Mining

Mining Shovels: Lengthening maintenance intervals

When you’re loading and moving tons of material every cycle, there’s little margin for surprise failures. Swing and propel systems and boom point sheaves must work together under shock loads, vibration, and continuous duty — with in hard-to-reach locations that are costly to service.

We help you stay ahead with our insights from working with shovel builders and field maintenance teams. Timken® tapered, cylindrical and spherical roller bearings are designed to extend component life and support longer maintenance intervals. And with the Timken Online Intelligence System, you can monitor critical bearing and gear points and detect developing issues early, so your team can plan work before problems escalate.

Excavation Equipment: Built for heavy-duty demands

Excavators and dozers operate under punishing loads, constant vibration and relentless contamination — conditions that leave no room for compromise. This heavy-duty equipment depends on compact, debris-resistant components capable of handling severe loads, shaft deflection, oscillating motion and frequent directional shifts.

We deliver engineered solutions built to perform in these extremes, helping operators maintain productivity, extend service life and reduce unplanned downtime. Our portfolio features advanced tapered and cylindrical roller bearings with surface enhancements, spherical roller bearings designed to accommodate misalignment, Aurora^® spherical plain bearings and GGB DX^®/GAR-MAX^® engineered bushings —each built to deliver durability and reliable performance in harsh operating conditions.

Conveyors: The arteries that connect the mine to the market

Conveyors are the backbone of material handling in mining, providing continuous, reliable movement of bulk material from extraction through processing and shipment.

Mining conveyors operate under heavy loads, constant vibration, misalignment, and extreme contamination. We supply critical motion components that keep conveyors running reliably, safely, and with fewer unplanned shutdowns — spanning the entire conveyor drive train — from rotating shafts and pulleys to power transmission and lubrication.

Jaw Crushers: Enabling downstream processing

Jaw crushers play a critical role at the very beginning of the mining value chain. They are typically used as primary crushers, performing the first mechanical size‑reduction step after material is blasted or excavated from the mine face.

Designed to receive large, run‑of‑mine material directly from blasting or hauling operations, the jaw crusher’s primary function is to break oversized rock and ore into smaller, manageable pieces that can be transported and processed downstream, improving the efficiency of secondary and tertiary crushers and consistently feeding screens, mills, and separators.

We support jaw crushers with reliable engineered bearings, surface technologies and lubrication solutions designed specifically for their ability to perform under severe operating conditions — helping them operate under extreme shock loads, vibration and contamination.