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The paper presents selected results of the adaptation of Lean Manufacturing methods to the
mining industry conditions. The research was carried out within the framework of R&D
project Adaptation and implementation of Lean in the copper mines. The article focuses
on the key issues related to the Total Productive Maintenance. TPM in a mine according to
Keywords:
In order to adapt TPM method to mining conditions several steps were taken. In the rst
Lean Manufacturing
step failure analysis was conducted. On the basis of its results, a pilot group of machines was
Mining industry
selected. To ensure the best environment for implementing the method a holistic approach
Maintenance
was applied. Three types of activities were performed in parallel designing a room for pilot
Management
1.
Introduction
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Table 1 Comparison of specificity of the mining and the automotive industry [7].
Mining industry
Automotive industry
The assembly line can be stopped, so transformation
to pull system is possible
Production in cycles
Stable operating conditions
Permanent work environment
No environmental threats to production
Controlled availability of materials
Working in a relatively small factory
Sales of products primarily to individual customers
2.
TPM adaptation
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3.
pillars: improvement of the environment of work, autonomous and planned maintenance and standards in development (Fig. 1). Each of these pillars consists of the several steps
for attaining a particular task. The entirety is based on data
analysis and supported by 5S practices and continuous
improvement. An important, and even essential, aspect
becomes staff training program. All of these activities take
place at different stages of a multi-dimensional organization,
and what is more, they are dependent on each other.
According to LM, the rst step in order to increase efciency
of mining machinery utilization is to dene two basic Lean
terms value that is created in the process of supplying of
machinery; and waste losses that may occur in this process.
In this context Authors state that the value is supplying a
suitable, fully efcient, functional, inspected and prepared to work
machine with its operator, in the right place and at the time agreed
with the customer [19], whereas waste is everything that does not
contribute to adding value to the service according to its recipient and
causes that service is incomplete or delayed. The waste must be
understood as any action that is performed, but that does not add
value to the product [19].
The phenomenon of waste can occur in many areas of the
process of machines supply, starting from works done in the
Heavy Machinery Chamber (HMC), machines' preparation to
work, restoring the functionality through repairs and renovations, as well as during the works carried out by already
supplied machines.
Authors approach on TPM adaptation is a result of
multilevel analysis that not only included typical Lean tools
and assessment of their relevance in the mining environment,
but also possibility of embodiment interdisciplinary approach.
It enabled the Authors, to engage different methods used in
the production management and mechanical engineering (e.g.
CAD, MTM) as an enhancement of typical Lean solutions.
In order to adapt TPM method to mining conditions and
subsequently to implement it in the HMC, several steps were
taken. In the rst step failure analysis was conducted. On the
basis of its results, a pilot group of machines was selected. To
Data analysis
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% of failures
Tyres
24 V electrical system
500 V electrical system
24 V control system
Wheel hub
Steering actuator
Reduction unit
Hydraulic pipe
Hydraulic unit
Brake unit
Working unit construction elements
Other
Engine
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6
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7
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4.1.
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Fig. 5 3D CAD models of the spares and hydraulic hoses storage systems.
where they are relled, then he (or she) may return to other
duties. After implementing this solution min. and max. values
should be revised at least once a month during the rst two
quarters and corrected until their level is optimum. Proposed
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Fig. 7 HV's room 3D CAD model and its implementation in the HMC.
4.2.
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5.
Autonomus and planned maintenance
HVs' daily service standardization
Within the task Standardization and improvement of
designated and mapped processes standard of HV daily
service (DS) was developed. The DS is a set of supervisions
performed before the machine leaves to work.
Observation of the DS processes showed that its real time
varies a lot the scatter of times is relatively big. Every operator
conducts the DS on their own way. The lack of standardization is
clearly visible. To solve this problem the MTM (UAS) method was
used [24]. Measurement of working time in the MTM is used as
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Standrds development
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6.2.
Training programmes
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Conclusions
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Acknowledgements
The research was conducted within the project Adaptation
and implementation of Lean Methodology in copper mines
co-nanced by the Polish National Centre for Research and
Development grant no. NR09-0011-10/2011.
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