Types of Equipment Used During Coal Mining

by Shifali Sharma Shifali Sharma

The mining industry is considered one of the most dangerous places for humans to work. In this type of industry, all employees require proper and regular training that will help them to understand all the machines and equipment that play a crucial role in various operations. They are designed to perform the tasks more efficiently and reduce human effort.

 

The types of mining equipment that are to be used at the site depend on the task that will be carried out: above or below ground or mining for gold, metals, coal or crude oil. Some common machines used are drilling machines, excavators, crushing and grinding equipment. If you are someone who is new to this job and need to know about the various machines used by renowned companies such as KCT Group , here are a few:

 

Excavators

These are machines used for digging and removing soil, sand, etc. In many cases such as a critical working condition, this machine requires component optimization that is specifically based on static linear, nonlinear and dynamic analysis.

 

Draglines

Draglines are enormous machines that are used to move the debris away from the upper surface and expose underlying coal or mineral deposits. This type of machine is one of the largest machines on the planet. In many cases, they are built at a particular location and later dismantled and traveled to another location. These are capable of removing hundreds of tons of material in a single pass.

 

Drills

It is important to dig holes during mining. Miners use drills to create these series of holes and fill them with explosive charges. These explosives blast away chunks of earth.

 

Roof Bolters

As the name suggests, roof bolters are large machines that are hydraulically powered and used to force bolts into roofs. They are used by miners to ensure that the tunnel roof stays up and does not collapse while people are working inside.

 

Continuous Miners

Continuous miners were introduced to fast track mining activities. These machines have rotating arrays of teeth made from tungsten carbide. They make it really easy to scrape coal from coal beds. Robotic continuous miners are available as well which are used in dangerous conditions.

 

Long Wall Miners

Contrary to continuous miners, long wall miners focus on removing huge rectangular chunks of coal instead of slowly scraping coal from a bed bit-by-bit.

 

Rock dusters

Like the KCT & Bros. (Coal Sales) Ltd, all mining companies reckon it is important to prevent fire at all times. As a precaution, miners use rock duster to spray inert mineral dust over highly flammable coal dust. This is one of the best ways to keep away accidental fires and explosions.

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