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LONG-WALL MINER [1 record]

Record 1 2004-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
DEF

Compact machine, driven by compressed air or electricity, which cuts into the coal face with its jib at right angles to its body.

CONT

A longwall miner is used for a majority of the coal extraction, while continuous mining units are used to prepare the mine for future longwall mining.

Key term(s)
  • long-wall coal-cutter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
CONT

Conducteur/conductrice de haveuse pour longue taille de houille.

OBS

[Les haveuses shortwall] sont très employées aux U.S.A. On les a baptisées shortwall (front court) par opposition aux haveuses de taille ou «longwall». Elles sont en deux parties assemblées par boulons et goujons (au lieu de trois parties dans les longwall).

Spanish

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