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As the complexity and cost of equipment used in mines are increasing rapidly, mining equipment reliability is becoming an important issue. This chapter presents various important aspects of mining equipment reliability including reasons for improving mining equipment reliability, open pit system reliability analysis, programmable electronic mining system failures, fault tree analysis of shovel machine, and dumper tyre reliability and factors affecting their reliability.
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(2008). Mining Equipment Reliability. In: Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-288-3_4
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