Article
Performance Factors of the Bucket Wheel Excavator Systems
Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Society
Abstract
Procedures are presented for determining the hourly production rate, mechanical and physical availability, utilization, use of availability, and global performance factors for the bucket wheel excavator (BWE) itself as well as for the system composed for the BWE, conveyors, and stacker. An example demonstrates the calculations. Using available data from mines that use BWE technology, the ranges of values of the performance factors are presented in tabular form. They can be used as a guide during mine planning as well as to evaluate existing systems.
Department(s)
Mining Engineering
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1986 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-1986
Publication Date
01 Jan 1986
Disciplines
Citation Information
J. Wolski and Tad S. Golosinski. "Performance Factors of the Bucket Wheel Excavator Systems" Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Society (1986) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tad-golosinski/48/