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Transport in Underground and Surface Mines

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Course Unit Code342-0109/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HRA42doc. Ing. Leopold Hrabovský, Ph.D.
Summary
Distribution, classification and mechanical properties of transported
materials. Introduction to theory and practical aplications of transport
equipment and technologies used in mining industry. Basic calculations of a
haulage capacity, resistance to motion, drive power etc.
Description of continuous mechanical handling equipment used in mining
industry.
Description of intermittent mining transport technologies, such as locomotive
haulage, free steered vehicles, wire rope haulage systems, mono and duo rails
tarnsport. Mine winding, winding systems, winding engines.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
To master basic principles of functions commonly used transport facilities and equipment and handling techniques. Meet the basics of their construction and technological calculations. Part of the course is also familiar with transported materials, sorting, and storage properties.
Course Contents
Lectures
Introduction, objectives and allocation of transport. Transported materials, their physicochemical
mechanical properties. The basic equation of motion. The calculation of traffic performance.
Requirements for the major mining processes on the transport. Theory of transmission of force by friction.
The basic method of determining the tensile strength. Towing elements used in transport.
Belt conveyor. The main part, the basics of computing.
Lanopásový conveyor. Scraper conveyor. The main part, the basics of computing.
Chain conveyor. Vibrating conveyor. Transport in the pipeline. Own transport weight.
Rail transport - rail track, rolling stock.
Determination of rolling resistance of vehicles. Principles of calculating locomotive transport.
Transport rope. Suspension lift.
Hanging to the right. Special ground track. Automobile traffic.
Storage of bulk materials - containers and their closures.
Drop. Basic calculations.
Mining equipment, division and classification. Ropes for vertical transport.
Mining machinery. Transport container.
Winding towers. Mining pit. Buffers and runs cars. The filling and discharge stations SKIP.


Exercises and workshops
Introduction to the exercise program. Requirements for credit. Basic parameters bulk materials.
The basic equation of motion, setting-up time of the conveyor belt.
Calculation of the transport performance of continuous and intermittent traffic.
Tow-rope elements, chain, conveyor belt - determining the basic strength parameters and load tension elements. The analysis of tractive forces in the towing lement.
Graphic-numerical method of determining tensile strength.
Calculation of the conveyor belt according to ISO 263102 and ISO 5048th
Test No. 1, No. 1 entering the program
Calculation and design hřeblového conveyor.
Calculation and design of traffic vibration. Calculation and design of transport and pipeline transport
own weight.
Calculation of rolling resistance of rail vehicles, the basic parameters of railway track.
Determination of the number of vehicles.
Containers and closures.
Calculation of mining equipment.
Test No. 2, setting resistors Chip.
Credit.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Handbook of Conveying and Handling of Particulate Solids, A. Levy, Elsevier, October 2001, ISBN: 978-0-444-50235-3
Wohlbier, R., H.: Bulk Handling in Open Mines and Quarries, 1986, ISBN
0878490655.
Wohlbier, R., H.: Bulk Handling in Surface Mines, 1994, ISBN
0878490914.
Wohlbier,R.H.: Open mit Mine, 2000, ISBN 0878491201.
Powder Handling and Processing. ISSN 0934-7348 Trans Tech Publications 1998 – 2003.
Polák, J., Bichledr, J.: Dopravní zařízení v hlubinných dolech. Skripta VŠB-
TUO, 1990.
Strakoš, V., Menšík, J., Polák, J.: Automatizace důlní dopravy. SNTL, 1980.
Klimecký, O. a kol.: Manipulace s materiálem. Doprava v lomech. VŠB-TUO, 1988.
Recommended Reading:
Walker,S.C.: Mine Winding and Transport. Elsevier 1988
Standard Shear Testing Technique for Particulate Solids Using the Jenike Shear Cell (SSTT), A Report of the EFCE Working Party on the Mechanics, UK (1989), ISBN 0-85295-232-5.
Polák, J., Bichledr, J.: Dopravní zařízení v hlubinných dolech. Skripta VŠB-
TUO, 1990.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined