This book delves into the maintenance challenges faced by various mining engineering sectors. Covering aspects like policy selection, breakdown prediction, risk assessment, equipment monitoring, and implementation of preventive measures, it offers practical solutions. Focused on real-world scenarios, this book equips aspiring professionals with hands-on skills essential for effective maintenance management in mining industries. Each chapter begins with a clear introduction and is followed by a series of exercises, providing students with a solid grasp of fundamental concepts and their practical application.

Focus on real-world scenarios of mining maintenance Provides a series of exercises in each chapter Covers policy selection and risk assessment in mining maintenance

Autorentext

Dr. Carlos Sierra is Mining and Geological Engineer with an MSc. in Civil Engineering and an MSc. In Environmental Engineering. Over the past 10 years, he has taught mining engineering courses at the Universities of Oviedo and Cantabria in Spain and at ESPOL in Ecuador. He is Associate Professor of Mining Methods at the University of León (Spain). His research work focuses on advanced materials characterization techniques on their possible recovery.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction to Maintenance.- Chapter 2. Maintenance and Reliability.- Chapter 3. System Reliability.- Chapter 4. Reliability Functions.- Chapter 5. Corporate Maintenance Strategies.- Chapter 6. Maintenance Costs.- Chapter 7. Sizing of Maintenance Service. Chapter 8. Predictive Maintenance Techniques.