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英文原文Self-advancing hydraulic powered supportModern longwall mining employs hydraulic powered supports at the face area. The supports not only holds up the roof, pushes the face chain conveyor, and advances itself, but also provides a safe environment for all associated mining activities. Therefore its successful selection and application are the prerequisite for successful longwall mining. Furthermore, due to the large number of units required, the capital invested for the power support usually accounts for more than half of the initial capital for a longwall face. Therefore both from technical and economic points of view, the powered support is a very important piece of equipment in a long wall face.The application of modern powered supports can be traced back to early 1950s. Since then, following its adoption in every part of the world, there have been countless models design and manufactured in various countries. But unfortunately, there still is no uniform system of classification.A simplified classification is used in this section. Since a powered support consists of four major components(i. e. , canopy, caving shield, hydraulic legs and props, and base plate), the ways by which they are interrelated are used for classification. In this respect, two factors are most important: (1) presence or absence of caving shield- if a caving shield is included, the support is a “shield” type, otherwise, a frame or a chock; (2) number and type of arranging the hydraulic legs- since support capacity is generally proportional to number of hydraulic legs, it is important to specify the number of hydraulic legs that a support has. Furthermore, the way the hydraulic legs are installed is important; for example, a vertical installation between the base and the canopy has the caving shield has the least efficiency in supporting the roof.Based on this concept, there are four types of powered support, that is, the frame, chock, shield and chock shield, in order of evolution of their development. However, it must be noted that the trend of development in each type is such that it becomes less distinguishable in terms of application.The four types of roof supports can be obtained for either longwall retreating or advancing systems, and they are available in standard, one-web-back, and immediate forward support (IFS) versions.With the standard system, the wining machine takes a cut or a slice, and the armored face conveyor is pushed over by the hydraulic rams that are fixed to the support units. The support units then are advanced sequentially to the conveyor. With the one-web-back system, a support is set back from the conveyor by a device that automatically keeps the leading edge of the support at a fix distance from the conveyor. This allows easy access though the face and employs the standard method of advancing; i. e. , pushing the conveyor first, and then advancing the support.With the IFS system, the support units is advanced to the conveyor immediately after the cutting machine has passed, and the forward canopy of the support units is long enough to the support both the recently and newly exposed roof sections. After the supports have been advanced, the conveyor is pushed over.FRAMEThe frame support is an extension of the single hydraulic props conventionally used underground. Thus it is the first type developed in modern self-advancing hydraulic powered supports. It involves setting up two hydraulic props or legs vertically in tandem that are connected at the top by a single or two segmented canopies. The two segmented canopies can be hinge-jointed at any point between the legs or in front of the front leg. The base of the two hydraulic legs may be a circular steel shoe welded at bottom of each leg or solid base connecting both legs.Generally, a frame support consists of two or three sets of hydraulic legs. The set moving first is the secondary set, the set moving later is the primary set. There is a double-acting ram installed between each set. The piston of the ram is connected to the secondary set and the cylinder to the primary set. During support advance, the primary set is set against the roof while the secondary set is lowered and pushed forward by the piston. Having reached the new position, the secondary set is against the roof while the primary set is lowered and pulled forward by the cylinder. The distance of each advance ranges from 20 to 36 in.(0.50 0.91m)The frame support is very simple, but more flexible or less stable structurally. There are considerable uncovered spaces between the two pieces of canopy which allows broken roof rock to fall through. Consequently, the frame support is not suitable for a weak roof. Frames have become seldom used because they are less stable and require frequent maintenance.CHOCKIn a chock support, the canopy is a solid piece and the base may be either a solid or piece or two separate parts connected by steel bars at the rear and/or the front ends. In both cases a large open space is left at the center for locating the double-acting hydraulic ram which is used to push and pull the chain conveyor and the chock in a whole unit, respectively, a distinctive difference from the frame support. This setup is also used in the shields and chock shields.Again, all hydraulic legs are installed vertically between the base and the canopy. The number of legs ranges from three to six, but the four-leg chocks are by far the most popular ones. The six-leg chocks are designed for thin seams with two legs in the front and four legs in the rear, separated by a walkway. For the six-leg chocks, the canopy is generally hinge-jointed above the walkway. Most chock are also equipped with a gob window hanging at the rear end of the canopy. The gob window consists of several rectangular steel plates connected horizontally at both ends.In most chock supports, there are hinge joint connections between the legs and the canopy and between the legs and the base. But in order to increase the longitudinal stability, it is reinforced mostly with a box-shaped steel frame between the base and each leg. A leg restoring device is installed around each leg at the top of the box-shaped steel frame.The chocks are suitable for medium to hard roof. When the roof overhangs well into the gob and requires induced caving, the chocks can provide access to the gob.SHIELDShields, a new entry in the early seventies, are characterized by the addition of a caving shield at the rear end between the base and the canopy. The caving shields, which in general are inclined, are hinge-jointed to the canopy and the base making the shield a kinematically stable support, a major advantage over the frames and the chocks. It also completely seals off the gob and prevents rock debris from getting into the face side of the support. Thus the shield-supported face is generally clean.The hydraulic legs in the shields are generally inclined to provide more open space for traffic. Because the canopy, caving shield, and base are interconnected, it can well resist the horizontal force without bending the legs. Thus, unlike the solid constraint in the frame/ chock supports, the pin connections between the legs and the canopy, and between the legs and the base in a shield support make it possible that the angle of inclination of the hydraulic legs varies with the mining heights. Since only the vertical component of hydraulic leg pressure is available for supporting the roof, the actual loading capacity of the shield also varies with the mining heights.There are many variations of the shield supports. In the following, six items are used to classify the shields, which enables a unified terminology to be developed for all kinds of shields. The types of motional traces of the canopy tip, leg positions and orientation, number of legs, canopy geometry, and other optional designs and devices can be clearly specified by the terminology .TYPES OF MOTIONAL TRACES FOR THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CANOPY.This is the most commonly recognized way of classifying the shield. Based on this criterion, there are three types, lemniscate, caliper , and ellipse.Lemniscate. This is the most popular type. The caving shield and the base are jointed by two lemniscate bars which have a total of four hinges. As the hydraulic legs are raised and lowered, the dimentions of the lemniscate bars are selected such that the leading edge of the canopy moves up and down nearly vertically , thus maintaining a nearly constant unsupported distance between the face-line and the leading edge of the canopy .This is a feature that is widely considered most desirable for good roof control . There are clear limits of mining height within which the leading edge of the canopy moves nearly vertically. These limits are strictly controlled by the dimentional and positional arrangements of the canopy, caving shield, lemniscate bars, and the base. Beyond these limits, the edges will move rapidly away from the face-line creating a large unsupported area.Caliper. In a caliper shield, the caving shield and the base are connected by a single hinge .When the hydraulic legs are raised, the leading edge of the canopy moves in an arc away from the face, thus increasing the unsupported area. This is considered by most users the least desirable feature of the caliper shield .But in practice if the seam thickness varies little, the dimentional and positional arrangement of canopy, caving shield, and the base can be so designed that the distance change of unsupported area will not be significant. On the other hand, when the legs are lowered, it reduces the unsupported area. Ellipse. In this type the caving shield and the base are so connected that when the hydraulic legs are moved up and down, the leading edge of the canopy follows an elliptical trace. This type is seldom used.CHOCK SHIELDThe chock shield combines the features of the chocks and the shields. As such it possesses the advantages of both.If all of the four or six legs are installed between the canopy and the base, it is called a chock shield. There are regular four or six-leg chock shields in which all legs are vertical and parallel. Others form V or X shapes. Some canopies are a single piece and some are two pieces with a hydraulic ram at the hinge joint. The chock shield has the highest supporting efficiency. They are suitable for hard roof.
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