Huwood power loader
The Huwood Power Loader was mechanical device of roughly 6 ft by 2 ft by 1 ft dimensions and powered by a 10 hp engine, used to move cut coal from the coal face on to the conveyor. The machine was equipped with winches which used haulage ropes to drag the machine along the coal face and used both horizontal and rotary motions to shift the coal onto the conveyor. Pleasley Colliery, Derbyshire introduced one of the first such loaders in 1950.[1][2][3][4]
See also[]
- Meco-Moore Cutter Loader
- Anderton Shearer
References[]
- ^ http://www.pleasley-colliery.org.uk/html/huwood_loader.htm[dead link]
- ^ "1950 - Bob Bradley".
- ^ http://www.pleasley-colliery.org.uk/html/1946.htm[dead link]
- ^ Woodruff, Seth D. (1966) Methods of Working Coal and Metal Mines: Planning and Operations, Volume 3, Elsevier
Categories:
- Mining equipment