MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM

摘要

A materials handling system primarily for use in tunnelling operations for transporting extracted material from a tunnel. The materials handling system comprises an overhead track means (19) from which are suspended an elongated conveying means (21) and a train of mine cars (27) or other transport units. The conveying means (21) conveys materials from a loading zone to a discharge zone. The suspension arrangement (29, 49) for the conveying means (21) and the train of mine cars (27) is such that one mine can be positioned at a materials receiving station (24) beneath the conveying means (21) for receiving materials discharging therefrom at the discharge zone (23) while the remaining mine cars wait at a queing station (25) beneath the conveying means for movement in turn to the materials receiving station (24).