Test of manoeuvring haulage unit with battery drive conducted within operational trials in the conditions of the mine working

摘要

Suspended manoeuvring haulage units are commonly used for a realization of manoeuvring operations in mine workings. Their application minimizes a necessity of performing manual transportation operations and improves work safety of miners. The PCA-1 battery driven haulage unit, developed at the KOMAG Institute, can be an example of such a haulage unit. Due to lack of experience in using battery-driven equipment of this type in the mine workings, it was indispensable to conduct a series of test, among others, in in-situ conditions. The results of these tests and some observations, made during them, are presented in the article.