Features of Mining Carts

Mining carts are a type of small-capacity equipment designed for transporting people as well as various types of cargo along narrow-gauge railway tracks, both inside and outside horizontal mining complexes.

Mining carts can be either lead or trailing and are powered by small locomotives, animals, or even people.

Types of Mining Carts

Depending on their application and tasks, mining carts are categorized into the following types:

1. Freight Carts:

   • For transporting coal, ore, and other minerals.
   • For construction and repair of mining enterprises and shafts.
   • For geological exploration.

2. Passenger Carts:

   • For transporting passengers along horizontal and inclined narrow-gauge mining tracks. Nowadays, various types of passenger carts are used; they can function as standalone units or be part of a train, have different seating capacities, be suitable for specific track inclinations, and vary in speed.

3. Special Purpose Carts:

   • For transporting explosive cargo, fuel, and hazardous substances.
   • For use in fire-fighting trains.

Advantages of Mining Carts:

In addition to ensuring a continuous flow of movement, the benefits of mining carts include:

• Ergonomics
• Simplicity of equipment, including ease of use
• Convenience (boarding, alighting, loading, unloading)
• Repairability
• Long service life
• Stability
• Quick start-up

Construction of Mining Carts

One of the main requirements in manufacturing mining carts is to maximize the body capacity while minimizing its dimensions. Depending on the type of work and the quality of the transported cargo, mining carts may have specific construction features.

Main Components of Mining Carts:

• Body:

  • Non-tipping
  • Fixed tipping
  • With a tipping bottom
  • With a tipping side

• Frame

• Wheelset

• Coupling

• Buffer

Company Information

Balkancorex d.o.o. specializes in supplying freight, passenger, and special mining carts intended for use on narrow-gauge horizontal mining complexes.

You can purchase a cart by contacting us via the phone numbers listed in the Contacts section or by filling out the feedback form.

Our company offers favorable cooperation terms for providing mining enterprises with high-tech equipment, with prompt delivery to any point in the world.