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Metallurgical Investigation of the Collapsed Front Structure of a Dragline in a Coal Mine

IR@NML: CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur

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Title Metallurgical Investigation of the Collapsed Front Structure of a Dragline in a Coal Mine
 
Creator Munda, Parikshit
Husain, M M
Soni, M K
Kumar, P
Rajnikanth, V
 
Subject Structural Properties
 
Description A dragline is the largest mobile equipment on earth, and it is called the “kingpin” of any mine site. In this present investigation, a case of premature failure of a coal-handling dragline is discussed. Failure occurred in a linked component known as “thimble,” which connects the A-frame and the vertical mast of the dragline. The thimble was broken into two halves and caused the entire front structures of the dragline to collapse. Failure investigation was performed through visual examination, chemical analysis, metallography, mechanical property evaluation and fractography.
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2019-02
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Relation https://doi.org/10.1007/s11668-019-00590-5
http://eprints.nmlindia.org/8013/
 
Identifier Munda, Parikshit and Husain, M M and Soni, M K and Kumar, P and Rajnikanth, V (2019) Metallurgical Investigation of the Collapsed Front Structure of a Dragline in a Coal Mine. Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention , 19(1) . pp. 161-176.