identify this header ?

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has anyone seen a header like this who can tell me more about them ?

it has a low speed high torque milling head on the front

thanks peeps

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Hmm making small things out of big things? Looks like the compactor they use on roads..

 

[dwt]

Havnt seen those exact ones but seen the ones that get attached on the front of bob/positracks, are insane, rip through trees and sandstone rock

 

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yup

tungsten works nice in most rock up to 150 Mpa or even 200 Mpa although the tips tend to shatter around that area.

and in timber .......

for a bit of fun , watch a shincutter doing a David copperfield trick on a tree

[video=480,360]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdnTn2to9zU[/video]

re' the header / profiler in my photo in the first post , i dont understand why they would be in a mine site unless they are grinding a tunnel floor to make a better haul road , hence i am trying to get more info about it.

they are just too slow for bulk excavation so it must be used for final trim for some other reason

 

[AtomRat]

I looked on google for nearly two hours looking for the image you posted above but got nowhere, did however find other awesome heads! Thanks for the rippa tree video! I've never seen something like that before, let alone most of the other images I stumbled across in my searching. The closest I came to were vibratory rollers, but it clearly shows teeth in the image.

Would be a shame if its only for roadworks. They could be carbide / diamond teeth like the tunneling machines maybe?
By the looks of it they could be using it in a quarry

 

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I got that photo from an ABC newsfeed on a mining report.

I have never seen one of that type before , there are plenty of small ones used as road profilers with drums around 40 cm , but that one appears to be around three times the size with massive hydraulics for positioning.

they only shave inches at a time but are very accurate so i am stuffed if i know where they would be using them in a mine unless they had narrow seams of paydirt in a horizontal strata

 

[AtomRat]

Ok mate, what do you think about this vid, it looks pretty darn similar if you ask me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFIhU3dIOAM

 

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Ok mate, what do you think about this vid, it looks pretty darn similar if you ask me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFIhU3dIOAM

BIG like for that one

clever bugga

if only they were legal to use for a hobbyist

i wouldnt have expected it to give such good cutting with rubber tyres , i would have expected it to bounce and slide back from the torque reaction but it seems to be working just fine.

so all you have to do is fill it with petrol , sit in the shade and check on it every 10 minutes

ps , i would like to go deeper though . like 6 feet deep

 

[AtomRat]

It's bloody insane hey! Don't ask me how I found it, I just stumbled across it doing gold research on youtube last night, was a bs find if you ask me haha
At least we get to see a similar tool, yep smaller scale, but I still think its the same thing

Now... to the drawing board...

 

[Miteymuz]

Hi Headsup,

Here you go...

http://www.surfacemining.com.au/

I think it's the same model. All the info is on this site.

Cheers.

 

[AtomRat]

Hi Headsup,

Here you go...

http://www.surfacemining.com.au/

I think it's the same model. All the info is on this site.

Cheers.

Even closer to the beast I found! Great work mate, I think you hit the nail on the hammer and crossed the i's and dotted the t's finding it!
It took a couple of hours off one of my afternoons! haha, good job

 

[kawman]

I remember these little beutys... Jeffery heliminer... more than 10 ton a minute in coal...

 

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thanks people

it seems that "surface mining" has advantages i didnt expect.

I was puzzled looking at that bit of gear as i thought operating costs would be massively higher than drill n blast but apparently they want to use them where blasting is impossible due to proximity sensitive factors , or where the ore body is concentrated in a narrow seam , they can use a more precise focus to reduce crushing and processing costs.

also , by using these headers for surface milling they no longer require a primary crusher as the product comes out as minus 100 mm , additionally meaning they can use regular sized trucks to get haulage costs down.

thanks for the input people