About this episode

Dave McCracken discusses hidden issues in aggregate operations that lead to inefficiencies and lost value.

Dave McCracken, technical sales director at Astec Industries, joined "Drilling Deeper" to offer insights into common – yet often hidden – issues that are costing aggregate operations time and money. The issues addressed in this episode are bottlenecks and equipment mismatches in production, how maintenance and downtime affect efficiency, how the operator experience impacts safety and performance, and lost value in wastes and fines. For each hidden loss, McCracken outlines how producers can ad...

People in this episode

Guest: Dave McCracken

Topics covered

• hidden losses
• aggregate operations
• production efficiency
• maintenance
• safety
• performance

Keywords

• bottlenecks
• equipment mismatches
• downtime
• operator experience
• wastes
• fines

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Astec Industries

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