Report of Investigations 9127: In Situ Comparison of Radial and Point-Attack Bits

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• Journal Article:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Personal Author:
  Myren, Theodore A. ; Sundae, Laxman S.
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines conducted a series of tests to compare the cutting forces required by radial and point-attack bits when making similar cuts. Three radial and four point-attack bits were tested in two coal mines using the Bureau's in-seam tester to measure coal- cutting forces in situ. Tests were also conducted to investigate the effects of weathering and cleating. The test results show that in each case, at a specific clearance angle, the radial bits required less tangential and much less normal force than the point- attack bits. The resultant of the cutting forces for some types of cut was 50 pct less at mine 1 for radial cuts compared to cuts with the best point-attack bit, and 40 pct less at mine 2. There was some difference between the three types of radial bits tested, but it was not as significant as the difference betwen each type of point-attack bit. Cutting coal perpendicular to the cleat planes required less cutting and normal force than the same type of cuts parallel to the cleat planes. Test results showed no effect due to weathering on cutting force data. Cutting parallel increased forces only because cuts were made in the rock band. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining-equipment; Mining-industry; Mine-workers; Cutting-tools; Tools; Force; Testing-equipment
• Source:
  USBM 1987 Jan; :1-15
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005968
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-229844
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:89d61294e708c4cbfd3134023f115c15ced7892dc51acb43908aa35b29fd9825c7f6f626fcb23a7b0c975c9f1f5b55863c03be99d2a541216dcd16b8ff428b16
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10537/cdc_10537_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.99 MB ]