Evaluation of the Serpentix Conveying System. Final technical report

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5657000· OSTI ID:5657000

The Serpentix Conveying System, a Peabody Coal Company underground continuous face haulage invention, was evaluated to determine its viability in room-and-pillar mining. The Serpentix is a mobile, flexible belt conveyor which is suspended from the mine roof. It was operated in the Illinois No. 6 Mine No. 1 at Marissa, Illinois and Mine No. 10 at pawnee, Illinois. Production rates in excess of 1100 raw tons per eight-hour shift were demonstrated. Conceptual designs were developed to suspend the Serpentix system from chocks for shortwall mining applications.

• Research Organization: Peabody Coal Co., St. Louis, MO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: ET-76-C-01-8878
• OSTI ID: 5657000
• Report Number(s): FE-8878-T1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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