Impact of the inclination angle of a blade of the geokhod cutting body on the energy intensity of rock destruction

The article presents the dependence of the energy intensity of rock destruction on the inclination angle of blade of geokhod cutting body for the destruction of low hardness rocks. To formulate the research tasks, the main provisions of the geokhod technology for making workings are presented; the features of the new class of mining equipment, geokhod, are given. The research relevance is formulated. To determine the energy intensity of the rocks destruction, the method of calculating the power and geometric parameters of the geokhod blade cutting body was chosen. An algorithm has been developed for calculating the energy intensity of rock destruction, on the basis of which a computer program has been developed for determining the power parameters of the geokhod blade cutting body. In addition, the article presents well-founded forms of face, which appear as a result of destruction with the blade cutting body of the geokhod. To determine the influence of the inclination angle of the geokhod blade cutting body on the energy intensity of destruction, the geometrical parameters of the blade cutting body and the parameters of the mining and technical conditions of the mine working were justified. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the energy intensity of rock destruction with the blade cutting body decreases unevenly as the inclination angle of the blade towards the reverse cone increases.