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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Machinery for Mining Operations

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 340-0702/01
Abbreviation HS
Course title Machinery for Mining Operations
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Machine and Industrial Design
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Fries, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1st Basic concepts, field extraction, the method works. Mechanical-physical
rock properties and methods for their detection.
2nd Drives mining machinery.
3rd Theory of disintegration. Calculation of forces on a sharp knife. Types and shapes of splitting tools.
4th Mining harvesters, the main part. Calculation of performance.
5th Chainless travel part of the combine harvester. Design solutions. The basic calculation calculate tensile strength. Basic construction.
6th Auxiliary equipment. frame harvester, Extension plates, taxiway,
spraying, plates of proposal, storage facilities.
7th Combine mining complexes. basic parts, the most widely used combinations.
Anchoring in schearers coalface. basic methods of anchoring. Calculation of anchor forces.
8th Introduction to coal plows. Terms of use
9th The main parts, the basic division structure. Cutting holders.
11th Accessories ploughs gaming, plow anchor. Sets. Calculation of anchor forces, tilting equipment, spray equipment.
12th Reinforcement of mines and coal face. Basic distribution requirements and
the reinforcement, individual reinforcement, basic types. Calculation of resistance reinforcement, basic calculations.
13th Hydraulic mining props, general requirements, types, basic construction and
basic calculations of resistance.
14th Powered roof supports, general requirements, basic distribution. The basic calculation of resistance.
15th Hydraulic circuit functions, the main part. Hydraulic power packs. Controlling moss. reinforcement.
16th Equipment maintenance, diagnostics without disassembly.

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.
GONDEK, Horst, ŠEVČÍK, Arnošt, ed. Mining machinery. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0820-X.
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.
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.
PENG, Syd S. a Han Shing CHIANG. Longwall mining. New York: Wiley, c1984. ISBN 0-471-86881-7.
ELMAN, Jiří a Václav MICHALÍČEK. Anglicko-český a česko-anglický hornický slovník. Praha: Sobotáles, 2000. ISBN 80-85920-64-6.

Doporučená literatura

Standards, machine parts catalogues, technical and mechanical tables and corporate literature - depending on the character tasks.
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
ŽŮREK, Petr. Deposit mining. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2005. ISBN 80-248-0903-6.
German longwall mining: facts and figures. 1985. The operation of a longwall coal cutting machine.
PIVNJAK, Hennadij H., ed. Mining of mineral deposits. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2013. ISBN 978-1-138-00108-4.
ŽŮREK, P. Basics of mining: (syllabus). 1st ed. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0800-5.