Sherman Sustainable Engineering in Heavy Equipment: What the Procurement Reality Looks Like Sustainability requirements in heavy industrial and mining equipment supply chains have moved from aspirational statements to procurement policy at a meaningful number of major operators and OEMs. Understanding what is actually being required, what the regulatory underpinning is, and what it means practically for … Read more
Industrial Alloy Steel: What Procurement Teams Need to Know in 2025–2026 Alloy steel availability and pricing directly affect the cost and lead time of structural and wear components for mining and bulk handling applications. The market has been unusually volatile over the past four years; understanding what is driving current conditions, and what the implications … Read more
Conveyor System Reliability: What Actually Works and What It Means for Component Procurement Conveyor system reliability is a perennial topic in mining and bulk handling operations. The gap between what is possible and what is commonly achieved remains substantial — unplanned conveyor downtime at many operations accounts for a significant share of total production losses. … Read more
Mining Equipment & Bulk Handling: Supply Chain and Procurement Trends in 2026 The mining and bulk handling equipment sector enters 2026 with a supply chain that looks structurally different from five years ago. The disruptions of 2020–2022 accelerated changes that were already underway: OEMs and major operators have reassessed single-source dependencies, extended their approved supplier … Read more
Engineering Case – Custom High-Chromium Wear Rings for European Hammer Mill A long-standing European industrial client required 36 high-chromium wear rings for a hammer mill system. The original supplier was no longer able to meet the required quality consistency and delivery schedule. Mine Components was engaged to manufacture the rings in accordance with proprietary drawings … Read more
Four Failure Modes, Their Diagnostic Signatures, and How to Prevent Each Scraper conveyors—also known as armored face conveyors (AFCs) or chain conveyors—are critical transport systems in underground coal mining, potash mining, and surface bulk handling operations. They operate in some of the most demanding mechanical environments in industry: continuous loading cycles, abrasive bulk materials, constrained … Read more
Jaw Plate Wear Pattern Analysis: When to Replace Jaw plates are consumable components by design. Their functional life ends when wear reduces their ability to maintain consistent product gradation, threatens structural integrity, or begins to affect adjacent components. The challenge for maintenance and production teams is determining when that threshold has been reached—not too early, … Read more
How to Select Manganese Grade for High-Impact Crushing Selecting the correct manganese steel grade for a crusher wear part is one of the most consequential decisions in a crushing circuit. Choose a grade that is too soft for the application and wear life collapses; choose one that is too brittle and catastrophic fracture becomes the … Read more