Working results on justification of power shovel–truck system parameters for open pit mines in Kuzbass

This article is a summary of the research aimed at justification of optimal parameters of power shovel–truck systems for open pit mines in Kuzbass. The article presents solutions for such problems as: development of a common formula to calculate an actual output of power shovels with a bucket capacity from 6.3 to 55.8 m3; pilot testing of reliability of calculated results; development of an algorithm and a procedure; determination of optimal parameters of the power shovel–truck system for each model of modern power shovels for geotechnical conditions in Kuzbass; development of a rapid method–nomogram for selecting a type and number of power shovels at the stages of mine planning and design. The curves of the cost to remove one cubic meter overburden and the weight-average size of blasted rocks in the conditions of open pit mining in Kuzbass using trucks and power shovels with the bucket capacity of 6.3–55.8 m3 are plotted for rock categories IV and III. Specific recommendations are given, and all aspects and results of the work, to be useful for both designers and planners of mines, are set forth. The use of the work results can facilitate determination of the optimal parameters of power shovel–truck systems in technical upgrading of open pit mines depending on an assigned objective. 

Chaplygin V. V., Sadykov A. A., Matveev A. V. Working results on justification of power shovel–truck system parameters for open pit mines in Kuzbass. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2026;(1):27-42. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2026_1_0_27.

V.V. Chaplygin¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, Head of Chair, e-mail: chaplygin_vv@sibsiu.ru, ORCID ID: 0009-0001-2949-1929,
A.A. Sadykov¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, e-mail: artur.aleksovich@gmail.com, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9068-800X,
A.V. Matveev¹, Senior Lecturer, e-mail: matveev_av@sibsiu.ru, ORCID ID: 0009-0009-7376-1189,
¹ Siberian State Industrial University, Novokuznetsk, 654007, Russia.

A.A. Sadykov, e-mail: artur.aleksovich@gmail.com.

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