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Title: Stop walking through the maintenance mine field with your eyes closed. The financial justification for a CM/PDM program

Journal Article · · Coal Age
OSTI ID:20862127
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  1. Snell Infrared, Montpelier, VT (United States)

Before getting started on what a well thought-out condition monitoring/predictive maintenance (CM/PDM) program for any coal company should look like, it is important to try and justify it financially. To make an educated decision on an expected return on investment (RoI) a mine or plant manager should break the problem down to its simplest form. By employing predictive technologies the effect of any failures to equipment will be minimised. 4 figs.

OSTI ID:
20862127
Journal Information:
Coal Age, Vol. 111, Issue 12; ISSN 0009-9910
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English