Month: October 2018

By J.V. Pellegrino, Jr., RJ Lee Group, USA Corrosion has impacted the mining industry worldwide by its adverse impact on the environment and on expensive mining equipment, increasing maintenance costs and lowering production....

By Kirby Owen,product support manager mechanical cutting, Sandvik Mining and Thomas Vallant,manager sales support mechanical cutting,Sandvik Mining More than 20 years ago, Sandvik introduced the Bolter Miner to the coal mining...

By Dieter Haage, Anglo American Coal-Australia Historically much of the interaction between mining OEMs and mining operators has been transactional in nature. However, the path to world class performance requires a more...

By Bobby Houston, Pat Lemmon, and James K. Martin, Intermountain Electronics This presentation will discuss the issues that one will have to consider when installing variable frequency drives (VFDs) in coal mining applications....

By: Michael J. Fidel, manager maintenance, San Juan Coal Co. High asset reliability is paramount to any capital intensive business. Successful reliability programs limit risk, increase runtime and reduce cost. Reliability...