“…There are many papers related to various aspects of LHDs. Most of them are focused on reliability analysis [1][2][3][4][5][6], prediction and assessment of machines breakdowns [7], machine performance measures [8][9][10][11][12], utilisation analysis, optimisation, production analysis [11,[13][14][15], risk evaluation [16], residual life estimation [17], etc. Just a few works have mentioned condition monitoring [18][19][20][21][22], technical and operational aspects related to LHD machines [23][24][25][26] and real measurement of output torque, identification of operation regimes, etc.…”