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CAGE SUSPENSION GEAR ARRANGEMENTS IN MINES

CAGE SUSPENSION GEAR ARRANGEMENTS

WHAT IS CAGE SUSPENSION GEAR ARRANGEMENTS IN MINES?
The attachment used to attach the rope with cage is known as cage suspension gear.
It consist of a rope capel which is attached to the one end of the rope & its another end is attached to the safety hook through ‘D’ link. The another end of the safety hook is attached to a triangular plate to a ‘D’ link & bull chain. And then at last The triangular plate is attached by the cage chains or Bridle chain.



ROPE CAPEL

Are widely used for connecting the winding rope to the suspension gear. The use of rope Capel is a basic requirement of safety in winding. 










D-LINK



These are used to attach any two components of cage suspension gear & to adjust the height of cage suspension gear. The diameter of the link rod should be 1.5 times the rope’s dia. & should not be any join in the link.



SAFETY HOOK




It is a safety device which acts when an over winding is takes place. Its purpose is to suspend the cage or skip in the headgear if an over winding occurs & at the same to  release the rope Capel to go over the headgear pulley. 
It is always placed just below the rope Capel. 





TRIANGULAR PLATE



Triangular plate is also known as load distributing plates. Its function is to distribute the load of the cage, hence it is known as load distributing plate. 
it consist of one hole at the top which is connected to the safety hook & at the lower end it consists of three holes which are connected to the cage through bridle chains.

BRIDLE CHAINS


These are used to attach the cage with the triangular plate, For a small cage only four chains are used  at the four corners of the cage while in case of large cage total six chains are used. Out of these six chains two central chains doesn’t carry any load & these are used in case of failure of corner chains. 







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