Commission of the European Communities Directorate General - Social Affairs THE EXTRACTION OF DUST FROM LONGWALL FACE MACHINES EUR 6502 J I 1 Ι Λ ψνΡΤΗ Mining Research and Development Establishment Commission of the European Communities Directorate General - Social Affairs THE EXTRACTION OF DUST FROM LONGWALL FACE MACHINES FINAL REPORT ON ECSC RESEARCH PROJECT 6253-11/8/01+5 (THIRD PROGRAMME ON HEALTH IN MINES) Duration of Project October 19TU to October 1976 Research work carried out with financial aid from the European Coal and Steel Community MRDE Ashby Road Stanhope Bretby Burton-on-Trent Staffs DE15 OQD. The work described in this report was undertaken by the Dust Branch, Mining Research and Development Establishment, National Coal Board Head of Dust Branch R.J. Hamilton Head of Dust Engineering Group A.G. French Other staff involved M.F. Lester; D.J. Brooks; J.S. Kelly 622.807 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMISSION The extraction of dust from longwall face machines: final report on ECSC research project 6253-11/8/0U5 MRDE 1978. 19 pp. MINING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT DUST; SUPPRESSION; LONGWALL CONTENTS SYNOPSIS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. LABORATORY TRIALS ON A SIMULATED COALFACE 2.1 Description of Rig 2.2 Experimental Equipment and Methods 2.3 Screening by Conventional Cowl 2.Ug by Hinged Dozer Door 2.5 Downwind Extraction using Cowl or Dozer Door Screening 2.6 Extraction from the Coalface Side of the Shearer Drum 2.