A study of the effects of the maintenance system at an open cast iron ore mine

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dc.contributor.authorSetzkorn, Kevin Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-19T08:26:15Z
dc.date.available2018-03-19T08:26:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering Johannesburg 2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe study assesses the drilling, loading and trucking stages of the mining cycle of an iron ore mine situated in the Northern Cape province of South Africa for the period of 1 January to 30 June 2011. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of increasing reliability and maintainability of mining equipment in an effort to increase throughput of iron ore. The data processing indicated that both availability and utilisation are contributing to the sub-optimal performance of the mine. Data regarding reliability (MTBF), maintainability (MTTR), planned and unplanned maintenance was analysed, and this provided input for the simulation model. The intention of the simulation model is to simulate scenarios of proposed improvement in MTBF and MTTR through increasing planned maintenance activities. A simulation model provides insight regarding where to invest in interventions. It is determined that the drilling equipment is the problem area.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMT2018en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (viii, 88 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationSetzkorn, Kevin Anthony (2017) A study of the effects of the maintenance system at an open cast iron ore mine, University of the Witwatersrand, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24231>
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/24231
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshReliability (Engineering)
dc.subject.lcshMaintainability (Engineering)--Materials management
dc.subject.lcshMining machinery
dc.subject.lcshIron mines and mining--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshStrip mining--South Africa
dc.titleA study of the effects of the maintenance system at an open cast iron ore mineen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

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