Analysis of truck maintenance characteristics in a Swedish open pit mine

ABSTRACT This paper discusses the analysis of the maintenance data of a fleet of Caterpillar trucks (789 model) deployed at the Aitik open pit mine, a subsidiary of Boliden Mineral AB in northern Sweden. The purpose with the analysis is to evaluate the maintenance characteristics of this truck fleet. Graphical methods in conjunction with analytical methods have been used to analyze the maintenance and repair statistics and to evaluate the overall performance of the trucks.