MAN RIDING SYSTEM

Man riding systems are the rapid, safe and comfortable solution when it comes to transporting persons fast, over long distances, including horizontal and vertical curves in underground mines. These systems have become increasingly important in modern mining where production losses result from ever-longer travel distances underground.

History:
In India 1st such system (Chair lift system) was introduced in CHINIACURI mine of SECL, Coal India. The latest system of men transportation is by free steered vehicles which are widely used in Australian Mines and this technology is yet to be adopted in India. SCCL started introducing these modern and efficient men transporting systems in various mines since 1990.As on date27 man riding systems are commissioned in SCCL, 8 man riding systems are under erection and 3 man riding systems are under procurement. **15 chair car & 23 chair lift systems are in use in 27 Mines and 9 new systems are under various stages of implementation
**To date a total of 17 such systems and two extensions to existing systems have been commissioned at underground mines in India which constitutes over 55% of all the MCLSs commissioned in India. **Of these, 14 systems and two extensions have been commissioned at Singareni Collieries Company Limited ("SCCL") and the balance three systems at Coal India Limited ("CIL"). Additionally, orders for a further two systems are under execution in South Eastern Coalfields Limited ("SECL") and tenders for a further two systems are under negotiation at Western Coalfields Limited ("WCL").

Some of the man riding Systems installed by manufacturer:

Sno. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Name of the Mine Type of MRS Working Chair lift system Year of Installation 1991 2000 2000 2000 2001 2000 1992 Apr.2002 1992 MRS Supplied by Bharat Westfalia Karamchand Thaper Bharat Westfalia Collaboration with SCHORF, West Germany Greaves Limited APHMEL APHMEL APHMEL Greaves Limited APHMEL & Joy Greaves Limited

VK.7 incline, Kothagudem 5 incline, Chair lift system Kothagudem GDK.8 incline, RG.II Man Riding Car GDK.9 incline, RG.II Man Riding Car GDK.10 incline, Man Riding Car RG.II GDK.10A incline, Man Riding Car RG.II GDK.11A incline, Man Riding Car RG.I GDK.1 incline, RG.I Man Riding Car JK.5, Yellandu Man Riding

Types of Man riding system

y Man riding chair car system 1. Rope anchor car

2. Chair cam man rider

3. Man riding chair lift system. y Electro hydraulic chair lift system

y Man riding Cars

y Shunting trolley: The pneumatically operated rack-and-pinion raise climber is the

mobile fulcrum of underground transport logistics.
 Electrical friction drive shunting trolley  Electro hydraulic friction drive shunting trolley  Electro hydraulic rack-and-pinion raise climber

Monorail systems

y Floor-mounted rail systems

y Conveyors

y Chairlift system

Companies involved in manufacturing & Installation: INDIA: y Bharat Westfalia Karamchand Thaper, y S&T Mining, A sail-TATA steel JV y Bharat Westfalia Collaboration with SCHARF, West Germany y Greaves Limited

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Andhra Pradesh Heavy Machinery & Engineering Limited (APHMEL), a SCCL company. APHMEL & Joy

GLOBAL: y Becker Mining system, Germany

SCHARF, West Germany SMT SCHARF Network. SMT SCHARF GROUP

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Qualter Hall, UK Normet, Finland DUX, Canada Octa Engineering, South Africa Maclean engineering, Canada Mining Equipment, USA Industrial Fabrication, Canada Famur, Poland

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Market Overview in India: 110BT proven & and about 60 BT extractable coal reserves. Production of coal in India is shared by CIL (81%), SCCL (9.5%), others & captive mines (9.5%). As on 2010 data 214 Coal blocks having geological reserves of 50889.3 MT were allotted to Private and Public sector utilities to augment coal production. Huge reserves of coal are locked up in underground as standing pillars, in thick seams and in depths beyond 300m.

State wise coal reserves estimated: (MT) State 0-300 300-600 AP 7922 6514 CHATTISGARH 32164 8614 U.P. & 36998 14601 Jharkhand Jharia 14213 Maharashtra 6789 2698 M.P. 12902 6727 Orissa 44636 16139 W.B. 12361 10975 G Total 155785 80636 % share 61.24 31.46

600-900 3024 669 3285 5217 183 148 1224 4999 18749 7.35

TOTAL 17461 41450 54884 19430 9670 19777 61999 28335 255170 100

Looking at quality of coal below depth of 300 meter and difficult mining conditions at some of open cast mines, many more companies are moving to underground mining for coal. Company wise Products & their specification: y SMT SCHARF: a) A roof suspended monorail with electromechanical or diesel hydraulic drive. b) A floor bound diesel hydraulic or rope driven duorail c) Chairlifts with electro hydraulic or electro-mechanical drive. y Industrial Fabrication: a) The MineCat MC 100 b) UT99, a smaller utility vehicle y PAUS: a) The Four wheels drive Minca mining car, Minca 5 & Minca 18. y NORMET: a) Diesel driven Multimec & ultimec series b) A specialized, compact carrier with hydrostatic transmission. y MACLEAN Engineering: a) PC-3 personal carrier configured to transport 12, 16 person.

y OCTA Engineering: a) Rail mounted, locomotive-driven carrier for 4-65 people. y Brookville Engineering: a) Rail mounted & rubber-tyre personnel carrier for 4 18 persons. y PIOMA Machinery: a) Diesel driven monorail models, the CS120 & CSP; b) A track locomotive that can use suspended track c) Two floors bound diesels locomotive, the VACAT & DRL-650. Except SMT SCHARF, no other player has presence in India.