Monorail bridge conveyor. Phase II report

Technical Report · Fri Apr 30 04:00:00 EDT 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5115803· OSTI ID:5115803

Gonski, J

This report covers the second phase of a four-phase contract to develop and test a roof hung monorail bridge conveyor coal haulage system working behind a continuous miner. Phase II covers the fabrication and assembly of all the components in making up the Monoral Bridge Conveyor System. The original concept presented had to be analyzed before final design could proceed. The analysis revealed that 24 ft. long bridge conveyor segments were the optimum length; the suspension system must have the vertical hinge point between bridges, the impact point of the coal transfer point and the suspension point itself, coincidental. The propulsion system is such that each bridge is self propelled in order to minimize side loading on the monorail. The conveyor belt drive is simple since it only has to drive one single 24 ft. conveyor. The entire assembly of twelve conveyors has been pre-tested in our Murfreesboro, Tennessee, shop. The electric circuit proved successful to operate from a manual control or automatically, and successfully proved the cycle of sequential strating and stopping.

• Research Organization: Goodman Equipment Corp., Chicago, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-78ET13346
• OSTI ID: 5115803
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/13346-T61; ON: DE82015156
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
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CONVEYORS
CUTTER LOADERS
DESIGN
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
HAULAGE EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS HANDLING
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NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RAILWAYS
START-UP
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US BUREAU OF MINES
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