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Post by Wheldale on Dec 31, 2012 14:53:20 GMT -5
On a modern shaft winder the driver normally works in a cab. Is this to offer protection in the event of an overwind? I've seen some photos from the 50's of the driver virtually sat next to the drum and I was thinking if there was an overwind the fella is bound to get smacked by the end of the rope!
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Post by John on Dec 31, 2012 20:03:34 GMT -5
On a modern shaft winder the driver normally works in a cab. Is this to offer protection in the event of an overwind? I've seen some photos from the 50's of the driver virtually sat next to the drum and I was thinking if there was an overwind the fella is bound to get smacked by the end of the rope!
He is also seated in a position to see his drum markings that either he or the shaftmen chalk on the drum for bank and onset.
During the steam winder era, he would have been in the most convenient spot for all the pipework to operate the winder. Modern electric winders give more flexibility. In practice you could seat the winder in the Managers office with CCTV to view the winder....
Last winder operating desk I saw was at Boulby, I often went into the No1 cabin after a breakdown to view a few winds before going back underground.
Both winding engines were in the same building, and the two cabins were one unit with a soundproof wall between them.
I don't recollect being able to hear the winder operating inside the cabin, so I'd hazard a guess the winder relied on sensors for hot bearings etc... GarryO would be able to add more being a professional winding engine electrician. |
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Post by dazbt on Jan 1, 2013 12:52:55 GMT -5
On a modern shaft winder the driver normally works in a cab. Is this to offer protection in the event of an overwind? I've seen some photos from the 50's of the driver virtually sat next to the drum and I was thinking if there was an overwind the fella is bound to get smacked by the end of the rope!
He is also seated in a position to see his drum markings that either he or the shaftmen chalk on the drum for bank and onset.
During the steam winder era, he would have been in the most convenient spot for all the pipework to operate the winder. Modern electric winders give more flexibility. In practice you could seat the winder in the Managers office with CCTV to view the winder....
Last winder operating desk I saw was at Boulby, I often went into the No1 cabin after a breakdown to view a few winds before going back underground.
Both winding engines were in the same building, and the two cabins were one unit with a soundproof wall between them.
I don't recollect being able to hear the winder operating inside the cabin, so I'd hazard a guess the winder relied on sensors for hot bearings etc... GarryO would be able to add more being a professional winding engine electrician.Yep all of that, plus it would have been cheaper to build the winder a "Refuge Box" to sit in rather than replace all the broken window panes in the engine house, there you go two questions answered in one  |
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