Simulación de recuperación por método de elemento finito de cucharones para maquinaria de minería.

Abstract

A simulation was carried out in order to apply the finite element method of buckets machinery, this bucket of hydraulic excavator is designed to apply land movements to produce heavy and high production service, which has different ways. As a starting point, the material of the bucket was analyzed by six samples from different parts, with which metallographic practices, hardness tests and spectrophotometric trials experiment was developed. With the computer-assisted design software (CAD) was possible to design the excavator ladle, then this design was sent to the software of finite element method in which the excavator ladle was exposed to extreme conditions and the result was tested. For the analysis were used some steels: AISI 1522, FORA 450, also three kinds of geometry: horizontal, vertical, and X supports. It was conclude with the result from the analysis showed that the material FORA 450 and the X geometry shape were suitable to apply the operation, for this was taken into account technical and economic factors. The hypothesis was verified, so the recovery of mining machinery buckets is feasible.