METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUXILIARY SEAFLOOR MINING

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUXILIARY SEAFLOOR MINING

A seafloor auxiliary mining tool for use in a seafloor mining system. The seafloor auxiliary mining tool has a seafloor locomotion system enabling traversal of the seafloor. Umbilical connections receive power and control signals from a surface source. A boom mounted auxiliary cutting tool is config...

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Hauptverfasser: HOWITT, MICHAEL, RIDLEY, NICHOLAS WILLIAM, JONES, GLEN ROBERT, O'SULLIVAN, ANTHONY PAUL, SMITH, GLEN MARTINDALE, BERNDT, ROLAND GUNTER, JAFFERS, DAAL HALLAM, INGLIS, ANTONY ELIOT
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
DREDGING
EARTH DRILLING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
FOUNDATIONS
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
MINING
MINING OR QUARRYING
SOIL SHIFTING
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Zusammenfassung:A seafloor auxiliary mining tool for use in a seafloor mining system. The seafloor auxiliary mining tool has a seafloor locomotion system enabling traversal of the seafloor. Umbilical connections receive power and control signals from a surface source. A boom mounted auxiliary cutting tool is configured to cut extremities of a seafloor deposit. Cuttings produced by the auxiliary cutting tool are sized by sizing means, to ensure such cuttings are no greater than a desired size.