Underground loading-haulage equipment selection with application of TOPSIS method with different weighting methods of criteria

Underground loading-haulage equipment selection with application of TOPSIS method with different weighting methods of criteria

Blog Article

The choice of adequate mining machines is one of the most complex problems in the underground exploitation of mineral raw materials.The weight of such a decision is reflected in the high prices of these machines and the occurrence of even greater costs during their use if their choice was wrongly conceived.There are numerous examples from Candies practice in which such decisions were made solely on the basis of comparing the prices of machines, without considering any of the remaining important parameters that over time can bring significant benefits or harm to the investor.In this paper, by applying the TOPSIS method with different weighting methods of criteria the most suitable loader for work in the underground mine in question was selected.

Based on 7 different criteria, a selection was made between 6 different loaders, which were produced by 3 different renowned Right Link Arm manufacturers of mining equipment.The final benefit of this work, in addition to the selection of the optimal loader, is that with some corrections, it can also be applied to the selection of other mining equipment in underground mines such as: trucks, boomers or bolters.