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| MDM4012 | Mining Equipments and Transportation | 2+1+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Bayram ERÇIKDI | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on materials handling systems to include both surface and underground mining, to highligth haulage systems commonly used in mines, to teach them how to select for haulage equipment among current technology. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | identify materials handling systems used for mining application. | 3 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | calculate truck cycle times and the productivity in a loading and hauling system. | 1,5 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | know about belt conveyor technologies and calculate belt conveyor capacities. | 1,5 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | define rail haulage systems for underground mining. | 1,5 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | distinguish the differences between continuous and discontinuous haulage systems. | 3 | 1, | | LO - 6 : | take responsibility to design materials handling systems both for surface and underground mining. | 1,3,5 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Materials handling systems, truck haulage and its technology, trolley assisted haulage, truck dispatching systems, belt conveyors and their technologies, chain conveyors, rail haulage, loading and haulage production calculations, cycles and systems. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Material handlings systems and their technolgies | | | Week 2 | Open pit truck haulage technology | | | Week 3 | Truck haulage design and their capacities and calculations | | | Week 4 | Maintenance of trucks and environmental effects | | | Week 5 | Design features and energy consumption | | | Week 6 | Belt conveyor technology | | | Week 7 | Belt conveyor types and their features | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Belt conveyor design and capacity calculations | | | Week 10 | Chain conveyor technology and capacity calculations | | | Week 11 | Underground carriage technology and capacity calculations | | | Week 12 | Other types of haulage technolgy used for surface and underground mining | | | Week 13 | Skip system design and capacity calculations | | | Week 14 | Design, flexibility, utilisation and reliability of available alternative haulage systems | | | Week 15 | Water drainage systems and underground water disposal | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kesimal, A. 2001, Madenlerde Nakliyat Ders Notları. | | | |
| 1 | Hartman H.L., Britton, S.G., et al., 1992, SME Mining Engineering Handbook, 2nd ed.. Littleton, Colo.: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 2394 p. | | | 2 | Kennedy, B. 1990, Surface Mining. 2nd edition, Society for Mining; metallurgy, and Reclamation, Inc, Colorado, 1180 p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 1,5 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3.5 | 14 | 49 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Ödev | 4 | 3 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 110 |
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