Continuous Shaft Conveying in Mining with the POCKETLIFT~R System in Comparison to Intermittent Batch Load Type Transport

摘要

One of the most recent innovations in the area of continuous steep incline and vertical conveying/elevating of bulk materials is the POCKETLIFT~R system manufactured by Metso Minerals, Product Group Flexowell [1]. Chapter 1 of this article describes the POCKETLIFT~R system Type II, which, since October 2002, has been operating successfully in coal mining in the USA with a conveying performance of 1815 f/h (2 000 S.T.P.H.) at a lift height of 276 m (905 ft). In Chapter 2, the further development potential of the POCKETROPE~R system to a lift height of 1000 m (3281 ft) is described, and Chapter 3 presents a comparison of both systems with conventional, intermittent batch load transport methods.