Figure 4 shows the process control model of fully mechanized mining equipment.
Figure 5 shows the picture of the centralized control software for fully-mechanized mining equipment.
Figure 5a is the coal wall monitoring system, which collects coal wall conditions in real time through video;
Figure 5b is the hydraulic pump monitoring system, which realizes the visualization of hydraulic data of the hydraulic support, and
Figure 5c is the coal shearer monitoring system, which can monitor the shearer drum in real time. In the roof condition,
Figure 5d shows that the shearer detection system monitors the relevant data of the shearer, such as shearer speed, traction current, load cutting temperature, etc., to clarify the normal value interval and early warning and alarm thresholds of various monitoring data. Various failures of the shearer equipment, including electrical control, mechanical transmission, hydraulic transmission, etc., are corresponding solutions to the failure;
Figure 5e shows the statistics of the use of the shearer. The use of the shearer is recorded and the maintenance is designed. The arrangement of the plan is based on the relevant rules and requirements of the maintenance work.
Figure 5f is a 3D scene model of the stope, which supports the location mark of the shearer equipment in the 3D scene and the fine modeling of the equipment, and realizes the three-dimensional visualization of the coal mining face. Through a set of centralized control system for fully-mechanized mining equipment, the centralized automation of “three machines” (scraper conveyor, shearer, hydraulic support), transfer machine, crusher, pump station and other fully-mechanized mining equipment at fully-mechanized mining face is realized control. The centralized control technology of fully-mechanized mining equipment also involves multiple coal mine systems such as the power supply system, liquid supply system, monitoring system and communication system. Huang et al.
[19] proposed and designed a set of centralized control systems for fully-mechanized working face equipment, which can integrate control, Ethernet, video, wireless, communication, monitoring and other technologies. It realized the centralized automatic control of fully-mechanized equipment in the roadway monitoring center, and was successfully applied in the 4109 working face of the No. 1 Mine of the Pingshuo Group. Based on the analysis of the necessity of developing electro-hydraulic control technology, Song et al.
[20] reviewed the functional requirements and technical characteristics of electro-hydraulic control technology at different stages of development. Then, the current research status of electro-hydraulic control technology at home and abroad is introduced, and the development direction of electro-hydraulic control technology of hydraulic support in fully-mechanized automation working face is prospected. Taking Gaozhuang Coal Industry Co., Ltd. as the research object, Liu et al.
[21] designed the integrated control system scheme of fully-mechanized mining equipment, analyzed the automation level of fully-mechanized mining equipment in working face, and studied the control function, data acquisition function, data storage function and alarm function of fully-mechanized mining equipment, which improved the labor efficiency of enterprises, ensured safe production, and increased economic benefits.