A Step-by-Step Procedure for Tests and Assessment of the Automatic Operation of a Powered Roof Support

Dawid Szurgacz, Sergey Zhironkin, Michal Cehlár, Stefan Vöth, Sam Spearing and Ma Liqiang
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Dawid Szurgacz: Center of Hydraulics DOH Ltd., 41-906 Bytom, Poland
Sergey Zhironkin: Department of Trade and Marketing, Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny av., 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Michal Cehlár: Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Technologies and Geotechnology, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia
Stefan Vöth: Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola (THGA), Westhoffstraβe 15, 44791 Bochum, Germany
Sam Spearing: School of Mines, China University of Mining and Technology, 1 Daxue Road, Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, China
Ma Liqiang: School of Mines, China University of Mining and Technology, 1 Daxue Road, Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, China

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-16

Abstract: A powered longwall mining system comprises three basic machines: a shearer, a scraper (longwall) conveyor, and a powered roof support. The powered roof support as a component of a longwall complex has two functions. It protects the working from roof rocks that fall to the area where the machines and people work and transports the machines and devices in the longwall as the mining operation proceeds further into the seam by means of hydraulic actuators that are adequately connected to the powered support. The actuators are controlled by a hydraulic or electro-hydraulic system. The tests and analyses presented in the developed procedure are oriented towards the possibility of introducing automatic control, without the participation of an operator. This is important for the exploitation of seams that are deposited at great depths. The primary objective was to develop a comprehensive methodology for testing and evaluating the possibility of using the system under operating conditions. The conclusions based on the analysis presented are a valuable source of information for the designers in terms of increasing the efficiency of the operation of the system and improving occupational safety. The authors have proposed a procedure for testing and evaluation to introduce an automatic control system into the operating conditions. The procedure combines four areas. Tests and analyses were carried out in order to determine the extent to which the system could be potentially used in the future. The presented solution includes certification and executive documentation.

Keywords: safety function; electro-hydraulic control system; powered roof support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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