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Earth Moving Machines and Machines for Raw Material Exploitation

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 340-0546/02
Abbreviation ZSSTS
Course title Earth Moving Machines and Machines for Raw Material Exploitation
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Machine and Industrial Design
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Fries, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Classification of machines, basic concepts, fundamentals of technology, use.
2. Undercarriages of earthmoving machines - caterpillar (crawler), wheeled, rail, walking, rail-walking.
3. Rotate of the upper construction of earthmoving and mining machines - classification by construction, drive of rotation.
4. Lifting mechanisms, transport systems of large machines.
5. Bucket wheel excavators - classification, basic components, wheel boom tip, performance.
6. Bucket excavators - classification, basic assemblies, bucket boom, performance.
7. Shovel excavators, rope shovel excavators and dragline - construction units, working equipment, performance.
8. Float bucket wheel excavators and elevators, float wheeled excavators, sucking excavators.
9. Compact wheel excavators, surface mining machines, stackers.
10. Machines for crushing and grinding.
11. Machines for primary and secondary cutting and processing of stone products.
12. Auxiliary, additional machinery and equipment - dozers, scrapers, rippers, shovel excavators and loaders.
13. Drilling machines and assemblies, drilling machines and complexes.
14. Mining machines and complexes in underground mining.

E-learning

It can be applied

Povinná literatura

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.

Doporučená literatura

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 .