Reliability Analysis of Mining Machinery Pick Subject to Competing Failure Processes With Continuous Shock and Changing Rate Degradation

Efficient mining machinery operation is essential for coal mining enterprises to reduce production costs, improve production efficiency, and maximize profits. As a key consumable part of mining machinery, the reliability of the pick directly determines the operational performance and service life of the machinery. During the mining process, the pick can be affected by natural wear and tear caused by the coal and rock and load shocks caused by the gangue and faults—that is, the result of the competing influence of soft failure caused by natural wear and tear and hard failure caused by random load shocks. At the same time, because the gangue and faults have a certain volume and hardness, a random load shock may last for a certain period of time, producing different acceleration effects on the pick wear under different hardness conditions. In this article, the reliability modeling of the pick competing failure process under random load shocks was studied by considering the influence of continuous shocks and the accelerated degradation at changing rates for different shock durations on the pick wear. First, the pick degradation model under random load shocks was established by considering the natural wear degradation, instantaneous shock degradation, and accelerated degradation at changing rates for different shock durations. Second, the pick reliability model under the competing failure mode was established on this basis. Finally, a numerical experiment and an effectiveness analysis of the pick reliability model were conducted based on the engineering data. The results showed that the competing failure reliability model of the pick considering continuous shocks and a changing degradation rate was more in line with engineering practice, which is of great significance for pick design optimization and improved reliability.