Rock Flow – Continuous Hard Rock Haulage System
The innovative Cat® Rock Flow system is a new technology that radically changes the way in which ore is moved in block caving mines from draw point to crusher. Rock Flow is achieved through continuous caving, removal from the drawpoint and conveying. The Cat® Rock Flow system comprises of several components, all centrally controlled from a remote location: the Rock Feeder RF300 to remove ore from the drawpoint, the Rock Mover RM900 (a newly developed chain conveyor) to feed ore into a crusher and an automation unit to control and smooth the production process.
- Technical Specs
- Capacity
- 300 tonnes/h (331 tons/h)
- Dimensions (L × W × H)
- 4300 × 2000 × 1050 mm (14.1 × 6.6 × 3.4 ft)
- Dozer Plate Cylinder - Cycle Time
- 120.0 Seconds
- Dozer Plate Cylinder - Pressure - Total
- 903956.0 lb
- Dozer Plate Cylinder - Quantity
- 4
- Dozer Plate Cylinder - Stroke
- 4.4 ft
- Performance
- 300 tonnes/h (331 tons/h)
- Pushing Cylinders - Pressure - Total
- 1157092.0 lb
- Pushing Cylinders - Quantity
- 2
- Pushing Cylinders - Stroke
- 2.0 ft
- Weight - Pushing Device
- 6.4 tons
- Weight - Total RF300
- 24.3 tons
- Performance
- 900 tonnes/h (992 tons/h)
- Drive Power
- 2 × 75 kW (2 × 102 hp)
- Chain Length
- 512.0 ft
- Chain Size
- 42 × 146 mm (1.65 × 5.75 in)
- Chain Speed
- 0.15 m/sec (29.5 fpm)
- Conveyor Length
- 252.0 ft
- Hydraulic Return Unit
- Option 1: Manually adjustable unpowered
- Hydraulic Return Unit
- Option 2: Fully activated
- Pan Length
- 9.8 ft
- Pan Width
- 5.9 ft