- 업종: 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 bog, usually a sphagnum bog, frequently with grassy tussocks, growing in wet, poorly drained boreal regions, often areas of permafrost. Tamarack and black spruce are commonly associated with muskeg areas.
Industry:Mining
A bogie or frame carrying a pulley around which the rope of an endless rope haulage passes to be tensioned or tightened. The bogie moves on rails and may be kept taut by balance weights or placed on an inclined roadway (with sufficient weights) to move up or down according to the tension in the endless rope. A tension device is necessary to take up any slack rope created by varying loads on the haulage system.
Industry:Mining
A boiler designed esp. for gas or oil and sold integrally with the burner.
Industry:Mining
A boiler that uses the heat of exit gases from furnaces to produce steam or to heat water.
Industry:Mining
A bolt designed for use in roof bolting. It consists of a rod 1-3/4 in (4.45 cm) in diameter with one end threaded and the other end shaped to form a solid wedge. A loose split sleeve with an outside diameter of 1-1/2 in (3.81 cm) is fitted over the wedge. Anchorage is provided when the bolt is pulled downward in a hole and the sleeve is held by a thrust tube. Split by the wedge head of the bolt, the sleeve expands until it grips the sides of the hole.
Industry:Mining
A bolt equipped with a split casing that acts as a wedge; used for attaching to brick or concrete.
Industry:Mining
A bolt or rod, from 2 to 5 ft (0.6 to 1.5 m) or more in length, set in drill holes in the strata for the support of curbs, skeleton tubbing, helical steel supports, etc., in shafts and staple shafts. In general, the weaker the ground, the longer the bolts. Compare: roof bolting.
Industry:Mining
A bolt turned in a lathe to a close tolerance and used in steel-to-steel connections.
Industry:Mining
A bolt with a T-shaped head, made to fit into a T-shaped slot in a drill swivel head; by means of it the swivel head can be turned to any angle of inclination to drill a borehole. Also, a similar bolt made to fit into a T-slot in the bed of a machine, for the purpose of holding a piece of metal to be machined or to fasten a machine to its base.
Industry:Mining
