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Mobile Roof Support For Retreat Mining
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Wilson, H. Gene (1990). Mobile Roof Support For Retreat Mining. Tenth International Conference on Ground Control in Mining Proceedings (ICGCM) 10th
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Wilson, H. Gene (1990). Mobile Roof Support For Retreat Mining. Tenth International Conference on Ground Control in Mining Proceedings (ICGCM) 10th
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Organization: International Conference on Ground Control in Mining
Pages: 12
Publication Date:
Jan 1, 1990
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| Mobile Roof Supports (MRS) look similar to a longwall shield on crawler tracks. The MRS units offer a safe, productive method of extracting the 40% to 60% product left normally unrecovered in room and pillar mining. The units feature radio control, self-contained power units, crawler track drive, and a 600 ton yield. Cribbing and setting posts in retreat mining has been a necessary burden to production. The MRS reduces this burden. Long blocks of coal can be developed to further reduce move and tram time, thus increasing production. The MRS units have successful safety records. The workers are removed from the immediate fall area, and we feel back injuries have been reduced by the workers not setting posts. While MRS units have been damaged in falls, the other capital equipment has been unharmed. The MRS product line has undergone normal product improvement and evolution. Product evolution is seen in our development of machines for particular mine requirements. Through the continuing development of the MRS, Fletcher presents the coal industry with a safe, productive method of retreat mining with potential to develop new mining methods. |
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