Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering)

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction....Pages 1-9 Introductory Mathematical Concepts for Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety Analysis....Pages 11-25 Introduction to Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety....Pages 27-56 Mining Equipment Reliability....Pages 57-70 Human Factors and Error in Mining....Pages 71-88 Mining Equipment Maintainability....Pages 89-99 Mining Equipment Reliability and Maintainability Testing....Pages 101-114 Mining Equipment Maintenance....Pages 115-133 Mining Equipment Costing....Pages 135-151 Introduction to Mining Equipment Safety....Pages 153-167 Programmable Electronic Mining System Safety....Pages 169-180 Back Matter....Pages 181-201 "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."--Jacket 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.