Heights from 0 8 to 7 8 meters.
Longwall hydraulic roof supports.
When moving and setting a roof support the leg hydraulics have to perform numerous tasks simultaneously and quickly.
Since its foundation in 1992 longwall hydraulics pty limited has successfully provided many services to australian coal mines and other industries.
Leg bore sizes ranging from 125 to 480 mm.
An individual chock can weigh 30 40 tonnes extend to a maximum cutting height of up to 6 m 20 ft and have yield rating of 1000 1250 tonnes each and hydraulically advance itself 1 m 3 ft 3 in at a time.
Nepean longwall offers structures and hydraulic cylinders manufactured by bmj of china a manufacturer with an outstanding track record of design competence and manufacturing quality.
Nepean longwall and bmj have supplied fully tested roof supports to cook colliery appin west mine and oaky north mine over the past few years and nepean is currently in the process of completing a roof support test program for anglo s moranbah north s mine in queensland.
A number of hydraulic jacks called powered roof supports chocks or shields which are typically 1 75 m 5 ft 9 in wide and placed in a long line side by side for up to 400 m 1 300 ft in length in order to support the roof of the coalface.
Our optimally harmonized electro hydraulic control systems achieve minimum cycle times for roof supports and ensure perfect support for the mining machine.
Ratings up to 1 750 tonnes.
Joy powered roof supports for high capacity longwall applications are custom designed to meet your exacting cycle and operating requirements.
Caterpillar is the world leader in longwall roof support technology.
Equipment selection b face supports.
While it is frequently argued correctly that all items on a longwall face have to be considered as parts of an integrated unit and be fully compatible it cannot be denied that poorly designed and inadequate roof supports are likely to have a greater effect on results than other items and to that extent are more important.
Widths of 1 5 1 75 and 2 05 meters.
Caterpillar manufactures the complete range of roof support controls from manual hydraulic controls to the advanced pmc r roof support control system for state of the art longwall automation monitoring and remote diagnosis.
Major falls in longwall gateroads have become more and more uncommon as pillar design practices have improved largely through empirical design practices such as that.
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Longwall roof support design is no exception and mostly continues to be a product of this philosophy.
