Climates range from polar cold to desert heat. Altitudes span 4300 metres above sea level to 3800 metres below ground. Punishing weather and abrasive contaminants take their toll on machinery and workers alike. Conditions like these demand machinery and suppliers that you can rely on. 
 

Advanced SKF solutions

Backed by decades of industry experience, SKF products and services can help drive reliability, safety and sustainability for a range of mining and quarrying equipment.

Mining and quarrying equipment

Drills - Continuous operation in harsh environments

Drills aren't just exposed to harsh elements - they literally operate within them, enduring a constant mix of water and large amounts of drilling waste. Vibration, shock loads and high operating temperatures make conditions even worse. 
 

Prevent failures with SKF

Despite considerable effort to protect drills from these conditions, costly failures can still occur, damaging drill components and bottom line.

Advanced solutions from SKF can help improve reliability, even as they help increase productivity and safety.

Continuous miners - Bearing failures can be costly

Losing a continuous miner for hours or days can send maintenance and unplanned downtime costs soaring. Equipment manufacturers can face warranty costs and dissatisfied customers. 
 

Prevent them with solutions from SKF

SKF can help keep wheeled or tracked continuous miners moving in spite of coal dust, water spray, high temperatures, or heavy shock loads.

Longwall shearers - Traversing coal seams takes a heavy toll

When longwall shearers fail prematurely, downtime costs start limiting the low-cost advantages of longwall mining. 
 

SKF solutions can help

A wide range of SKF product and services are available to help keep longwall costs low by preventing unplanned downtime, reducing maintenance and more.

Draglines - Low cost and efficient?

Draglines do a highly efficient job of removing the overburden covering a coal seam or phosphate deposit. At least until failures lead to unplanned production stops and significant repair costs.
 

Drive reliability with SKF

SKF solutions for contaminated, extreme temperature applications can help optimize maintenance and availability for buckets, booms, the hoist and swing, and more.

Bucket wheel excavators - Failure not an option

For the surface mining operations that use bucket wheel excavators to remove overburden and extract minerals, unplanned downtime can do serious damage to the bottom line. As critical pieces of equipment operating in hostile environments, components must be able to withstand temperature extremes, water and contaminants. 
 

SKF can help

SKF offers a wide range of robust bearing, sealing lubrication solutions and more to help keep bucket wheel excavators in service no matter how harsh conditions become.

Hydraulic excavators - Harsh conditions are hard on all components

Digging, exposing and loading abrasive materials onto haul trucks and conveyors is hard on hydraulic excavator components. Exposure to temperature extremes, rain and particulate contamination often leads to failures and costly unplanned downtime.
 

More uptime with SKF

Our robust range of products and services help hydraulic excavator handle very aggressive environments, driving machine uptime, availability and reliability. 

Shovels - Heavy stresses on machinery

Used in surface mining to remove overburden and excavate materials, shovels face harsh outdoor conditions and heavy loads. The loads place heavy stresses on the machinery during operation. 
 

SKF can help

SKF offers a wide range of robust products and services to help keep shovels in service no matter how harsh operating conditions become. 

Mine hoists - High maintenance demands

Mine hoists and, in particular, drum hoist drive components are subject to several tough conditions. Heavy loads, high acceleration forces, abrasive contaminants and more can lead to bearing failures. 
 

Better maintenance with SKF

Optimizing maintenance is key to extending hoist operation. SKF offers a range of advanced products and services to do exactly that.

Bulk conveyors - Moving diverse materials through tough conditions

Whether transporting raw coal or metals at a mine, or bulk materials and finished goods at a port, heavy (or bulk) conveyors often endure abrasive contaminants under dirty, wet conditions that challenge component reliability.

Unlike medium conveyors, heavy conveyors are slow moving applications, so high operating temperatures and rotational speed are typically not factors affecting performance. But external temperature, heavy loads, shock loads and contaminants can significantly reduce service life for bearings and other components. 
 

Make it easier with SKF

From chains and belts to bearings to motors, SKF offers solutions for the entire conveyor system. SKF tools and technologies feature a range of bearing, sealing, lubrication and maintenance solutions to keep conveyors moving more productively and profitability. 

Trucks - Uptime challenges from pit to primary crusher

Not only do large haul trucks operate in harsh environments, they are often the primary means of material transfer from shovels or excavators to crushers. Avoiding unexpected or catastrophic failures on these expensive pieces of equipment is crucial. 
 

Meet your reliability goals with SKF

SKF solutions for mining haul trucks can help drive reliability, availability and profitability. 

Loaders - Long shifts and punishing elements

Keeping mine haul trucks supplied with mineral ore puts heavy demands on loader machinery components.

Carrying heavy front-end loads through frequent stops, starts and direction changes can lead to bearing failures due to shock loads, vibration, lubricant loss or contamination. Loader maintenance tends to be time-based, so hard-driven components must stay operational until the next scheduled maintenance interval. 
 

SKF can help

SKF solutions can help keep loaders moving despite dust, water spray, heavy shock loads, vibration and more.