《Application of reliabilitycentered maintenance for productivity improvement of open pit mining equipment：Case study of Sungun Copper Mine》.pdfVIP

J. Cent. South Univ. (2014) 2 1: 2372−2382 DOI: 10.1007/s11771-014-2190-2 Application of reliability-centered maintenance for productivity improvement of open pit mining equipment: Case study of Sungun Copper Mine Amin Moniri Morad1 2 1 , Mohammad Pourgol-Mohammad , Javad Sattarvand 1. Department of Mining Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz 51335-1996, Iran; 2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz 51335-1996, Iran © Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract: Equipment plays an important role in open pit mining industry and its cost competence at efficient operation and maintenance techniques centered on reliability can lead to significant cost reduction. The application of optimal maintenance process was investigated for minimizing the equipment breakdowns and downtimes in Sungun Copper Mine. It results in the improved efficiency and productivity of the equipment and lowered expenses as well as the increased profit margin. The field operating data of 10 trucks are used to estimate the failure and maintenance profile for each component, and modeling and simulation are accomplished by using reliability block diagram method. Trend analysis was then conducted to select proper probabilistic model for maintenance profile. Then reliability of the system was evaluated and importance of each component was computed by weighted importance measure method. This analysis led to identify the items with critical impact on availability of overall equipment in order to prioritize improvem