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Terminated in academic year 2014/2015

Rough and Noble Stone-Cutting Industry

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0079/04
Abbreviation HUKV
Course title Rough and Noble Stone-Cutting Industry
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Milan Mikoláš, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Syllabus of lectures:
1st Occurrence, localization and characteristics of bearings for the block of stone extraction.
2nd Influence of physico-mechanical properties of rocks in mining, classification
dissolubility, stone blockage, natural conditions affecting grinding.
3rd Mining-technical conditions for the extraction and processing of stone.
4th Principles for the implementation and progress of work overburden coalface fronts.
5th Distribution and classification methods for extraction of blocks.
6th Technology mining blocks by using wedging, chipping, shock edge-notch machines, expanding the use of mixtures, drilling.
7th Technology mining blocks with stonecutting machines,
chain and circular saws.

8th Technology mining blocks thermal cutting and blasting work.
9th Lifting, loading, transport and handling of excavated stone blocks.
10th Processing technology for rough stone blocks production.
11th Processing technology for refined stone blocks production.
12th Nontraditional methods of grinding stones and their treatment.
13th Water, sludge and pipe economy in a block of stone extraction.
14th Protecting the environment and working environment for fracture conquest.
Smoothing of the quarry operations and reclamation.

Literature

B.A. Kennedy. - 2nd ed.. Surface Minig, Littleton : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990 - xi, 1194 s. : il., mapy ISBN 0-87335-102-9 (váz.)978-0-87335-102-7

Advised literature

Hummel, M.: Mining and Environment, Ostrava, 2005