Influence of Constructional and Kinematic Parameters of the New Solution of Roadheader Mining Head on the Effectiveness of its Work

The paper presents a new solution of a mining head for roadheader designed for hard and very hard rock mining. The mining head was equipped with mini disk tools with a complex trajectory. The results of field tests were presented, under which the effectiveness of the new mining head solution was observed. The load and vibrations of the mining head, dustiness and grain size of the excavated material as well as disk tool wear were measured. These tests were carried out for various constructional and material parameters of the used asymmetrical mini disk tools and kinematic parameters of the mining head.