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mechanically driven cutting drum for
mining medium hard rock such as baux-
ite, iron ore, gypsum, coal, phosphate
or oil shale. There is a cutting drum for
every application where the toolholder
system is tailored to the requirements
of the application. The cutting drum
housing consists entirely of wear- re-
sistant material and together with the
hard-wearing mining tools not only in-
creases the miner’s cutting performance
but also reduces the overall operating
cost. In addition the 2200SM offers
three different operating modes: the
cut material can be directly loaded into
trucks via the miner’s conveyor system,
discharging to the side of the machine
by means of the slewing discharge
conveyor or deposited as a wind-row
between the machine’s track units and
also loading trucks from that position.
The spacious operators cab is easily
accessed from either side of the machine
and with it extending beyond the sides
of the machine, both left and right, the
miner operator has full view of the area
to be cut. Being fully air-conditioned and
heated, the operator is well protected
against heat, dust and extreme cold. The
anti-vibration mounted and soundproof
cabin also protects the operator from
vibration and noise emission levels. .
A camera system designed exclusively
for a particular operation, enables
the machine operator to conveniently
differentiate between mineral being
mined and any overburden.
Using a surface miner means dispensing
with blasting thus providing a positive
effect on overall efficiency and reduc-
tion in the cost of material processing.
A major benefit however, is disposing
of crushing equipment and the ongoing
production costs associated with it. Only
one machine is needed to complete sev-
eral stages of the process thus simplify-
ing the coordination and planning of the
mining cycle.
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