EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions hard rock roadheader

EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader
EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions  hard rock roadheader

EBZ 280A Harsh working conditions hard rock roadheader

The King of Hard Rock (100 MPa), the Mainstay of Medium and Large Mines

The Weishi EBZ280A heavy-duty cantilever roadheader, a flagship model for hard rock mining launched in 2022, is designed to meet the four core needs of domestic small and medium-sized coal mines: mining conditions of medium-hard rock up to 100 MPa, mine budget control, multi-face rotation construction, and high wear and tear on vulnerable parts. We have created the EBZ280A, an economical and standardized roadheader, filling the market gap where smaller models have weak rock-breaking capabilities and larger models have excessively high procurement costs. The machine adopts a 440kW balanced power solution, a lightweight 98-ton body, and 0.155MPa ultra-low pressure tracks, balancing convenient underground transport and the ability to traverse muddy floors. It covers multiple cutting heights from 3.2 to 5.2 meters and can be adapted to various working faces, including roadways and development roadways, reducing the cost of idle equipment in mines. It is a high-performance, cost-effective main roadheader solution for medium-hardness rock formations.

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Core Technical Parameters

Parameter Category

Specific Value

Remarks

Whole Machine Parameters

Installed Total Power

440kW (Cutting 280kW + Oil Pump 160kW)

Dual-motor drive with strong power

Machine Weight

98t

Low center of gravity & wide body, high stability

Overall Length

12.48m

Suitable for large-section underground roadways

Ground Specific Pressure

0.155MPa

Track ground contact length: 4050mm

Climbing Capacity

±18°

Adapt to complex underground terrain

Power Supply Voltage

AC 1140V/660V

 

Cutting Performance

Cutting Head Rotation Speed

37r/min

Low speed & high torque dedicated for hard rock

Compressive Strength of Cut Rock

≤100MPa

Core index for hard rock working conditions

Positioning Cutting Height

5.2m

One-time forming for large cross-section

Positioning Cutting Width

6.5m

Maximum cutting area: 33.8㎡

Cutting Head Sumping Depth

260mm

No dead angle for bottom cutting

Loading & Conveying

Shovel Loading Capacity

300 m³/h

Star wheel + scraper continuous slag discharge

Conveying Capacity

348 m³/h

High-efficiency discharge of the first conveyor

Shovel Sumping Depth

386mm

Thorough bottom slag cleaning

Gangue Passing Capacity

Allows passage of 400mm square gangue

Reduce material blockage & improve efficiency

 

Key Product Highlights:

 

A 280kW cutting motor paired with a 160kW oil pump motor provides powerful rock-breaking capabilities. Ultra-low pressure tracks (0.155MPa) reduce vibration and impact. The entire machine body is constructed of Q460 high-strength steel, increasing fatigue strength by 30% and reducing the likelihood of deformation and cracking under prolonged high-vibration conditions.

 

* Focusing on medium- to long-term continuous tunneling in mines with pressures up to 100MPa, the design features specialized structural optimizations to address four common industry problems: cutting bolt breakage, spline wear, cantilever oil leakage, and machine body fatigue cracking. It balances the high investment required for high-power models with the insufficient rigidity of lighter equipment, emphasizing long service life and low failure rate, minimizing downtime during mine overhauls.

 

* A composite locking cutting head, paired with 48 layered wear-resistant tooth seats, internal lubrication splines, and double-layer floating seals, provides triple protection, significantly extending the service life of the cutting assembly.


* A 300m³/h star wheel shovel paired with a 348m³/h scraper conveyor eliminates the need for manual crushing of large rocks; the entire chute is reinforced with wear-resistant alloy welding, ensuring long-term durability in high-gangue production faces and reducing conveyor maintenance frequency.

 

* Multiple safety interlocks including personnel electronic fences, gas monitoring, and full-area emergency stop; 23 fault algorithms monitor motor, oil temperature, and pressure anomalies in real time, with thousands of fault records stored for rapid troubleshooting, preventing minor issues from escalating into lengthy overhauls.

 

* Remote digital management saves manpower for underground inspections; personnel can check unit operating status anytime via mobile phone, eliminating the need for frequent underground trips; modular, step-by-step intelligent upgrades allow for future technical modifications with only module additions.

Core Functionality

Cutting Section: Core of Hard Rock Breaking

Machine Body and Structure: High-Strength and Durable Design

Hydraulic System: Highly Efficient and Stable Operation

Electrical and Safety Protection: High-Reliability Design for Downhole Operations

Intelligence and Expandability: Future-Oriented

Cutting Section: Core of Hard Rock Breaking

1. Patented Cutting Head Design

The cutting head is equipped with 48 high-strength patented tooth seats, resulting in a more scientific tooth distribution, improving rock breaking efficiency by 35% and wear resistance by 50% compared to traditional models.

The cutting head features anti-detachment tooth seats, reducing tooth wear and downhole replacement frequency.

The cutting head connection method is optimized, using one M36 high-strength bolt with three side locating pins for assistance, effectively mitigating the risk of bolt breakage.

 

2. Reinforced Cantilever Section

The internal structure is reinforced to withstand greater axial and eccentric loads generated by hard rock impact, solving the persistent problems of bearing wear, oil leakage, and high temperatures in traditional models under hard rock conditions.

The floating seal uses a double-layer leak-proof and dust-proof seal, significantly improving seal life and reducing oil leakage failures.

Machine Body and Structure: High-Strength and Durable Design

Material Upgrade: The entire frame is made of Q460 high-strength alloy steel (replacing traditional Q345), increasing structural strength by 35% and significantly enhancing fatigue resistance.

Low Center of Gravity and Wide Span: The wide body and low center of gravity provide strong stability when cutting hard rock, reducing the risk of cutter skipping and ensuring cutting accuracy and operational safety.

Wear-Resistant Chute Treatment: Key chute parts are reinforced with wear-resistant alloy welding or wear-resistant plates, doubling the service life compared to ordinary models.

Mechanical Collision Protection: Mechanical collision protection devices are added to the shovel and cutting sections to prevent accidental collisions and damage to the star wheel drive and cutting arm.

Hydraulic System: Highly Efficient and Stable Operation

Utilizes a load-sensitive multi-way valve, ensuring precise hydraulic system response, smooth operation, and lower energy consumption.

Centralized lubrication of key components facilitates easier downhole maintenance; external hydraulic refueling pump makes downhole refueling operations safer and more efficient.

Electrical and Safety Protection: High-Reliability Design for Downhole Operations

The control box boasts an IP67 protection rating, offering excellent waterproof and dustproof performance. It can easily handle the complex, humid, and dusty environments of downhole operations, ensuring durability. Both the control box and electrical control box are equipped with displays, providing dual-position synchronous display of equipment parameters. Operation and maintenance status are clearly visible, offering convenience and efficiency.

Safety Features: Standard features include personnel proximity alarm, anti-accidental touch, and emergency stop functions, enhancing the safety of downhole operations.

Electrical Control System: Utilizing imported EPEC series controllers to construct a dual-redundant human-machine interface system. A distributed control network is formed through the intrinsically safe control box (ExibⅠ certified) and the HMI on the left door of the electrical control box. Integrated LCD Chinese display screen for real-time display: including motor status, real-time voltage, current, winding temperature, hydraulic system oil temperature and level, main inlet water flow of the cooling system, tunneling machine body angle, real-time time, etc.; It also features a fault self-diagnosis engine: built-in 23 types of fault diagnosis algorithms, supporting overcurrent (>120%In), overvoltage (>110%Un), phase loss, stall, and other abnormal detection, and can effectively view historical fault records, with a fault record storage capacity of no less than 999 records. It has an emergency start module: equipped with an industrial-grade matrix keyboard (IP65 protection), supporting manual forced start circuit (requires dual password verification).

Intelligence and Expandability: Future-Oriented

Reserved intelligent module interface, allowing for rapid upgrade to an intelligent tunneling system, adapting to the needs of smart mine construction.

Applicable Scenarios

Tunneling of hard rock roadways in coal mines with compressive strength ≤100MPa (whole rock, semi-coal rock, hard rock).

High-efficiency fully mechanized tunneling face for large-section (maximum 33.8㎡) rock tunnels.

Complex hard rock tunnels with high vibration and harsh working conditions.

Core Strengths

High Rock-Breaking Efficiency

Standard configuration includes a cutting head, cutting reducer, and cantilever section specifically developed for hard rock conditions, matched with a heavy and stable machine body, providing strong rock-breaking capabilities, capable of handling rocks up to 90MPa, and improving overall tunneling efficiency by 80%.

High Durability

Key points and core components adopt a dual process of material upgrade and structural reinforcement, using solid materials, stronger rigidity, and sufficient load-bearing capacity. Combined with a dedicated wear-resistant protection design, it effectively reduces the probability of equipment failure, reduces the frequency of daily maintenance, and significantly reduces overall construction and maintenance costs.

Wide Adaptability

The machine structure is scientifically optimized, with a large cutting coverage area, a reasonable machine body layout, moderate size, strong maneuverability, and excellent rock-carrying performance. It can easily cope with various harsh geological conditions and is widely adaptable to various specifications of hard rock tunnel excavation operations.

Safe and Reliable

The entire electrical system adopts a configuration scheme of "international core + domestic first-tier" to ensure stability and reliability from the source. The core controller uses an imported Finnish brand, ensuring stable operation and a low failure rate, eliminating downtime during operation. The main switch uses an imported German Moeller product, providing comprehensive safety protection and outstanding durability. Key components such as contactors, sensors, and terminal blocks all use domestic first-tier brands, ensuring reliable quality and convenient procurement and maintenance, significantly reducing maintenance costs.

Reserved IoT Interface

Integrated RS485/CAN/Ethernet multi-protocol interfaces, compatible with industrial protocols such as Modbus-TCP and Profinet, allowing connection to the mine's ring network and real-time monitoring of the unit's status via a mobile app.

Specification Parameter Table

Item

Specification

Item

Specification

Overall Dimension(L×W×H)

12.48×3.6×1.825m

Main Shovel (5.7t)

3330×1400×1002mm

Cutting Head Horizontal Height

2530mm

Motor Box (5.5t)

2375×1900×942mm

Track Outer Width

2960mm

Front Body (7.3t)

2250×1516×1500mm

Shovel Lifting Stroke

510mm

Rear Body (5.3t)

1560×1500×1450mm

Shovel Sumping Depth

386mm

Cutting Unit (16t)

5200×1900×1100mm

Cutting Head Sumping Depth

260mm

Left/Right Travel Unit (12.7t/side)

4900×1050×961mm

Machine Weight

98t

Main Body (19t)

4180×1950×1855mm

Positioning Cutting Height

5.2m

Shovel Width

3.6m

Positioning Cutting Width

6.5m

Shovel Type

Four-claw Star Wheel

Cutting Area

33.8㎡

Conveyor Type

Double-side Chain Scraper

Total Installed Power

440kW

Conveying Capacity

348m³/h

Ground Specific Pressure

0.155MPa

Cutting Head Speed

37r/min

Climbing Capacity

±18°

Track Ground Contact Length

4050mm

Max Cutting Hardness

≤100MPa

Track Shoe Width

720mm

Power Supply

AC1140V/660V

Travel Speed

0-6.5m/min

Cutting Motor

280kW

Inner Spray Pressure

≥2MPa

Oil Pump Motor

160kW

Outer Spray Pressure

≥4MPa

Ground Clearance

300mm

System Rated Pressure

25MPa

 

 

Gantry Height

400mm

Customizable Options Available

1. Loading System

2. Travel System

3. Cutting Protection

4. Man-machine Safety

5. Conveying System

6. Transfer System

7. Temporary Support

01

Customized Item

3.2m Narrow Shovel

Configuration Description

Narrowed to 3.2m, original structure & strength reserved

Functional Advantages

Avoid wall scraping, improve narrow roadway flexibility

Applicable Working Conditions

Narrow-section compact roadways

02

Customized Item

High-flange Travel Unit

Configuration Description

Reinforced load-bearing track structure

Functional Advantages

Prevent slipping & sinking, improve large-slope stability

Applicable Working Conditions

Soft floor, high vibration working face

03

Customized Item

Telescopic Cutting Head Shield

Configuration Description

Impact-resistant wrapped shield

Functional Advantages

Block slag & dust, extend service life

Applicable Working Conditions

High-hardness rock tunneling

04

Customized Item

Lifting Driver Canopy

Configuration Description

Manually height adjustable

Functional Advantages

Eliminate blind area, improve comfort

Applicable Working Conditions

Undulating roadway height

05

Customized Item

Extended First Conveyor

Configuration Description

Reinforced lengthened body

Functional Advantages

Match high-output tunneling

Applicable Working Conditions

Large-section long-distance excavation

06

Customized Item

Height-adjustable Secondary Conveyor

Configuration Description

Hydraulic height adjustment

Functional Advantages

Adapt to undulating roadways

Applicable Working Conditions

Different belt conveyor docking

07

Customized Item

Multi-type Temporary Support

Configuration Description

Dual-arm / single-arm optional

Functional Advantages

Synchronous tunneling & support

Applicable Working Conditions

High safety rock roadway

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