Optimising roadheader performance based on laboratory and field work

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Optimising roadheader performance based on laboratory and field work

This thesis covers in detail a study of the excavation of rock salt by roadheader, the factors affecting performance and finally a specification with operational results of a new production machine to suit the South African Coal Mining Industry. Dosco Overseas Engineering Ltd. the author's...

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Main Author:	Gollick, Michael John
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	1999
Subjects:	Excavation machinery Mining machinery Performance prediction
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30934/

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