COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OPEN - PIT MINING EQUIPMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIN 5033 OPEN - PIT MINING EQUIPMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AHMET HAKAN ONUR

Offered to

Mining Operation
Mining Operation
Mining Operation

Course Objective

It is generally considered that open-pit mining is more advantageous than underground mining recovery, grade control, economy and safety, working environment. So it is developing rapidly parallel to technological developments. Today huge open-pit equipments allow deeper ore body to excavate with lower costs. In this lesson, latest developments on the equipments will be considered and capacity calculations for each machine will be given.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the relation between machinery and rock
2   To develop equipment selection criteria and practice the application on a real mine projects
3   To maintain the students ability on understanding the capacity calculations and working methods of open pit equipment
4   To gain ability to select equipment quantity in mine projects
5   To have ability to present written report on mine projects

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to general terminology of open pits, a revision of the basic principles of excavation techniques
2 The criteria influencing on the selection of equipment diggability methods, rock strength affecting equipment selection, geologic and geomechanic factors of rock influencing on diggability
3 Selection of stripping methods, excavation and loading equipments
4 Cable shovels, hydraulic shovels, front end shovels, stripping shovels
5 Selection of shovel capacity and type, capacity calculation methods for different type of shovels, stick force calculations
6 Mid-term exam
7 Bucket wheel excavators (BWE), capacities, working methods, diggability criteria for BWE, open pit organization for BWE s, capacity calculations for BWE s
8 Dragline application methods, cycles, capacities, dragline pit organization, capacity calculations for drigline
9 Stripping shovels, chain excavators and scraper application methods
10 Term paper data preperation, discussion
11 Technical trip to a mine and home work assignment
12 Surface haulage and storage equipments, general descriptions, truck haulage, types, tires and engines, truck cycle calculations, capacity calculations and definition of number of trucks
13 Belt conveyors, characteristics of conveyor systems, types of belt conveyors, capacity calculation on belt conveyors
14 In class presentation of term project

Recomended or Required Reading

-Köse, H., Yalçın, E., Şimşir, F., Konak, G., Onargan, T., Kızıl, S., 1996, Açık Işletme Tekniği . Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayını, Yayın No: 256, 467 Sayfa, Izmir.
- Goodman, R., E., 1989; Rock Mechanics , p562, New York.
-Browner, C., O., Milligan, V., 1971; Stability In Open Pit Mining , SME Proceedings of the First International Conference on Stability in Open Pit Mining, New York.
-Cummins, B., A. and Given, I., A., 1973; Mining Engineering Handbook , Volume 2, SME, Port City Press, Chapter 17-18-19, Baltimore.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lesson will be thought by visual teaching technique and classroom discussions. Homework will be giving to provide better understanding, site visits will be organised

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 RPT REPORT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.10 +RPT * 0.20 +PRS * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.10 +RPT * 0.20 + PRS * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

CLO 1, CLO 2, CLO 3 Mid-term exam
CLO3 ,CLO4, CLO5, Homework Assignments
CLO 1, CLO 2, CLO 3, CLO 4, CLO5 Final Exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahmet.onur@deu.edu.tr / office phone: (232) 3017501

Office Hours

Tuesday at 15:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Field study 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.132
LO.225
LO.3214
LO.4533
LO.5542

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