Lubrication in Mining Equipment

摘要

Mining industry deploys a large number of heavy earth moving equipment like draglines, shovels, dumpers and dozers for the extraction of minerals and coals via surface or underground mining. Effective lubrication to protect the heavily loaded components of mining equipment is a key responsibility of the users, lubricant manufactures and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The number of breakdown arise due to failure of lubricating components can be reduced by maintaining proper lubrication on production equipment. Dispensing of right lubricant, in right quantity at right time is very crucial to prevent the system failure. Designing of right lubricant for different components of mining equipment viz. enclosed gear drives, open gear drives, different types of bearings, circulating and hydraulic components, is a challenging task for lubricant manufacturers. Present paper elaborates on various criteria & considerations for the development of appropriate lubricants for different components of mining equipment especially for draglines and shovels.