A rock excavating device includes a shaft and a cutting element. The shaft includes a first portion and a second portion connected to an end of the first portion. The first portion is rotatable about a first axis. The second portion extends along a second axis that is oblique with respect to the first axis. The cutting element includes a cutting edge. The cutting element is supported on the second portion and rotatable about the second axis. Rotation of the first portion of the shaft about the first axis changes the orientation of the second axis and the cutting element.

Disclosed is a comprehensive vertical-lifting drum shearer without a rocker arm suitable for mining a medium-thick long wall coal seam having a coal seam dip angle of less than 30 degrees and a medium-hard or hard coal quality. The comprehensive vertical-lifting no-rocker drum shearer comprises a central control box (1), left and right cutting lifting reduction boxes (9, 8), left and in right side guiding rail fixing casings (4, 5), left and right traction reduction boxes (18, 15), and left and right walking gearboxes (17, 16); the left and right cutting lifting reduction boxes (9, 8) are provided with slideways which are matched with lifting guiding rails (10) of the left and right side guiding rail fixing casings (4, 5) in a sliding manner; the left and right cutting lifting reduction boxes (9, 8) are driven to perform a lifting motion by lifting oil cylinders (19), and meanwhile, cutting motors of the left and right cutting lifting reduction boxes (9, 8) drive a spiral drum to rotate by means of a cutting gear reduction mechanism; the left and right traction reduction boxes (18, 15) drive the left and right walking gearboxes (17, 16), and then drive the whole machine to perform left and right traction movement. The cutting gear reduction mechanism of said shearer uses two-level gear transmission and two-level planetary gear transmission, without a plurality of idle wheel sets, and the transmission chain is simple; and the cooperation of the lifting guiding rails and the slideways makes the whole machine compact in structure, improving the operation reliability and stability.

An underground mine energy management system includes wireless nodes located at different 3D coordinate positions along travel paths throughout an underground mine, and energy zones are defined between respective pairs of the wireless nodes. A controller is programmed to communicate with a central control office for the mine, a plurality of electric mining vehicles, a plurality of energy storage devices, and a plurality of charging stations operating within the mine, receive data indicative of an energy utilization profile for each of the electric mining vehicles traversing each of the energy zones in one of a loaded or unloaded condition, and an energy storage profile for each of the energy storage devices available to be installed on an associated electric mining vehicle traversing each of the energy zones, determine productivity goals, missions, and prioritized tasks to be performed by each of the electric mining vehicles and each of the energy storage devices, pair each electric mining vehicle with at least one energy storage device based on a determined mission or prioritized task, and generate travel paths made up of a sequence of the energy zones for the paired electric mining vehicles and energy storage devices to complete the determined mission or prioritized task.

A method and system for monitoring a mining shovel having a boom supported by a plurality of suspension cables is disclosed. The method involves receiving accelerometer signals from a plurality of accelerometers, each accelerometer being mounted on one of the plurality of suspension cables. The method also involves processing the accelerometer signals to extract a fundamental frequency associated with vibration of each suspension cable, the fundamental frequency being proportional to a tension in the suspension cable. The method further involves determining changes in the fundamental frequency as a function of time, the changes being indicative of an operating state of the mining shovel.

A rotation apparatus for a boom of a mining vehicle includes a rotation device having an axial central axis. The rotation device has a housing and an inner manifold having a tube-like structure with a space within, wherein the inner manifold is arranged concentrically inside the housing. The housing is arranged to rotate around the axial central axis and the housing includes a housing channel. The inner manifold has a fluid channel having a fluid inlet for receiving fluid from the boom, and the fluid channel is connected to the housing channel for forming a fluid conduit through the rotation device.

A rotation apparatus for a boom of a mining vehicle includes a rotation device having an axial central axis. The rotation device has a housing and an inner manifold having a tube-like structure with a space within, wherein the inner manifold is arranged concentrically inside the housing. The housing is arranged to rotate around the axial central axis and the housing includes a housing channel. The inner manifold has a fluid channel having a fluid inlet for receiving fluid from the boom, and the fluid channel is connected to the housing channel for forming a fluid conduit through the rotation device.

The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for sensing wear in machines designed to reduce or break-down material. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for sensing wear of reducing elements used by excavation machines such as surface excavation machines. The present disclosure relates to a wear sensing system including a multi-level wear sensor protection system. The multi-level wear sensor protection system includes a first level of protection, a second level of protection, and a third level of protection.

The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for sensing wear in machines designed to reduce or break-down material. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for sensing wear of reducing elements used by excavation machines such as surface excavation machines. The present disclosure relates to a wear sensing system including a multi-level wear sensor protection system. The multi-level wear sensor protection system includes a first level of protection, a second level of protection, and a third level of protection.

A method for controlling movement of a movable element of a mining machine includes the steps of providing a relation between control values for a hydraulic valve arranged to affect a movement of the movable element and a parameter representative of the (resulting) movement of the movable element. The method further includes receiving an input representative of a desired movement of the movable element, obtaining a control value for the hydraulic valve based on the relation, and using a parameter value corresponding to the desired movement, operating the hydraulic valve with a control signal using the obtained control value, obtaining, from a feedback mechanism, a feedback relative to the movement of the movable element resulting from operating the hydraulic valve with the control signal, determining a correction value based on the desired movement and the feedback, and updating at least a part of the relation based on the correction value.

A cutter head includes a first member, a cutting bit, and a second member. The first member includes a first end and a second end and includes a first mass. The cutting bit is coupled to the first member proximate the second end. The cutting bit includes a cutting edge rotatable about the axis. The second member is rotatable about the axis and includes a second mass eccentrically positioned with respect to the axis. Rotation of the second mass causes the first member and the cutting bit to oscillate.