Featur e CONTENTS PUBLISHED BY Canadian Mining Journal 80 V alleybrook Dr North Y ork ON M3B 2S9 T el 416 4425600 Fax 416 5105138 www canadianminingjournalcom EDITOR Russell Noble 4165106742 rnobleCanadianMiningJournalcom ART DIRECTOR Mark Ryan PRODUCTION MANAGER Steven Hofmann PRINT PRODUCTION MANAGER Phyllis W right CIRCUL A TION MANAGER Cindi Holder 4164425600 ext 3544 cholderbizinfogroupca PUBLISHER Robert Seagraves 416 5106891 rseagravesCanadianMiningJournalcom SALES W estern Canada W estern USA Quebec Joelle Glasroth 4165105245 jglasrothcanadianminingjournalcom Printed in Canada All rights reserved EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE REP AIR 24 27 28 24 31 32 34 27 28 31 32 34 LUBRICA TION A ugust o F ernandes a Pr oduct Appli ca tions Specialist Mining Americas Shell look s a t the service t eams tha t ar e a v ailable t o help miners k eep their machines oper a ting DIESEL ENGINES Raman A ut ar an On t ariobased diesel engine main t enance and diagnostic e xpert compar es older diesel engines with t oda y s models and the eff ciencies tha t T ier 4 St andar ds ha v e imposed REBUILDS PR Engineering of Osha w a is one com pan y tha t specializes in r efurbishing and comple t el y r ebuilding hea vy com ponen ts used in miner al pr ocessing FIL TERS A look a t flt ers and ho w the y can e x t end the life of h y dr aulic and lubrica tion componen ts b y r educing ferr ous me t al micr ons in the s y st ems A VOIDING DOWNTIME All equipmen t r equir es r outine main t e nance and this article t alk s about w h y it s import an t t o service t opqualit y equipmen t r egularl y in or der t o achie v e pr oductivit y and earn pr ofts LUBES GREASE Suncor s Martin K eenan t alk s about P e tr oCanada Lubrican ts a division of Suncor Ener gy and ho w its t echnicians ha v e de v eloped a ne w lubrican t for use in the oil sands ABOUT THE COVER K eeping the gears of mining ma chines w ell oiled and lubrica t ed ar e k e y fact ors t o helping ensur e the longe vit y of e xpensiv e equip men t EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE REP AIR MAINTENANCE REP AIR Supplement of JuneJuly C A N AD IA N C A N AD IA N M inin g J ou r na l EMR JuneJuly 2014 2 3