Syllabus - Mining Machinery- II (MI602)

Mining Engineering

Mining Machinery- II (MI602)

VI

UNIT 1

Aerial ropeways

Different types, their constructions & installation, operation & maintenance, design calculation, their layout including rope-tensioning arrangements.

UNIT 2

Conveyors - I

Different types of belt conveyors, their construction, installation, maintenance & design.

UNIT 3

Conveyor - II

Shaker conveyor, scraper chain conveyor and armored chain conveyor, their installation & construction maintenance. Safety Devices; Pit top and pit bottom arrangements.

UNIT 4

Skip & Koepe Winding

Skip types & construction, pit top & pit bottom arrangements, advantages and disadvantages, Types of Koepe Winder, Koepe wheel, Floating platforms, Two winders working in the same shaft, Winding with side by side and up and down sheaves, advantages and disadvantages. Multi-rope winding. Calculation of H.P.

UNIT 5

HYDRAULIC TRANSMISSIONS

Fundamental of hydrostatic compression, hydraulic fluids, hydraulic pumps, motors, cylinders and accumulators, different types of valves, hydraulic coupling and torque converters, Application in mines, Advantages of hydraulic transmission.

Practicals

  • Study of Monocable aerial Ropeway

  • Study of Bicable aerial Ropeway

  • Study of Loop take-up and tensioning arrangement of a belt conveyor

  • Study of pit top and pit bottom arrangements for a belt conveyor

  • Study of Belt Conveyor

  • Study of an Armoured face Conveyor

  • Study of Various Koepe Arrangements

  • Study of various types of skips

  • Study of pit top and pit bottom arrangements for a Skip

  • Study of hydraulic Couplings and Torque Converters

Reference Books

  • Elements of Mining Tech. Vol I & Vol III by D. J. Deshmukh

  • Mining Machinery By S. C. Walker

  • Coal Mining Practice By Stathum