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long piggyback conveyor
An appliance to provide a constant flow of coal from a continuous miner to the main haulage system. It consists of a conveyor slung under the tail end of the loader and running on a bogey straddling the heading conveyor so that it can telescope over it.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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