- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A winding rope capping formed by opening out the wires of the rope for a length equal to that of the socket, cleaning them thoroughly of all grease, cutting out the hemp core, and finally drawing them into the warmed socket and running in the white metal, which is an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin.
Industry:Mining
A winding system based on the principles of the Koepe winder. The drive to the winding ropes is the frictional resistance between the ropes and the driving sheaves. Multirope friction winders are usually tower mounted, with either cages or skips, and provided with a counterweight. The sheaves are from about 6 to 12 ft (1.8 to 3.7 m) in diameter with a direct coupled or geared drive. Four ropes are favored and these operate in parallel and share the total suspended load. The system was introduced partly because of the difficulty of winding heavy loads from deep shafts with a single large-diameter winding rope. Modern winding ropes have become large and heavy, being 2-1/4 in (5.72 cm) in diameter locked coil, weighing 16.5 st (15 t) for a 1,000-yd (915-m) shaft; therefore, the introduction of the friction winder, with its counterweight, and using four smaller ropes side by side in place of one. Such ropes need be only 1-1/4 in (3.2 cm) in diameter to give equivalent breaking strain.
Industry:Mining
A window or other opening in a tuyere through which the operator can see into the melting zone of the blast furnace.
Industry:Mining
A winze sunk in the bottom of the lowest level, to explore the lode below and ascertain whether the sinking of the main shaft is advisable.
Industry:Mining
A wire or fiber cable so constructed as to reduce twisting to a minimum.
Industry:Mining
A wire rope 3/16 in or 1/4 in (4.8 mm or 6.4 mm) in diameter; used to handle the inner tube of a wire-line core barrel.
Industry:Mining
A wire rope attachment in which the rope lies in a too-small groove between a wedge and housing, so that pull on the rope tightens the wedge.
Industry:Mining
A wire rope composed of 18 strands of 7 wires each; the inner 6 strands are left lay and outer 12 strands are right lay. It is esp. fabricated for use where loads are handled in free suspension, as in lifting of loads with a single line.
Industry:Mining
