2019
An iron ore mine operator in Peru needed to replace some of the brakes on one of its rope shovels imported from China. The electric-powered shovel utilizes a series of electric motors with brakes to drive the hoist, propel and swing movements. Unfortunately, the original Chinese-made brakes didn’t perform as expected.
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Equipment used in the mining industries is subject to extreme mechanical stresses: it has to operate in challenging climatic environments, yet has to work reliably with an operational lifespan frequently measured in decades. In many cases, the easy-to-reach resources have already been extracted, meaning today’s equipment is increasingly sophisticated and having to work even harder to reach what is left.
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