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MACHINE MINING [1 record]

Record 1 2017-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
  • Mineshaft Sinking
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
DEF

... the use of power machines and equipment in the excavation and extraction of coal or ore.

OBS

In coal mines, the term almost invariably signifies the use of coal cutters and conveyors and perhaps some type of power loader working in conjunction with face conveyors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
  • Fonçage des puits de mines
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
CONT

L'abattage mécanique, par une machine qui disloque le massif rocheux, est mis en œuvre chaque fois que le matériau à abattre est suffisamment tendre (ou fragile) et homogène pour se laisser débiter de façon continue. La machine d'abattage (haveuse, rabot, mineur continu, ripper, brise-roche hydraulique, etc.) fonctionne par passes successives [...]

OBS

Cette méthode est appliquée surtout dans les matériaux suffisamment tendres (argile, charbon, potasse, etc.).

PHR

Abattage mécanique du charbon.

Key term(s)
  • exploitation minière mécanisée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación minera
  • Profundización de los pozos de minas
  • Explotación de lignito, grafito y carbón
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