Integrated system for mechanized handling of railway cars in Scottish coal mine embraces automatic marshalling of empty cars to required loading points and ejection of loaded cars into marshalling sidings; it handles up to 40 cars/hr; movement of cars at coal mine is mainly by gravity on inclines; for operations on level use is made of remote-controlled, powerful propulsion unit which travels on narrow gage track positioned within normal railway tracks; it can exert propulsion force of 5 tons and can move rake of 500 tons dw on level.
Mechanized wagon handling at coal preparation plant
Min J
Mining Journal ; 260 , n 6653
1963
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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