Performance evaluation and failure analysis of conical picks used in a Botswana (Ngwato) mine

Engineering

• Failure Mechanism 100%
• Coal Mine 100%
• Failure Analysis 100%
• Microhardness 50%
• Wear Resistance 50%
• Elevated Temperature 50%
• Manufacturing Engineering 50%
• Fractography 50%
• Premature Failure 50%
• Constituent Material 50%
• Common Mode 50%
• Recurrent 50%
• Abrasion 50%

Keyphrases

• Conical pick 100%
• Performance Failure 100%
• Deep Cracks 33%
• Corrosive Degradation 33%
• Repeated Failure 33%
• Channel Formation 33%
• Business Productivity 33%
• Financial Profitability 33%
• Pick Bodies 33%
• WC Grain 33%
• Structurally Stable 33%
• Cavity Formation 33%