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DBT automated plow sets longwall production record in China

A FULLY automated DBT Gleithobel plow system recently installed in the Tiefa Xiaonan mine in Liaoning province has broken the Chinese production record for a sub-1.8m seam height longwall.

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The record was set on August 22, with two nine-hour shifts producing 8055 tonnes ROM and a face advance rate of 11.3m. This is a new Chinese production record for any long wall below 1.8m seam thickness,...

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