Dhillon Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84800-288-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 201 Seiten

Reihe: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering

From its origins in the malachite mines of ancient Egypt, mining has grown to become a global industry which employs many hundreds of thousands of people. Today, the mining industry makes use of various types of complex and sophisticated equipment, for which reliability, maintainability and safety has become an important issue. Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability and Safety is the first book to cover these three topics in a single volume. Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability and Safety will be useful to a range of individuals from administrators and engineering professionals working in the mining industry to students, researchers and instructors in mining engineering, as well as design engineers and safety professionals. All topics covered in the book are treated in such a manner that the reader requires no previous knowledge to understand the contents. Examples, solutions and test problems are also included to aid reader comprehension.

Dr B.S. Dhillon is a professor of engineering management at the University of Ottawa, where he has served as chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of the engineering management program for over 10 years. He has been involved in teaching reliability, quality, engineering management, design, and related areas for over 27 years, and he has lectured in over 50 countries; including keynote addresses at various international scientific conferences held in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Prof. Dhillon has served as a consultant to various organizations and bodies and has many years of experience in the industrial sector.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dhillon, Balbir S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;7
2;Contents;10
3;Introduction;17
3.1;1.1 The Need for Improving Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety;17
3.2;1.2 Mining-equipment-related Facts and Figures;17
3.3;1.3 Terms and Definitions;18
3.4;1.4 Useful Information on Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety;20
3.5;1.5 Problems;23
3.6;References;24
4;Introductory Mathematical Concepts for Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety Analysis;26
4.1;2.1 Introduction;26
4.2;2.2 Range, Arithmetic Mean, Mean Deviation, and Standard Deviation;26
4.3;2.3 Boolean Algebra Laws and Probability Definition and Properties;29
4.4;2.4 Useful Mathematical Definitions;32
4.5;2.5 Probability Distributions;35
4.6;2.6 Solving Differential Equations Using Laplace Transforms;38
4.7;2.7 Problems;39
4.8;References;40
5;Introduction to Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety;41
5.1;3.1 Introduction;41
5.2;3.2 Need for Reliability and Bathtub Hazard Rate Curve;42
5.3;3.3 General Reliability, Hazard Rate, and Mean Time to Failure Functions;43
5.4;3.4 Reliability Networks;45
5.5;3.5 Commonly Used Methods in Reliability Analysis;53
5.6;3.6 Need for Maintainability and Maintainability Versus Reliability;61
5.7;3.7 Maintainability Functions;61
5.8;3.8 Maintainability Design Factors and Maintainability Analysis Tools;63
5.9;3.9 Maintainability-Management-Related Tasks During the Equipment Life Cycle;65
5.10;3.10 Need for Safety and Safety-Related Facts and Figures;65
5.11;3.11 Equipment Hazard Classifications and Common Mechanical Injuries;66
5.12;3.12 Safety Analysis Methods;66
5.13;3.13 Safety Indexes;68
5.14;3.14 Problems;69
5.15;References;69
6;Mining Equipment Reliability;71
6.1;4.1 Introduction;71
6.2;4.2 Reasons for Improving Mining Equipment Reliability, Factors Impacting Mining System Reliability, and Useful Mining- Equipment- Reliability- Related Measures;71
6.3;4.3 Open-Pit-System Reliability Analysis;74
6.4;4.4 Programmable Electronic Mining System Failures;78
6.5;4.5 Designing Reliable Conveyor Belt Systems and Methods of Measuring Winder Rope Degradation;79
6.6;4.6 Fault Tree Analysis of Shovel Machine;81
6.7;4.7 Dump-truck Tire Reliability and the Factors Affecting Their Life;83
6.8;4.8 Problems;83
6.9;References;84
7;Human Factors and Error in Mining;85
7.1;5.1 Introduction;85
7.2;5.2 The Need to Apply Human Factors in Mining and Common Roadblocks to the Introduction of Human Factors in an Organization;86
7.3;5.3 Human Sensory Capacities and Human-Factor Considerations in Equipment Design;87
7.4;5.4 Human-Factor Formulas;90
7.5;5.5 Useful General Human Factors Guidelines for Application in Mining Equipment Design;92
7.6;5.6 Classifications and Causes of Human Errors Leading to Fatal Accidents in Mines;92
7.7;5.7 Typical Mining Equipment Maintenance Errors, Factors Contributing to Maintenance Error, and Useful Engineering Design Improvements to Reduce Mining Equipment Maintenance Errors;93
7.8;5.8 Types of Chemicals Released in Human-Error-Related Events in the Mining and Manufacturing Industries and Factors Responsible for Failing to Reduce the Occurrence of Human Error in Mines;94
7.9;5.9 Human-Error-Analysis Methods for Application in the Area of Mining;95
7.10;5.10 Problems;101
7.11;References;101
8;Mining Equipment Maintainability;103
8.1;6.1 Introduction;103
8.2;6.2 The Meanings of Mining Equipment Maintainability and Design- induced Maintainability Problems of Mining Equipment;103
8.3;6.3 Advantages of Improved Mining Equipment Maintainability Design;105
8.4;6.4 Mining Equipment Maintainability Design Characteristics;106
8.5;6.5 Maintainability Measures for Mining Equipment;107
8.6;6.6 Common Maintainability Design Errors and Useful Maintainability Design Guidelines for Mining Equipment;111
8.7;6.7 Conclusions: State of Maintainability in the Underground Mining Industry;112
8.8;6.8 Problems;112
8.9;References;113
9;Mining Equipment Reliability and Maintainability Testing;114
9.1;7.1 Introduction;114
9.2;7.2 Reliability Test Classifications;114
9.3;7.3 Success Testing;115
9.4;7.4 Accelerated Testing;117
9.5;7.5 Confidence Interval Estimates for Mining Equipment Mean Time Between Failures;118
9.6;7.6 Documents on Reliability Testing;121
9.7;7.7 Planning and Control Requirements for Mining Equipment Maintainability Testing and Demonstration;122
9.8;7.8 Test Methods to Obtain Maintainability-related Test Data for Mining Equipment;123
9.9;7.9 Test Methods for Demonstrating Diverse Maintainability Parameters;123
9.10;7.10 Useful Guidelines for Avoiding Pitfalls in Maintainability Testing of Mining Equipment;125
9.11;7.11 Problems;125
9.12;References;126
10;Mining Equipment Maintenance;128
10.1;8.1 Introduction;128
10.2;8.2 Maintenance-related Facts and Figures;128
10.3;8.3 Maintenance Engineering Objectives, Total Productive Maintenance, and Reasons for Its Performance;129
10.4;8.4 Factors Contributing to Equipment Maintenance Cost in Mines;131
10.5;8.5 Maintenance of Explosion-protected Switchgear in Mines;132
10.6;8.6 Useful Maintenance Measures for Mines;133
10.7;8.7 Mathematical Models for Performing Mining Equipment Maintenance;136
10.8;8.8 Problems;145
10.9;References;145
11;Mining Equipment Costing;147
11.1;9.1 Introduction;147
11.2;9.2 Reasons for Mining Equipment Costing and Methods for Making Mining Equipment Investment Decisions;147
11.3;9.3 Cost Estimation Models for Mining Equipment;152
11.4;9.4 Life Cycle Costing Concept;156
11.5;9.5 Life Cycle Costing Steps;157
11.6;9.6 Life Cycle Cost Estimation Models for Mining Equipment;158
11.7;9.7 Problems;161
11.8;References;162
12;Introduction to Mining Equipment Safety;164
12.1;10.1 Introduction;164
12.2;10.2 Facts and Figures;165
12.3;10.3 Quarry Accidents and Electrical-, Equipment Fire-, and Maintenance- related Mining Accidents;165
12.4;10.4 Causes of Mining Equipment Accidents and Major Ignition Sources for Mining Equipment Fires;166
12.5;10.5 Methods for Performing Mining Equipment Safety Analysis;168
12.6;10.6 Hazardous Area Signaling and Ranging Device (HASARD) ProximityWarning System;173
12.7;10.7 Human-Factor-related Tips for Safer Mining Equipment, Guidelines to Improve Electrical Safety in the Mining Industry, and Strategies to Reduce Mining Equipment Fires and Injuries;174
12.8;10.8 General Areas for Safety Improvements in Mines;176
12.9;10.9 Problems;177
12.10;References;177
13;Programmable Electronic Mining System Safety;179
13.1;11.1 Introduction;179
13.2;11.2 Programmable Electronics Usage Trends in Mining;179
13.3;11.3 Programmable-electronic-related Mishaps;180
13.4;11.4 Methods for Performing Hazard and Risk Analysis of Programmable Electronic Mining Systems;182
13.5;11.5 Lessons Learned in Addressing the Safety of Programmable Electronic Mining Systems;187
13.6;11.6 Obtaining Programmable Electronic Mining System Safety- Related Information;187
13.7;11.7 Problems;189
13.8;References;189
14;Bibliography: Literature on Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety;191
14.1;Introduction;191
14.2;Publications;191
15;Author Biography;206
16;Index;207