Influencia de la carga de alimentación en la fiabilidad de líneas de molienda. Caso de estudio

Abstract

The management of physical resources in an

organization involves several processes related

to innovation and continuous improvement. For

this reason, the proper study of the reliability

and maintainability analysis is considered

essential and is treated as one of the main

pillars for decision-making at the tactical and

operational levels.

This paper proposes a useful support tool for

decision-making in the field of maintenance

management and reliability analysis, so that

such decisions remain aligned with the vision,

strategy and economic indicators of the business

or industrial organization.

This research clearly shows how the variability

of different load levels (inflows) on the grinding

lines, affects the reliability of a specific sulphur

plant (located in Chile), determining after that,

what the optimum load should be. The paper

identifies the relationship between each line

load ranges and the corresponding reliability, all

through the development of a real case study

conducted in a mining company located in

northern Chile.