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  • 标题:Application of the Equipment Replacement Dynamic Programming Model in Conveyor Belt Replacement: Case Study of a Gold Mining Company
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  • 作者:David C. Zvipore ; Philimon Nyamugure ; Daniel Maposa
  • 期刊名称:Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
  • 电子版ISSN:2039-2117
  • 出版年度:2015
  • 卷号:6
  • 期号:2 S1
  • 页码:605-612
  • DOI:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n2s1p605
  • 出版社:Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER)
  • 摘要:As assets age, they generally deteriorate, resulting in rising operating and maintenance costs and decreasing salvage values. In this paper a comprehensive Dynamic Programming-based optimisation solution methodology is used to solve the equipment replacement optimisation problem on the replacement of conveyor belts at a Gold Mining company in Zimbabwe. Given a mining setup with one and two-year old conveyor belts the ultimate objective is to keep or replace the conveyor belt such that the overall cost of material handling is minimised within a five-year period. The findings reveal that this mining system should replace conveyor belts yearly. It is concluded that, an equipment replacement policy for conveyor belts is a necessity in a mining system so as to achieve an optimal contribution to the economic value that a mining system may accrue within a period of time.
  • 关键词:Dynamic programming; replacement; conveyor belt; equipment replacement optimization.
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