Longwall Hydraulic Roof Supports

Major falls in longwall gateroads have become more and more uncommon as pillar design practices have improved largely through empirical design practices such as that.

Longwall hydraulic roof supports.

Equipment selection b face supports. Joy powered roof supports for high capacity longwall applications are custom designed to meet your exacting cycle and operating requirements. An individual chock can weigh 30 40 tonnes extend to a maximum cutting height of up to 6 m 20 ft and have yield rating of 1000 1250 tonnes each and hydraulically advance itself 1 m 3 ft 3 in at a time. Caterpillar is the world leader in longwall roof support technology.

Watch this 5 minute video for an explan. Our optimally harmonized electro hydraulic control systems achieve minimum cycle times for roof supports and ensure perfect support for the mining machine. Ratings up to 1 750 tonnes. Since its foundation in 1992 longwall hydraulics pty limited has successfully provided many services to australian coal mines and other industries.

Australian supplier of kamat pumps high pressure cleaners longwall valves water jetting pressure cleaning and dust suppression equipment. In the early 1970s demanding mining conditions in german coal mines set the stage for extensive r d in roof support technology. Heights from 0 8 to 7 8 meters. Leg bore sizes ranging from 125 to 480 mm.

Nepean longwall offers structures and hydraulic cylinders manufactured by bmj of china a manufacturer with an outstanding track record of design competence and manufacturing quality. While it is frequently argued correctly that all items on a longwall face have to be considered as parts of an integrated unit and be fully compatible it cannot be denied that poorly designed and inadequate roof supports are likely to have a greater effect on results than other items and to that extent are more important. Nepean longwall and bmj have supplied fully tested roof supports to cook colliery appin west mine and oaky north mine over the past few years and nepean is currently in the process of completing a roof support test program for anglo s moranbah north s mine in queensland. When moving and setting a roof support the leg hydraulics have to perform numerous tasks simultaneously and quickly.

Longwall roof support design is no exception and mostly continues to be a product of this philosophy. Widths of 1 5 1 75 and 2 05 meters.