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GATHERING ARMS LOADER MACHINE IN UNDERGROUND MINES

GATHERING ARMS LOADER MACHINE IN UNDERGROUND MINES

GATHERING ARMS LOADER MACHINE
A chain conveyor extending from the gathering head up to the boom end is the transporting medium, conveying coal gathered from the face to receiving mine car, tub, conveyor or shuttle car.
The gathering arms are operated by twin crank discs. These discs are flushed of with the working surface of the head.
There is a separate drilling motor for each of the arms.
The rate of loading varies with models, and commonly used models are for 1te/min to 4te/min capacities.
The rate of loading depends upon the number of strokes/min and the conveyor speed is also related to the rate of loading of gathering arms.
Three variable speeds are available on the loader for gathering speed of the arms. 
The ramp of gathering head can be raised or lowered usually through 0.5m. During flitting the head is kept elevated and during normal loading operation the head rests on the floor.
Hydraulic jacks are used for elevation of the gathering head and they are controlled by the operator from his position at the controls.
Flitting of machine is possible by crawler chains and each chain is operated by a separate motor through gears. The motors are housed in the central body of the loader.
The conveyor chain is supported by the delivery jib or boom.
This jib end, and along with it the conveyor, can be raised or lowered through a vertical range of 0.6 to 0.9m by hydraulic jacks.
The jib can also be slewed through a horizontal plane so as to make an angle of 〖45〗^0   to the axis of machine on either side.
This enables the conveyor to discharge coal on either side of the center line of the loader. The slewing is possible  with the help of either-tension ropes or jacks hydraulically operated by oil pressure.
At the face, as a loader loads coal it has to move forward to be closed to coal heap and in a gallery width of 4 to 4.8m to and fro movements of the machine are frequent for clearing up the gallery.  Clearing up the last remains of the face coal usually takes long time.
A loader is normally used to discharge into conveyors or shuttle cars as the discharge into a tub requires high elevation of the boom of the loader and it is not practicable in most of the cases.
The loader has sometimes to load the coal by double handing and this reduces its  output considerably.

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