Mining Machinery detailed Syllabus for Mining Engineering (Mining), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all other VTU Mining 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU Mining 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for mining machinery is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Ropes: Wire ropes of different types and their construction and selection, rope capping, recapping and rope splicing. estimation of size of rope and safety factor for ropes used in winding. Numerical problems. Rope Haulages: Types of rope haulages, selection, computations, and safety devices. Mine tubs, mine cars, links, clips and rope capel; Application of rope haulages. Numerical problems.
Module-2
Conveyors: Construction and operation of belt, chain and cable belt conveyors; Conveyor computations; High angle conveyors. Locomotives: Different types; diesel, electric trolley wire, construction and operation, application and maintenance; Locomotive haulage computations; safety devices; Track laying and maintenance.
Module-3
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Module-4
Coal cutting machines: shearers, coal ploughs, lump breakers, road headers, TBMs, raise and shaft borers, continuous miners, stage loaders; their main features and applicability Loading machines: rocker shovel, SDL, LHD, gathering arm loader, shuttle car, LPDTs, scraper; their main features, applicability, selection and production capacities
Module-5
Opencast Machinery: Shovels, draglines, dumpers, wheel loaders; their main features, applicability, selection and production capacities; Continuous surface mining equipment: bucket wheel excavators, surface miners, spreaders, dredging equipment; their main features, applicability, selection and production capacities
Course Outcomes:
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Question Paper Pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full Questions, selecting one full Question from each module.
Text Books:
- Elements of mining technology Vol III D.J.Deshmukh, Vidyasewaprakashan, 7th Ed. 2000
- Mine pumps haulage & winding, S. Ghatak, Coalfield Publishers, 1st Ed. 1995.
Reference Books:
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For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE 4th Sem Mining Engineering, visit (Mining) 4th Sem Syllabus Subjects.
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