Intelligence is not a new concept and dates back to over 5000 years of Chinese history. The concept of competitive intelligence is, however, still an evolving field and consists of three main streams, i.e. military ...

Faults in bearings usually manifest as marginal defects that intensify over time, allowing for well-informed preventative actions with early Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) protocols. Detection of the fault begins with ...

Mining is still an important industry in South Africa. Traditional mining methods involving drilling and blasting have steadily been replaced by mechanised mining systems in soft rock environments but not in hard rock ...

As the global population grows, food self-sufficiency in developing countries becomes increasingly important and difficult (FAO, 2023). Due to variables like weather, agricultural production remains volatile, providing ...

As a consequence of their relative magnitude with respect to overall organisational expenditure, potential sources for significant cost savings involve maintenance costs, raw material costs and energy consumption. Previously ...

The control of an inventory where spare parts demand is infrequent has always been complex to manage because of the randomness of the demand, as well as the existence of a large proportion of zero values in the demand ...

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The accurate prediction of remaining useful life for fleets of engineering assets is an increasingly important task in prognostics and health management (PHM). This is because the accurate prediction of time to failure ...

Over the past decades, the progression from a reactive maintenance approach, to a time/use-based preventative approach, to a predictive approach, or Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM), for components subjected to ageing ...

Vibrating screens form an integral part in the processing of bulk materials. The major components of a vibrating screen are purposefully designed and selected to contribute to the operational parameters required. The ...