Heng Huang, Dirctor at HOT Mining Technology, reports that currently, young people of HOT Mining Technology has revamped Low Coal Seam Longwall Shearer Cutting Unit of JOY Global, a subsidiary of JOY) successfully. The ranging arm and cutting drum shearer are newly designed and manufactured by HOT Mining Technology. This newly designed shearer cutting unit has better reliability. Surely, this new cutting unit will help coal mines to reduce more cost. In this tough time, young engineers' innovation cause a revolution in coal mining industry.
The cutting unit (ranging arm and cutting drum) is the major working mechanism of the shearer and its performance is a direct reflection of the performance of the shearer. Stress analysis and 3D modeling are important during design stage. HOT Low coal seam shearers are designed by co-simulation platform based on PRO/E, MATLAB, ANSYS, ADAMS and NSOFT. The shearer cutting unit mechanical system is built by 3D modeling software Pro/E, and then it was imported into ADAMS through a dedicated interface module. After adding constraints and movement driven and calibrating model, the simulation analysis in the ADAMS was established and analysis of the forces of the three key pin hinge point was achieved, which provided the basis for the shearer cutting unit mechanical system design.
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