Mining Machinery - II
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Mining Machinery - II Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Mining Machinery - II (subject code 2152201) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 29 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2152201)Unit 1 Winding
- Shaft fittings and head gear design
Unit 2 Winding System
- Different types
- Mechanical and electrical braking
- Ward Leonard control
- Automatic winding
- Winding drums: Types
- their construction and duty cycles
- Detaching hooks
- Skips and suspension gear
- Rigid and rope guides
- Methods of counter balancing loads
- Multi ropewinding
- Winding from different horizons
- Design calculation for different types of winding system
- Safety devices
- Signaling Safety regulations different signaling system in mines
Unit 3 Mineral Handing
- Layouts of pit-top and pit-bottom
- Details of banking
- Mineral handling and screening equipments
- Layouts of railways siding of mines
Unit 4 Mechanics of Coal Cutting
- Workability of Coal
- Efficiency of coal cutting equipments
- Design of equipments
- Selection and application of machinery
Unit 5 Face Loaders for Coal Mines
- Construction features
- Principal types
- Choice of loaders
- Operation and maintenance
- Layout of faces for working with power loaders under