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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Earth Moving Machines and Machines for Raw Material Exploitation

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 340-0546/01
Abbreviation ZSSTS
Course title Earth Moving Machines and Machines for Raw Material Exploitation
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Machine and Industrial Design
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Fries, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1st The distribution of machinery, basic concepts, technologies, applications.
2nd Chassis earth moving machines - crawler (tracked), wheel, rail, walking,
Rail-walking, two-way.
3rd Turn the upper ground construction and mining machinery - by design
Swing drive.
4th Lifting gear, transport systems giant.
5th Wheel excavators - classification, basic structural units, the tip
wheel boom, and performance.
6th Bucket wheel excavators - classification, basic structural units, korekový
boom, performance.
7th Excavator shovel, rope and shovel excavator Dragline - structural units
work equipment performance.
8th Bucket elevators and floating excavators, wheel excavators floating suction
excavators.
9th Compact wheel excavators, surface harvesters, loaders.
10th Machines for crushing and grinding.
11th Machines for primary and secondary cutting and processing of stone products.
12th Auxiliary, additional machinery and equipment - dozers, scrapers, scarifiers,
hydr. Lop. excavators, shovel loaders, hydraulic motors, etc.
13th Drilling machines and kits, stamping machines and complexes.
14th Mining machines and complexes in underground mining.
15th Landfill machines and equipment.

Literature

Study literature mainly for English speaking students will be recommended individually depending on the theme of the semestral project. Standards, machine parts catalogues, technical and mechanical tables and corporate literature - depending on the character tasks.

TIBBETT, Mark, ed. Mining in ecologically sensitive landscapes. Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-0-415-62091-8 .
PIVNJAK, Hennadij H., ed. Mining of mineral deposits. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2013. ISBN 978-1-138-00108-4.
ŽŮREK, Petr. Deposit mining. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2005. ISBN 80-248-0903-6.
GONDEK, Horst, ŠEVČÍK, Arnošt, ed. Mining machinery. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0820-X.
ŽŮREK, Petr. Basics of mining: (syllabus). 1st ed. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0800-5.
HUSTRULID, W. A. a Richard C. BULLOCK, ed. Underground mining methods: engineering fundamentals and international case studies. Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c2001. ISBN 0-87335-193-2.
ELMAN, Jiří a Václav MICHALÍČEK. Anglicko-český a česko-anglický hornický slovník. Praha: Sobotáles, 2000. ISBN 80-85920-64-6.
PENG, Syd S. a Han Shing CHIANG. Longwall mining. New York: Wiley, c1984. ISBN 0-471-86881-7.
KENNEDY, Bruce A., ed. Surface mining. 2nd ed. Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990. ISBN 0-87335-102-9.
AZAR, J. J. Drilling engineering [online]. Tulsa, Okla.: PennWell Corp., ©2007 [cit. 2017-11-13]. Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=10201495.
German longwall mining: facts and figures. 1985.
The operation of a longwall coal cutting machine.

Advised literature

ROTTENBERG, Dan (2003). In the Kingdom of Coal; An American Family and the Rock That Changed the World. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93522-9 . OCLC 52348860
HOUNSHELL, David A., SMITH, John Kenley. Science and Corporate Strategy. DuPont R&D, 1902–1980, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0-521-02852-3 
SPEIGHT, James G. (2008). Synthetic Fuels Handbook: Properties, Process, and Performance. McGraw-Hill Professional. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-07-149023-8 .


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