IMPROVING RELIABILITY IN MINING
With prices for extracted materials at a record high across the globe quarrying and minerals companies are striving to meet demand by increasing production. Subsequently, this puts more strain on critical operational equipment as production targets increase.
Unreliable equipment can have a significant impact on production in the quarrying and minerals industries. Downtime is costly, especially when it brings production lines to a halt. That is why quarrying and minerals companies must do everything possible to improve reliability and keep equipment operational.
Many quarries, concrete and asphalt plants choose to implement an effective Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) strategy to keep equipment available, while also ensuring the safety of staff. By extracting key insights from machinery, it is possible to predict and prevent failures and reduce maintenance costs in both short and long term planning.
The decision to implement CBM can depend on several factors, but a greater return on investment is often seen if your plant is experiencing some of the reliability challenges listed below.
DO YOU FACE THESE RELIABILITY CHALLENGES?
- Failure and/or unexpected breakdowns of: bearings, conveyors, gearboxes, hydraulics, jaw/cone crushers, motors, pumps, screens and vibrator feeders
- High maintenance costs
- Manpower shortages
- Degradation
- Alignment / balancing issues
- Lack of lubrication activity
- Poor housekeeping
- General vibration issues
- Contamination
- Poor installation
- Component installation issues
- Energy loss / wastage
- Electrical failures
