The external load on a mining machine, determined by the forces of resistance, is one of the principal conditions for establishing the main parameters of the machine, i.e., the strengths of its elements and the operating routine (depth of cut, speed of cut, width of web, etc.).As shown in [1], during operation the initial external loads acting on the cutting tool are transformed in the various elements of the transmission according to definite laws. The loads on these elements can thus be either greater or less than the initial external loads.The type and magnitude O f the load on any element of the drive (in the electric motor, on the transmission elements, etc.) can be determined if we know the external forces and dynamic (operative) characteristics of the drive. In this case the load on any element in the drive can be found from the symbolic expressionwhere A t is the "system operator," which indicates which operation must be performed on the external load function x(t) i so as to obtain the load acting in the i-th element of the drive.It is assumed here that we know the external resistance forces and that these are given as functions of time.The magnitudes and types of the loads in the drive elements can thus be affected by changes in the dynamic parameters of the machine and also in the operating conditions corresponding to various external loads.In this connection the following problems may arise in the construction of modern high-productivity mining machines with high reliability indexes: a)for the most representative characteristics of the external load, to choose optimal parameters for the drive so as to obtain a permissible level of dynamic loading on the elements or on the weakest link of the drive, together with the required level of reliability; b)given the permitted level of dynamic loading of the drive, to choose the operating conditions so that they shall correspond to the best technical indices (productivity, coal grade, power capacity, etc.) for the given properties of the rock in the given conditions; c) in the construction of automatic machines, to arrange that the power expended by the motor is constant, and to introduce control corrections for the dynamic loading of the drive which shall enable the equipment to operate with high reliability in fulfilling its main technological requirements.Owing to the effect of various random factors which are decisive in the process of forming the resistance of the rock to the cutting tool of a cutter-loader, digger, etc., a complete analytical solution of these problems is possible using the theory of random functions, with the use of electronic computers.In connection with experiments on new mining techniques, various oscillograms are used by researchers to characterize the formation of the external loads on the cutting tools.
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