Authors: R.A. Morozov, V.A. Beklemeshev, V.A. Khazhiev, V.S. Baikin

Title of the article: Methodological approach to improving the operational reliability of a mining equipment system

Year: 2026, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-12

Branch of knowledge: 2.8.8. Geotechnology, Mining machines (engineering)

Index UDK: 658.51

DOI: 10.26730/1816-4528-2026-1-5-12

Abstract: The operational efficiency of a mining enterprise is significantly determined by the operational reliability of its entire mining equipment. Insufficient operational reliability leads to production failures and, consequently, financial losses for the enterprise. A study of the root causes of production failures at several mining enterprises over more than twenty years has shown that the reliability of equipment at one stage of the process is significantly negatively impacted by the performance of equipment at other stages. Currently, this impact is not adequately considered by mining company managers and specialists when developing and implementing solutions aimed at improving the operational reliability of the entire mining equipment complex, limiting the potential for improving enterprise performance. This article substantiates the feasibility of developing and implementing a methodological approach for managers and specialists to improve the operational reliability of mining equipment based on the principle of "from the general to the specific." The approach under consideration differs from traditional ones in that the primary focus for improving the operational reliability of a mining equipment complex is not a single component or type of equipment, but the quality of the interconnections between equipment sets at various stages. Mastering this methodological approach allows the use of existing enterprise resources to prevent circumstances where a failure at one stage, even if not critical within that stage, triggers a cascade of failures at other stages, resulting in significant financial losses for the enterprise.

Key words: mining equipment complex technological stage structure operational reliability risk of failure principle from general to particular methodological approach

Receiving date: 25.12.2025

Approval date: 14.01.2026

Publication date: 02.03.2026

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