The Slope B conveyor, 3,750-ft long with a 300-ft vertical lift is powered by a 6,000-hp four pulley remote drive with a 150 hp constant tension vector winch electric take-up. The take-up is located near the tail end in the coal seam. The Slope B conveyor discharges onto the Slope A conveyor midway down the mine slope at a 171˚ transfer angle.
Both slope conveyors include 72-inch diameter by 93-inch face width drive and discharge pulleys weighing up to 77,000 lb each. The take-up and tail pulleys are 60-inches in diameter with a 93-inch face width.
All of the surface conveyors at Sugar Camp Energy were also included in Joy’s scope of supply. The surface conveyors include an 84-inch wide raw coal stacker, a 60-inch plant feed conveyor, a 72-inch clean coal collecting conveyor and clean coal stacker conveyor, a 60-inch refuse collecting conveyor with 42-inch sub-refuse conveyors, and a 72-inch wide train load out conveyor. All of the surface conveyors have been operating since May 2010.
Conveyor systems for all underground operations are also part of this project and will be installed as mine plans are implemented. Mainline conveyors will be 72 inch (183 cm) systems and longwall panel conveyors will be 60 inch (152 cm) systems.
Components for all conveying systems were manufactured at Joy’s plants in Winfield, Ala., and Salyersville, Ky.
Joy Mining Machinery, a subsidiary of Joy Global Inc., is a global leader in the development, manufacture, distribution and service of underground mining equipment for the extraction of coal and other bedded materials.
