Vol.10, No1, 2010, pp. 11-19
UDC 622.2-7  622.6-7

Introduction of proactive monitoring system for main mining equipment at open cast mines of Electric Power Industry of Serbia became necessity, in order to provide better equipment management and maintenance. This would increase operational efficiency of all systems at the open cast mine, enable achievement related to time and capacity utilization of equipment and production, and also reduction of total costs of the open cast. Monitoring system, an exponent of the on-line condition and behaviour monitoring, should be defined by a control centre which includes systems for monitoring, up-dating, notification and analysis of measured typical technical and technological parameters, as well as diagnostics. This would enable decision making on further activities for the specific unit of a mining machine.

Keywords: main mining equipment, proactive monitoring system, diagnostics methods