Failures of Front-Wheel Spindles of Large Haulage Trucks at Open-Pit Mines in B.C.
- Organization:
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Pages:
- 2
- File Size:
- 1439 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1977
Abstract
Prior to November 1975 there were several failures of front -wheel spindles on large haulage truck s in B.C., attributed to fatigue cracks. Since that time, a non-destructive test program has succeeded in detecting the cracks before catastrophic failure, However, the author regards the failures as just one example of a. general unreliability in large high-strength steel castings and urges the industry to look to forgings for sensitive components of heavy equipment.
Citation
APA: (1977) Failures of Front-Wheel Spindles of Large Haulage Trucks at Open-Pit Mines in B.C.
MLA: Failures of Front-Wheel Spindles of Large Haulage Trucks at Open-Pit Mines in B.C.. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 1977.