General Kinematics, a mining equipment manufacturer, is a key player in the field of safe and effective mining equipment. The rugged design of GK equipment reduces maintenance requirements by utilizing easily accessible machinery and few moving parts. This allows safer access to maintenance personnel. The heavy-duty design is also …
This paper details the optimization framework model for managing the schedule of the movable mining equipment of open cast mines to improve the availability and productivity of the mining...
Preventive maintenance is proven to offer tremendous advantages. Studies indicate it can reduce downtime by 30-50%, lower maintenance costs by 5-10%, and decrease equipment failures by 70-75%. Making these changes can …
(a) & (b). A typical LHD machine at the workshop and during the repair action. Before performing the reliability analysis, each machinery must be categorized into several subsystems for identifying potential failure modes [].Theses categorizations were made based on past historical records like day-to-day worksheets maintained by …
A new MIP model has been proposed to provide substantial cost savings for equipment scheduling by optimizing truck usage. The MIP model used for this case study provides a saving of approximately $15.6M in discounted cash costs for the first 5 years and $21.3M over the 10 year mine life.
The main objective of Preventive Maintenance (PM) is to minimize the total cost of inspection, repair, and equipment downtime from the failure or degradation of the machine function, so that the cost of preventive maintenance is less than the cost of failure or corrective maintenance because it can prevent downtime failures (Ben- Daya et al ...
care. Nonetheless, the maintenance of explosion-protected mining equipment can be divided into the followingthree areas [12]: • Visual inspections • Physical inspections • …
1.1. Classification of Surface Mining Methods. Extraction of mineral or energy resources by operations exclusively involving personnel working on the surface without provision of manned underground operations is referred to as surface mining. While an opening may sometimes be constructed below the surface and limited underground development may ...
In mining sector, maintenance is one of the most critical issues from the viewpoint of economic performance. As stated by [], total maintenance costs in typical mining company constitute about 30–65% of all operation costs.Furthermore, maintenance together with safety and performance has the most significant impact on final productivity …
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larger and more complex mining equipment being pro-duced, maintenance costs such as labor and repair expenses have increased considerably. Consequently, maintenance management has a great impact on the overall costs of mining companies by detecting or reducing the probability of potential failures and suggesting immediate actions.
Based on the result of the FMEA method, maintenance planning of the production machine using the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). FMEA indicates that there are 5 highest risk priority number values, namely the IGBT, Mosfet, bearing bushings, rool former and v-block components.
Modules / Lectures. Lecture 01: Introduction to Mining Machinery - Part A. Lecture 02: Introduction to Mining Machinery - Part B. Lecture 03: Introduction to Machine Elements. Lecture 04: Mechanical Transmission of Power. Lecture 05: Shafts, Pulleys, Gears, and Geartrains Bearing and Brakes. Watch on YouTube. Video.
The chapter presents various important aspects of mining equipment maintenance including maintenance-related facts and figures, factors contributing to equipment maintenance cost in mines, maintenance of …
The Weibull PDF function of MTTF or MTBF is. specified as. Fig. 5 (a) ... availability and preventive maintenance of underground mining machinery i.e., load haul dumper (LHD). A feed-forward-back ...
Maintenance operations have significant influence on the economy and performance of mining companies. Unpredicted repairs cause interruptions and breakdowns in production.
1. Introduction. Equipment maintenance costs are estimated to constitute from 30% to 50% of a mining operation's annual budget [ 1, 2 ]. As a result, maintenance …
of Mining Equipment Although the meanings of maintainability may be interpreted in variousways, with regardto mining equipment,maintainability basically means the followings [1]: • Maintenance consideredat design stage • Effective accessibility of all systems and components B.S. Dhillon,Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and ...
Maintenance of mining equipment can make up between 20 and 35 percent of the total mining operation. Utilizing a proper mining maintenance with a tight focus on optimizing …
p redictive maintenance, that is to say, "on time" maintenance practiced on equipment. Autonomous maintenance will be implemented as the equipment is of the heavy machinery type and as the
mining operation's greatest asset — or its greatest liability. They have a major effect on operating and maintenance costs as well as machine downtime. Haul road conditions dictate speed, fuel burn, tire life, safety, machine and component life, and annual tonnage moved. Smooth, constant grades extend the life of tires and components
In fact, because operators are quite isolated, management has to handle both technological issues and human factors. Yeoman and Millington (1997) list the five pillars (Figure 2) of TPM as: Increased equipment effectiveness Training Autonomous maintenance Early equipment management Planned preventive maintenance. Continuous Improvement.
RCM is the optimal mix of reactive, time-based, interval-based, condition-based, and proactive maintenance [1, 5].RCM is used to determine what failure management strategies must be implemented to ensure that the system reaches the desired level of safety, reliability, environmental health and operational readiness in the most cost …
Typically, by drilling, blasting, cutting, or digging. Equipment for material handling: For sorting and loading the mined material in advance of processing, or to go to a waste area. Machinery for material processing: Turning the mined material into finished products. This may involve grinding, separating, crushing, refining, and smelting.
Preventive Maintenance of Mining Equipment Based on Identification of Its Actual Technical State. Conference: Taishan …
Keywords: Reliability-centered maintenance Preventive maintenance Mining 1 Introduction Maintenance is an important task to keep equipment reliability to ensure that all pro-duction activities run smoothly according to the set schedule and target [1]. The high occurrences of machine breakdown is a problem that many companies face with today.
To get the best value from your mining equipment — and keep it performing at its best, shift after shift, year after year — it's critical that you perform component repairs on schedule and before failure. Repair-before-failure maintenance ensures the lowest cost of repair.
Therefore, in this article, the authors proposed a new approach to mining machinery maintenance management, based on the concept of risk-based maintenance (RBM) and taking into account safety issues.
maintenance objectives on key performance indicators. The study demonstrated that most widespread key performance indicators in the industrial sector are lagging indicators such as equipment, maintenance cost and safety performances. Another study was done by Oliveira et al. [4] to determine the use of maintenance performance indicators by ...
The proposed method in this study has been employed for a category of equipment in Chadormalu Mining Industrial Company. Five maintenance strategies called DOM, TPM, CBM, TBM, EM according to four ...
Abstract: This research work is about the maintenance performances analysis and improvement of miscellaneous mining machinery and equipment used at the …
The review provides an overview of maintenance practices in the mining sector and examines PdM methodol-ogies and processes used in other industries that may be applicable to the mining industry ...
Maintenance of mining equipment can make up between 20 and 35 percent of the total mining operation. Utilizing a proper mining maintenance with a tight focus on optimizing scheduled maintenance operations can reduce these costs substantially by deferring non essential maintenance, reducing maintenance manpower and controlling spare part ...
SGS mining equipment maintenance experts have the knowledge to provide the equipment maintenance and staffing solutions you need. We have a sound understanding of labor requirements in Alberta, have a cadre of journeymen Red Seal mechanics, skilled in OEM (original equipment manufacturer) maintenance and repair, …
5.3 Mining Method and Mineral Excavation Process The mining method involves dredge and dry mining the sand dunes and the on-board wet separation of concentrates. The heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) extracted from the dunes contains Ilmenite, Zircon and Rutile. The HMC is
The reliability and availability of this equipment play critical roles in increasing the efficiency and productivity of a mining operation. This paper proposes an effective …
the economic affect on production of any maintenance related equipment outage and production must accept the requirement to routinely maintain production equipment. Before routinely planning and scheduling mining equipment for maintenance some basic ground rules must be developed and accepted by both production and maintenance. 1.
