Monorail bridge conveyor. Phase I report, March 31, 1980

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6953689

Silks, W

This report covers the first 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 I covers the final design. 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 must be such that each bridge is self propelled in order to minimize side loading on the monorail. The conveyor belt drive could be simplified since it only had to drive one single 24 ft. conveyor. The design and detail drawings including MSHA approved enclosures were completed and are ready to be released for Phase II, Fabrication.

• Research Organization: Goodman Equipment Corp., Chicago, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-78ET13346
• OSTI ID: 6953689
• Report Number(s): FE-8924-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
012000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Mining
013000 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
COAL MINING
CONTINUOUS MINERS
CONVEYORS
CUTTER LOADERS
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS HANDLING
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MINE HAULAGE
MINING
MINING EQUIPMENT
MONORAILS
RAILWAYS
UNDERGROUND MINING