This article is excerpted from VISTA’s Silver Series training program, Heavy Equipment - Intro & Safety
Large mining machinery, like a world-class athlete, needs time to cool down at the end of a long run, even if the ambient temperature is downright frigid.
An Olympic sprinter, for example, walks around, taking deep breaths and allowing his or her body to slowly return to normal heart rate and respiration. Of course, there’s no need to "walk" your machine around after a hard day’s work, but there are a few things that you must do before you call it a day. Your machine needs to go through a cool-down period.
Winter shut-down precautions for large mining equipment
Updated: Mar 11, 2024
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