FULL-FACE MACHINE Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC E21C27/24 E21D9/87 

FIELD: mining; apparatus for making tunnels in underground mining of minerals.

SUBSTANCE: machine includes undercarriage representing a frame whereon caterpillar trucks are attached and trunnion axes of a working head gearbox together with a rotary working head, loading buckets, berm mills, cutting drums, gathering blades, conveyer and protection cowl mounted on supports of said frame. Hydraulic lift cylinders of the working head gearbox are attached to this frame, rods of said cylinders are attached to the working head housing and all rotating parts of said rods are set into bearings equipped with a force lubrication system. The lubrication system includes pump, pressure pipeline, manifolds and system of distribution tubes leading to gear shaft bearings of the gearbox. The undercarriage frame has two tightly closed cavities, wherein a pressure line between the pump and manifolds is positioned being made in the form of coils. Both cavities of the frame are filled with cooling fluid.

EFFECT: cooling of lubricating fluid within the lubrication system; increasing the life of gear shaft bearings of the machine gearbox; decreasing the ambient air temperature; enhancement of working conditions for the operating staff.

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