Keep Critical Equipment Running
When a worn or obsolete part threatens to stop production, original drawings are rarely on hand. We 3D scan the part you have and rebuild it into a clean, manufacturable model — so you can re-machine, repair, or upgrade without going back to the original OEM.
Where 3D scanning pays off in mining
Obsolete spare parts
Bring discontinued or unsupported parts back into production by scanning a worn original and reconstructing accurate geometry.
Worn & damaged components
Capture a failed part — even one that has been cracked or ground down — and rebuild it to its intended dimensions.
Heavy equipment retrofits
Scan buckets, frames, and wear surfaces to design custom liners, guards, and upgrades that fit the first time.
Field & on-site capture
Capture equipment and installed conditions where they are — underground, in the mill, or in the shop — to support reverse modelling and retrofit planning.
What you walk away with
Registered point cloud
A complete, measurable 3D record of the part or assembly you can revisit any time.
Reverse-designed parts
Worn or undocumented components rebuilt to accurate, production-ready geometry.
Manufacturable CAD models
Clean, parametric models your shop or supplier can machine, cast, or fabricate from directly.
Dimensional inspection
Measurement reports comparing as-built parts against spec or a known-good reference.
How a scan project works
On-site scan
We bring portable scanners to your pit, mill, or shop and capture the part or equipment in full detail.
Register & process
We stitch the scans into one accurate, measurable point cloud.
Model & deliver
We turn the data into the exact CAD model your project needs.
Why mining operations choose Creative GOAT
Mining and heavy-equipment work demands accuracy that most documentation simply cannot provide. When a crusher liner fails at a remote site or a conveyor component breaks down during a shift, waiting weeks for a replacement from the original manufacturer is rarely an option — and the original drawings rarely exist anyway. Creative GOAT was built specifically for situations like these.
We work with mining operations across Canada and the United States, bringing portable laser scanning equipment directly to your pit, mill, or maintenance shop. There is no need to ship oversized components to a facility — we come to where the equipment lives, capture it accurately, and deliver production-ready geometry your local machine shop can fabricate from.
Turnaround time matters in mining. Most reverse design projects — from scan to manufacturable CAD model — are completed within five business days, depending on complexity. For planned maintenance windows, that speed means the difference between a scheduled repair and an extended unplanned shutdown.
We also handle wear analysis. Scanning the same component at two points in time produces a deviation map showing how much material has been lost and where wear is concentrated — measurements your reliability team can feed into their own replacement planning. That data drives better maintenance schedules and smarter procurement decisions.
Creative GOAT has worked with hard-rock mining, aggregate operations, and heavy-equipment fleets across Canada and the United States. Whether you need a single worn component rebuilt, a full equipment model for retrofit planning, or dimensional verification for a new fabrication, we bring the same discipline to every job: accurate data first, then the model that makes it useful.
Have a part or machine to bring back into production?
Whether it can be moved or must remain where it operates, we capture its existing condition and develop usable 3D information for repair, replacement or fabrication.