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An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance

An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance

Mining is equipment intensive; the equipment is expensive to maintain, operate and replace.  In some cases, an unplanned failure can result in up to $3,000/hour of lost production or over $70,000/day. This cost alone is a significant reason why waiting for assets to...

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The Secret to Improving Mean Time Between Failures

The Secret to Improving Mean Time Between Failures

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) is a closely monitored key performance indicator for mining operations.  MTBF is the sum of lengths of the operational periods divided by the number of observed failures. In other words, it measures the mean time, in hours, from when a...

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Successfully Implement Predictive Maintenance

Successfully Implement Predictive Maintenance

In a recent Reliability Centered Maintenance Survey, reliability professionals were asked, "Do any reliability methods work? "A majority, 70%, replied, "no." At DINGO, we have found that the obstacles to success can be broken down into three categories: people and...

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