...Ashwani Kumar; Subrata Kumar Ghosh Purpose The paper aims to monitor the condition of heavy Earth-moving machines (HEMMs) used in open cast mines by lube oil analysis. Design/methodology/approach Oil samples at periodic interval were collected from the HEMM engine (Model No: BEML BH50M...

... – It is expected that these findings will contribute towards the development of the bottom plate of the excavator bucket with some new pattern of a wear bar, which will be efficient to reduce the phenomena on its surface. Originality/value – The excavator is one of the important equipment in coal mining...

.../value – Studies on nanoparticles with a standard mineral oil as base fluid have not been considered extensively as per the previous literatures available. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Mining Lubricants Machinery k_e=thermal conductivity of nanofluid...

...P.L. Hoffman Sishen Iron Ore Mine in the Northern Cape province of South Africa utilises 72 primary equipment units to move 119Mt of materials per year, of which 32.5Mt of run‐of‐mine material are sent to the processing plant. The maintenance mission, philosophy and strategy of the Mine...

...P.S. Mukherjee Looks at the use of lubrication in the maintenance of mining equipment through the examination of five case studies of mines from different areas and their consumption of lube oil. Concludes that a suitable management of lubricant consumption plays an important role in production...