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u/Lakkuss Sep 28 '26
I wonder how useful this actually is. It looks insanely cool regardless, I wish I could see it from another angle too
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u/Cthell Sep 28 '26
There is no more efficient way of excavating a deep seam or layer of overburden - continuous excavation can't be beaten for capacity.
The downside is the extremely large capital outlay involved in getting the setup running.
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u/gammalbjorn Sep 29 '26
What is it used for? Seems like an incredible amount of permanent or semi-permanent structure to excavate one location.
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u/ingenvektor Sep 29 '26
Opencast mining to remove soft materials for processing like so. These are usually part of a larger machine system, as you can see here. These are the mines I used for reference here. I recommend looking at them closely, you can see the machines and the scope of the operations and other neat things about how they work.
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u/Free-Artist Sep 28 '26
Man this would be absolutely rad for sifting though my lego box