Excavators, longwell miners, draglines, roof bolters, drills, scoops, rock dusters and shuttle cars are the equipment and machinery used in mining and transporting the excavated material to its destination.
The tools and machineries for quarrying are as follows hammers, grinders, chisels and polishers. These hand tools are utilized in architecture, construction and civil engineering to construct skyscrapers, building houses and bridges. Proper training is required to learn proper stone dressing with the specific tools and equipment.
Now we will see a brief overview of the mining and quarrying equipment
Draglines are earth moving machines that remove dirt by dragging and exposing the underground mineral and coal deposits, they are capable of moving hundreds of tons of material.
Excavators are mobile vehicles having a rotating platform with a hinged arm and a bucket or scoop is attached to the end. It is used for digging work n mines.
Roof bolters are huge hydraulic machines that force bolts into roofs; these are used to prevent underground collapses by supporting the tunnel roofs.
Drills are used to extract oil and natural gas, and also utilized to make holes for putting explosives, while clearing earth structures.
Rock dusters are used to prevent the flammable coal to catch fire, while longwall miners bring out the huge rectangular pieces of coal from a bed.Continuous miners have rotating arrays of teeth made of tungsten carbide. It scraps coal from the coal bed and monitored by robots in dangerous areas. Shuttle cars and scoops are used to transport the mined material, oil or gas to its destination.
Various types of hammers are used to cut and shape large slabs of stone in quarrying.
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