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KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology

MISSION

Innovative solutions for economy.

VISION
Research and development centre of organizational and proprietary structure adapted to the market activity in the European Research Area and of the organizational culture creating a friendly climate for generating new ideas and realizing innovative activities, i.e. transforming new ideas into new products.
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Design

Designing of machines and equipment

Tests

Laboratory of Applied Tests

Certification

Assessment of products' conformity

Projects

Projects realized by the KOMAG Institute from European Funds

The Division of Powered Roof Supports realizes scientific, R&D and implementation projects as regards machines and equipment supporting the roof, especially powered roof support.

We offer:

  • Development of concepts as regards:

-    new solutions of powered roof supports,
-    modernization of existing powered roof supports,
-    solutions of powered roof supports of special application, e.g. face end supports,
-    solutions of individual support of special application, e.g. rescue support,
-    structure and hydraulic systems of powered roof supports as well as individual and special supports,
-    hydraulic supply and control systems of powered roof supports,
-    full installations of pipelines.

  • Participation in work of the commissions appointed by the Managers of Mining Plant Operations to asses technical condition of powered roof supports on the basis of the regulations, which are in force – as the Notified Body representatives.
  • Development of opinions concerning use of different types of powered roof supports in longwall faces on the basis of the KOMAG expert authorization issued by the President of the State Mining Authority.
  • Supervision over laboratory tests  of powered roof supports, supervision over manufacture and implementation of design solutions of machines and equipment, technical consultancy on designing, manufacture and operation of powered roof  supports, analyses and calculations with use of computer technologies.


Contact:
Marek Szyguła, Ph.D. Eng.
Manager of the Division of Powered Roof Supports
phone: +48 32 2374124
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KOMAG develops concepts, design projects and technical documentations of longwall shearers and their assemblies.They incorporate innovative solutions of such assemblies as:
  • shearer ranging arms,
  • shearer haulage units,
  • flame-proof casings for electric equipment,
  • high-pressure hydraulic installations,
  • water-spraying systems for longwall shearers,
  • cutting drums of longwall shearers.

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 R200N ranging arm R300 ranging arm
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 R500 ranging arm ZN-200 drive system
 
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 CE-120 electric haulage unit R350 ranging arm R1000 ranging arm
 
KOMAG develops concepts, design projects and technical documentation of the following equipment:
  • special gears for driving conveyors and rail-mounted vehicles,
  • flame-proof casings for electric equipment of rail-mounted vehicles,
  • small-size drilling rigs,
  • equipment for shaft sinking.
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 WMD-150 drilling jumbo TK-SA1 electric apparati box
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 Driving system of rail-mounted vehicle KPL-15 planetary gear
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 Gear for repair-and-railway assembly  Shaft sinking equipment

R&D projects as regards machines and equipment for wheel, conveyor and rail transportation as well as designs for technology and machinery industry for materials displacement and transportation systems are realized at the Division of Horizontal Transportation.
We also realize projects for modernization of operating machines and equipment as well as designs of additional equipment for the existing machines.

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We design the following machines and equipment:

  • Belt conveyors and flight-bar conveyors.
  • Self-propelled platforms, locomotives as well as electric and diesel drivetrains.
  • Bunkers and equipment for storage of loose materials.
  • Gravitational chutes and feed stream mechanical dividers.
  • Pumps for hydro-transportation and for water.
  • Cutter heads of mining machines (e.g. shearers, dredger cutters).
  • Lifting machines and mining-and-transportation machines.
  • Advanced drive systems.

Designs and documentations as well as modelling of production systems are realized with use of state-of-the-art information technologies and state-of-the-art CAD-3D designing methods.

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Model of CLS-120 drivetrain

 

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Model of pump for hydro-transportation
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Model of cutter head

We develop and provide the following:

  • Calculations of continuous transportation equipment.
  • Opinions and expert opinions as regards transportation machines and equipment.
  • Documentations for the purpose of certification and products approval as well as supervision over certification process.
  • Services as regards technical consultancy on horizontal transportation and drive systems.

Our solutions:

  • PIOMA-VACAT rack-and-pinion floor-mounted railway
  • SKZ-81 diesel rack-and-pinion railway
  • PIOMA LDS-80 rail locomotive
  • ZCH-350/500 roadway container
Contact:

Zbigniew Szkudlarek, Ph.D. Eng.

Manager of the Division of Horizontal Transportation

phone: +48 32 2374507

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Roadway Systems

KOMAG develops concepts, designs and technical documentation of the following roadway machines and equipment

  • roadheaders,
  • side-discharge loaders,
  • drilling jumbos,
  • platforms for assembly of roadway supports,
  • protecting structures for operators stands,
  • diesel drives for underground applications,
  • diesel and electric locomotives for underground mine railway,
  • diesel narrow-gauge locomotives,
  • suspended monorails,
  • transportation-and-manoeuvring battery drivetrains,
  • mine cars and others,
  • railway junctions,
  • underground and surface drill rigs,
  • rotary-percussive drills,
  • small mechanization equipment: hoists and winches with different drives,
  • hydraulic systems for roadway machines of different types,
  • hydraulic power packs,
  • water filters,
  • spraying systems for roadheaders and longwall shearers,
  • air-and-water curtains for transferring points and roadways,
  • spraying nozzles,
  • diesel drive systems.

Solutions for other branches of industry:

  • engineering-and-geological drill rigs,
  • water curtains for open-pit mining industry and processing plants,
  • protecting structures for operators of construction machines,
  • hydraulic drive systems.

Hydraulics

We offer development of concepts, designs and technical documentation of the following machines and equipment:

  • underground and surface drilling jumbos,
  • rotary and percussive drills,
  • small mechanization devices: drills, screwdrivers, saws with hydraulic  and pneumatic drive,
  • hydraulic power packs with electric and hydraulic drive,
  • filters for water and oil-water emulsions ,
  • devices controlling flow of water,
  • auxiliary equipment for cooling systems,
  • emulsion plunger pump,

and the hydraulic systems for different types of machines including the following ones:

  • roadheaders,
  • longwall shearers,
  • side discharge loaders,
  • drilling jumbos,
  • locomotives and haulers  used on the surface and mine undergrounds,
  • suspended monorails.

We realize the research projects associated with hydraulic supply systems.

Longwall Shearers

Zakład ds. kombajnów ścianowych

KOMAG develops concepts, design projects and technical documentations of longwall shearers and their assemblies:

  • shearer ranging arms,
  • shearer haulage units,
  • flame-proof casings for electric equipment,
  • high-pressure hydraulic installations,
  • water-spraying systems for longwall shearers,
  • cutting drums of longwall shearers.
KOMAG develops concepts, design projects and technical documentation of the following equipment:
  • special gears for driving conveyors and rail-mounted vehicles,
  • flame-proof casings for electric equipment of rail-mounted vehicles,
  • small-size drilling rigs,
  • equipment for shaft sinking.

Horizontal Transport

R&D projects as regards machines and equipment for wheel, conveyor and rail transportation as well as designs for technology and machinery industry for materials displacement and transportation systems are realized at the Division of Horizontal Transportation.
We also realize projects for modernization of operating machines and equipment as well as designs of additional equipment for the existing machines.

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We design the following machines and equipment:

  • Belt conveyors and flight-bar conveyors.
  • Self-propelled platforms, locomotives as well as electric and diesel drivetrains.
  • Bunkers and equipment for storage of loose materials.
  • Gravitational chutes and feed stream mechanical dividers.
  • Pumps for hydro-transportation and for water.
  • Cutter heads of mining machines (e.g. shearers, dredger cutters).
  • Lifting machines and mining-and-transportation machines.
  • Advanced drive systems.
Designs and documentations as well as modelling of production systems are realized with use of state-of-the-art information technologies and state-of-the-art CAD-3D designing methods.

 

We develop and provide the following:

  • Calculations of continuous transportation equipment.
  • Services as regards technical consultancy on horizontal transportation and drive systems.


Contact:

Marek Kalita, Ph.D. Eng.
Manager of the Division of Machines and Equipments
phone: +48 32 2374662
e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Within the scope of vertical transport KOMAG offers as follows:
  • concepts, design projects and technical documentations of hoisting machines,
  • concepts, design projects and technical documentations of equipment used in mine hoists,
  • concepts, design projects and technical documentations of hoisting machinery assemblies, in particular of brake control units,
  • approval documentations of hoisting machines and their sub-assemblies as well as of equipment used in mine hoists,
  • auxiliary documents for the basic documentatio of mine shaft hoists and lists of changes,
  • strength analyses of mine shaft hoists and hoisting machines, using FEM methods,
  • laboratory tests of brake control systems,
  • supervision over start-up of hoisting machines and their sub-assemblies.
Designing of hoisting machines and their sub-assemblies as well as of shaft equipment is performed with CAD/CAE methods. The designing process in the scope of strength analyses is aided with advanced software based on FEM.
 
KOMAG has an expert authorization No. 162/2009 for mining plant operation, issued by the State Mining Authority, enabling to perform tests and develop opinions on hoisting machines.
 
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ZSHP electro-pneumatic controlsystem of hoisting machine brakesEL-2 electro-hydraulic control system of hoisting machine brakes2L-4000/DC-6m/s hoisting machine manufactured by MWM-Elektro,shaft L-III O/ZG LubinFEM method analysis
 

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