Boom Point Sheave Bridge support Rope Hoist Rope Mast A Frame Drag Drum Boom Drag Chain

Boom Foot Hoist Chain Dump Rope Dragline Bucket

Shoe
Hoist Drum

Tub

Major component of a dragline

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Boom Point Sheave

Boom Hoisting line Bucket

Dumping Line

Drag Cable

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15-200 Hp Hdm Rb Rcr Rdm Rdg th Main Working Parameters of a Dragline

Hb

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Hdg

Dragline Faces

End Face (Deep Cut)

End Face (High Cut)

Combination Digging

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A B Awd bFS y A1 B 1 2 H h

Hwd

1wd

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EXPOSED COAL SEAM HIGHWALL BOOM DIGGING POSITION DRAGLINE POSITION No. 3 PREVIOUS DIGOUT KEY CUT

A
BOOM DUMPING POSITION

DRAGLINE POSITION No. 1 DRAGLINE POSITION No. 2 DRAGLINE POSITION No. 3 NEXT DIGOUT

FLOOR

HIGHWALL DRAGLINE POSITION No. 2 DRAGLINE POSITION No. 1, 3 KEY CUT COAL SEA M PRODUCTION CUT BACKWALL

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KEY CUT SPOIL

SPOIL PREVIOUS CUT

SECTION A-A

A TYPICAL DRAGLINE OPERATION

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Extended Bench Method

This method of face development is applied when effective reach of the dragline is to be extended. This is associated with certain degree of rehandling This method is useful when the overburden depths can not be handled by normal casting It may be necessary when overburden depths are gradually increasing or there is a temporary change in relief.

Dragline Dump Radius

PIT WIDTH

Overburden to be rehandled

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Highwall bench to be excavated

At the completion of the previous block, the dragline is located at the end of the bridge. From this position the last of the block of OB can be spoiled directly . To start excavation of the new block, the dragline is walked off the bridge and placed in line with the new high wall at A. This is now ready for providing key cut for the block to be excavated. A

Block to be excavated

Bridge Length

New Pit

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At this situation, the key cut is completed. At the start of this cut, the dragline must be far enough along the cut to allow the bucket to be pulled right up to the length of the new block without the drag rope limit switches being activated. As the cut is deepened, the machine walks forward and across the cut to keep in line with the highwall batter at the depth it is digging. The key cut spoil is used to form the bulk of the next bridge.

New bridge being Built from key cut spoil

New Pit

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Here the new bridge is completed to the required lenth by part of the highwall bench and the top of the block. Same dragline position is used to excavate the high wall bench as well as the top of the block. Dozr is used to clean up loose bench material while the dragline is digging from the top of the block.

Highwall Bench

New bridge

Top of block

New Pit

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After completion of the digging of the highwall bench further excavation of the bulk of the block takes place. To directly dump the material , position ofhe dragline will have to be proper.

Start of new spoil pil

Corner of key cut

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Excavation with DL close to the edge of the working face. Final clean up of top of coal sam is carried out at this stage.

Working Face

Corner of key cut

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Final stage. Clears the last part of the previous bridge

Corner of key cut

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y 40

Rotation axis of excavator

20 20 0 I -20 II III 40 60

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Variation of the angle of inclination of the bucket Pathaks Lecture Khanindra bottom within dragline working zone (I - Rotation axis of excavator)

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