 6020B Frame to Boom and Boom to Stick. |
![PI 11539211 Assembly Kit_Exploded and Collapsed (300 x 250 px) (9)](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(9).png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(9).png)
CAT 777 Rear Strut Greased Colleted Pin Assembly
OEM Ref: 9D2278EPMODASSY1
Category |
EP Parts |
Geographe Ref |
11541825 |
Enhancement |
The Collet from the C Pin Assembly (CPA) is fixed in the housing which protects the bore from wear and eliminates the need for line boring during changeouts. The CPA increases fleet uptime and performance, delivering safer, efficient maintenance. |
![PI 11539211 Assembly Kit_Exploded and Collapsed (300 x 250 px) (8)](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(8).png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%2011539211%20Assembly%20Kit_Exploded%20and%20Collapsed%20(300%20x%20250%20px)%20(8).png)
CAT 785/789/793 Ball Stud Removal Tool
OEM Ref: ---
Category |
Specialised Tooling |
Geographe Ref |
11539409 |
Enhancement |
The Ball Stud Removal Tool (BSRT) is designed to improve efficiency and safety, this hydraulic tool simplifies the ball stud removal process, minimising downtime associated with maintenance and repairs, further contributing to cost efficiency. The ELBP version is also available. |
![PI 1542275 - Lightweight Retaining Pin](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PI%201542275%20-%20Lightweight%20Retaining%20Pin.png?width=300&height=250&name=PI%201542275%20-%20Lightweight%20Retaining%20Pin.png)
CAT 793F Lightweight Tray Sling Pins
OEM Ref: 2996719ASSYEPMOD
Category |
Specialised Tooling |
Geographe Ref |
11542275 |
OEM Number |
2996719ASSYEPMOD |
Enhancement |
The Lightweight Tray Sling Pins are made from a high-tensile material, offering strength whilst significantly reducing mass, in conjunction with an ergonomic handle that improves safe handling during maintenance events. |
![Enhanced performance](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Geographe%20Feb_2024/Homepage/Enhanced%20performance.jpg?width=555&height=594&name=Enhanced%20performance.jpg)
Enhanced performance design & innovation
Australian-made quality is difficult to surpass.
While many leading brands are now made in developing markets, end users find that quality suffers. Replacement wear parts can be even worse.
Geographe engineers parts to exceed expectations: made for challenging demands and harsh climate conditions.
How long should a ball stud changeout take?
To support miners globally, we designed the Ball Stud Removal Tool (BSRT) – a hydraulic pressing tool for safer and more efficient maintenance, increasing productivity and reducing labour costs.
In field trials, the BSRT released 6 studs in under 20 minutes, with correctly positioned steering arms.
Designed to fit various Caterpillar haul truck fleets, including the 785, 789, and 793 trucks, with a variant for the 777-truck coming in 2024. Its adaptability ensures compatibility with a range of mining equipment.
![Video-Play-cover](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Geographe%20Feb_2024/Homepage/Video-Play-cover.png?width=665&height=363&name=Video-Play-cover.png)
How dangerous is thermal lancing?
One of the common hurdles faced by mining operations worldwide is the utilisation of thermal lancing practices to cut through seized components during maintenance.
Thermal lancing introduces hazards such as severe burns, eye injuries, fire risks, and toxic fume emissions, making it a safety concern for mining professionals.
The Geographe Collated Pin Assembly (CPA) incorporates a tapered collet system, creating a self-wedging effect between the pin and frame bores, effectively eliminating pin seizures without the need for thermal lancing.
![engineered solutions 2 (6)](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/engineered%20solutions%202%20(6).png?width=665&height=361&name=engineered%20solutions%202%20(6).png)
How does cross-hatching avoid failure?
Responding to requests for a solution to premature wear in standard bushes, Geographe has partnered with global miners to introduce cross-hatching into Enhanced Performance bushes.
Cross-hatching when incorporated with spiral grooving enhances the distribution of lubrication around the bush. The improved lubrication results in extended life on both the bush and the pin.
Geographe applies a greater depth to grease grooving and cross-hatching. The extra grease capacity created allows the pin and bush assembly to cope better with misalignment, or temporary disruption to lubrication if grease line damage occurs.
![engineered solutions 2 (7)](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/engineered%20solutions%202%20(7).png?width=665&height=361&name=engineered%20solutions%202%20(7).png)
Our people thrive in an environment of innovation and collaboration
We value diversity, inclusiveness, collaboration and growth which we instil in our working life, culture and operations. We invest in our team creating career development and learning opportunities for the long-term.
See the top 4 current challenges on our radar
RANK | CHALLENGE | UPVOTES |
---|---|---|
1. | Removing seized ball studs in CAT 777 haul trucks |
159 |
2. | Ball studs rotating when being removed |
102 |
3. | Effectively reaming bell crank bores on CAT 7 series haul trucks |
97 |
4. | Removal of seized colleted pins in CAT and Komatsu haul trucks |
91 |
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FEATURED
The Role of Enhanced Performance Parts in Safer Mining Equipment Maintenance
Mining equipment maintenance has long been a challenge due to the demanding conditions and heavy workloads that accelerate wear and tear. While traditional methods such as thermal lancing have been effective, they come with significant risks. However, the emergence of Enhanced Performance (EP) Parts it offers a safer and more efficient solution for maintenance practices.
![RR#117 COVER LR](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Media%20Images/RR%23117%20COVER%20LR.jpg?width=811&height=1000&name=RR%23117%20COVER%20LR.jpg)
FEATURED
The High Demand for Quality Wear Parts
Geographe supports mining customers by optimising their mobile fleet to minimise operational costs through Geographe Enhanced Performance™ (EP) parts and solutions. Geographe’s EP parts have also been instrumental in preventing premature equipment failure in North-East Asia, particularly the top hat bush, a custom solution engineered to enhance the original product design and strength of the thrust plate and bush arrangement in Hitachi excavators.
![Mining](https://geographe.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Mining.jpg?width=455&height=575&name=Mining.jpg)
FEATURED
Ball Stud Removal Tool Puts Geographe on the Map
After the Geographe team received a call from the workshop of a Tier 1 miner regarding a maintenance challenge on a common haul truck, the West Australian manufacturer turned a major safety issue into a patented, time-saving tool.
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