Technology
The F60 has two bogies (chassis with wheels), one on the dumping side (front) and one on the excavating side (back), which each run on two rails (standard gauge). In addition to the two rails on the excavating side, there are another two rails for the transformer and cable cars. There are a total of 760 wheels on the bogies, of which 380 are powered. The maximum speed of the F60 is 13 m/min (0.78 km/h) and the operating speed is 9 m/min (0.54 km/h).
The F60 has two excavators of type ES 3750 on the sides to do preparatory work (see the panoramic photograph from the Jänschwalde mine), one each on the northern and southern crosswise conveyor. They each have an output of 29,000 m³/h (50,000 t), which corresponds to a volume the size of a soccer field with a depth of 7–8 m. There are nine various overburden conveyor belts with a speed of 10 m/s.
The F60, including the two excavators, requires 27,000 kW of power. The bridge needs 1.2 kWh of electricity to convey a cubic metre of overburden, from the crosswise conveyors up to the dumping at a height of 75 m.
Read more about this topic: Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60
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