Research Article

Maintainability Analysis of Underground Mining Equipment Using Genetic Algorithms: Case Studies with an LHD Vehicle

Table 1

Original LHD vehicle delay records from mine site.

Date Shift CTBF Group Failure type TTR TBF Available time

2-Jan-06 7 8218.6 MobileMH 4 0.0 8.0
2-Jan-06 8 8220.0 MobileAV 0 1.4 10.6
3-Jan-06 7 8228.7 MobileAV 0 8.7 3.3
3-Jan-06 8 8237.4 MobileAV 0 8.7 3.3
4-Jan-06 7 8246.1 MobileAV 0 8.7 3.3
4-Jan-06 8 8254.8 MobileAV 0 8.7 3.3
5-Jan-06 7 8263.4 MobileAV 0 8.7 3.3
5-Jan-06 8 8263.4 MobileMM 120.0 0.0
6-Jan-06 7 8272.1 MobileAV 0 8.7 3.3
6-Jan-06 8 8280.8 MobileAV 0 8.7 3.3
7-Jan-06 1 8288.8 MobileAV 0 8.0 0.0
7-Jan-06 2 8289.5 MobileMM 2 0.7 5.3
7-Jan-06 3 8289.5 MobileMM 2 0.0 6.0
8-Jan-06 7 8300.2 MobileAV 0 10.6 1.4
8-Jan-06 8 8310.8 MobileAV 0 10.6 1.4

CTBF: cumulative time between failures; TTR: time to repair; TBF: time between failures.