A lost GET tooth is a crusher problem waiting to happen
Ground-engaging-tool teeth come loose. If the tooth is not found, it rides the load chain into the crusher — and a piece of hardened steel in a crusher chamber causes catastrophic damage, a multi-day shutdown, and a serious safety hazard to anyone downstream of it.
GETsmart embeds sensing in the bucket to detect a tooth assembly coming loose or leaving the bucket, so the loss is caught at the face rather than discovered at the crusher.
What it detects
- Tooth dislodgement — a GET tooth assembly that has come off the bucket
- Loosening precursors — the change in seating condition that precedes a tooth working free
- Alerting to the operator and to maintenance, while the machine is still at the face
Why it matters
The cost of a GET tooth reaching a crusher is not the tooth. It is the unplanned shutdown, the crusher repair, the production loss across the whole downstream circuit, and the safety exposure of the recovery operation. Detection at the face removes the entire failure chain.
Where it fits
Excavators, loaders and any earthmoving plant feeding a crusher, mill or transfer system in mining and heavy civil work.
Instrumentation Pilot — 90 days, one critical asset
We instrument one of your critical assets for 90 days and hand you a
defensible condition-monitoring business case — the evidence pack you can take to your own
superintendent. If the data does not justify a rollout, you have lost a project, not a career.
A$4,900 · fixed scope · consultancy-led
Program review, functional-safety gap assessment, sensor installation and a written recommendation.
No infrastructure required on your site.
Frequently asked questions
How do you detect a missing GET tooth before it reaches the crusher?
GETsmart embeds sensing in the bucket and detects a ground-engaging-tool assembly coming loose or leaving the bucket. The loss is caught at the face, which is the only place it can be acted on before a dislodged tooth rides the load chain into the crusher.
Why does catching a lost tooth at the face matter?
A piece of hardened steel in a crusher chamber causes catastrophic damage, a multi-day shutdown and a serious safety hazard downstream. Detecting the loss at the bucket turns a crusher event into a tooth replacement.
What does GETsmart attach to?
The sensing is embedded in the bucket and monitors the GET assembly, so it works with the bucket already in service rather than requiring a change to the digging equipment.