FACE CONVEYOR - PF3

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OVERVIEW SPECIFICATIONS BENEFITS AND FEATURES

Moving Mountains - No matter how fast your shearer can cut, you can’t keep cutting until you move the coal away from the face. Cat® Armored Face Conveyors (AFCs) are designed to keep things moving and to carry the maximum possible amount of coal smoothly away from the coalface. They are designed for high availability and economy in operation. They are easy to maintain and offer long service life and a great return on investment to mine operators.

SPECIFICATIONS

Top Plate Thickness30 mm (1.18 in)

Bottom Plate Thickness20.0 mm

Dogbone Breaking Force2000.0 kN

BENEFITS AND FEATURES

engineered to perfection

There are many parts to an Armored Face Conveyor: shearer haulage system, drives, drive ...

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shearer haulage system

Cat rackbar shearer haulage systems meet the demands of today’s high-performance ...

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drive frames

Head-gate drive frames operated today are typical of the cross-frame design. Different ...

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typical technical data afc line pan

Top Plate Thickness30 mm (1.18 in)

Bottom Plate Thickness20.0 mm

Dogbone Breaking Force2000.0 kN

technical data

Bottom Plate Thickness20.0 mm

Chain StrandsDKB 26×92; DKB 30×108; DKB 34×126; DKB 38×137

Conveying Capacity - PF3/7220.18 m2

Conveying Capacity - PF3/8220.26 m2

Conveying Capacity - PF3/9220.36 m2

Deck Plate Thickness30.0 mm

Dogbone Breaking Strength2000 kN (224.80 tonf)

Dogbone Housing FoS1.5 times

Flightbar Width - PF3/722582.0 mm

Flightbar Width - PF3/822682.0 mm

Flightbar Width - PF3/922782.0 mm

Horizontal Articulation0.8°-1.2°

Line Pan Width - PF3/722722.0 mm

Line Pan Width - PF3/822822.0 mm

Line Pan Width - PF3/922922.0 mm

Profile Height244.0 mm

Shear Strength3000 kN (337.21 tonf)

Vertical Articulationup to ±6°

BENEFITS AND FEATURES

ENGINEERED TO PERFECTION

There are many parts to an Armored Face Conveyor: shearer haulage system, drives, drive ...

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SHEARER HAULAGE SYSTEM

Cat rackbar shearer haulage systems meet the demands of today’s high-performance ...

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DRIVE FRAMES

Head-gate drive frames operated today are typical of the cross-frame design. Different ...

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GR SPROCKET

In contrast to conventional sprockets, the Cat GR sprocket is specially designed to ...

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TAIL DRIVES

Tail drives are normally the tensionable type, especially with long faces and/or high ...

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GEARBOXES

Caterpillar offers gearbox solutions - simple planetary or bevel-spur gearboxes for ...

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OVERLOAD PROTECTION

Overload protection is achieved by measuring the slip of each gearbox. In the event of a ...

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CHAINS

For years, we have been matching chain and sprocket design in high-performance face ...

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POWERCHAIN

The wide, arc-shaped cross-section of the vertical links allows a low-profile line pan ...

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ENTRY CONVEYORS AND BELT ...

Entry conveyor or stage loader pans are normally of the same type as used in the face. ...

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LINE PANS FOR EVERY NEED

Rolled steel is smoother, stronger and harder-wearing than a casting and generates less ...

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MAXIMUM CONTACT

The profiles are designed to maximize the contact area between the flight bar and the ...

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ROLLED STEEL

Rolled material has a smoother surface than castings. The material shows maximum wear ...

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SAFE DOGBONE TECHNOLOGY

The forged dogbone pocket and the designed breaking force of up to 4500 kN guarantee safe ...

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WELDS WITHOUT WEAR

Cat PF line pans have a rolled profile design. Each of the identical profiles are ...

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FLEXIBILITY

The line pans are designed to allow deflection between individual line pans of ± 6° ...

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INSPECTION DOORS

A sliding inspection door typically installed in every 6th pan and every special pan ...

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MOTEUR

There are many parts to an Armored Face Conveyor: shearer haulage system, drives, drive frames and sprockets, gearboxes, line pans, chain conveyors as well as entry conveyors and belt tailpieces. Each of these components has to be engineered to perfection, but also has to work together optimally with the other parts of the system.

BENEFITS AND FEATURES

Cat AFC components achieve this. Each is designed for powerful, reliable and economical operation with low maintenance over a long service life, promoting high productivity and delivering a great return on investment.

Cat rackbar shearer haulage systems meet the demands of today’s high-performance shearers. We use design and material selection aimed at achieving maximum system availability, longest possible shearer, sprocket and trapping shoe life and on-system suitability for seam undulations.