A Student of the Mining Institute has Developed a Model of a Multifunctional Headframe

Vladislav Voronov, a student of the Mining Institute, has developed a model of a multifunctional headframe on a scale of 1:100, for practicing assembly methods. Vladislav's work won the third place in the nomination "Student Project", one of the contests of the Student Scientific Session.

“There are two types of headframes used in mines: tunneling and stationary ones. Tunneling headframes are used during the construction of a vertical shaft, they are temporary, and permanent ones are used to maintain the passed shafts”, – says the author of the model. – “The essence of the work is to combine these two constructions to reduce time and money expenses, also the work offers ways of installation of the multifunctional headframe”.    

The project of the multifunctional headframe solves such problems as unification, simplification and acceleration of installation-dismantling and reduction of metal consumption of the structure. Such a model allows to reduce the total time and labor costs for the equipment of the shaft by 1.4 times. And due to the interchangeability and unification of parts the repair process is simplified many times over, as well as the possibility of adding new specialized modules for different specific tasks.

Vladislav notes that such a headframe can be used in a smaller form not only in mines, but also for other constructions, such as exploration wells, descents into deposits of hard-to-decompose waste, mines and salt mines.