Thursday 24^th November 2011

• 09.00 - 11:00 Registration of participants at  LW Bogdanka S.A.
• 11.00 - 11:20 Official Opening of the Conference 

Session: Plow technology and its perspectives

• 11:20 – 11:40 Uli Paschedag, Director Product Segment Underground - Caterpillar Global Mining: Plow Technology – History and Today‘s State-of-the-Art
• 11:40 – 12:00 Zbigniew Stopa - Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A.: Plough Technique at LW Bogdanka S.A. – Present State and Prospects of Development
• 12:00 – 12:20 David Xianguang Tang - China: Operational Experiences of Automated Plow Systems in Tiefa, China
• 12:20 – 12:40 Andrzej Tor, DSc. Eng. - Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A., Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland: Past experience and further expectations with regard to application of plow technology at Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A.
• 12:40 – 13:00 Michael Myszkowski - Caterpillar Global Mining, Luenen, Germany: Efficiency optimization of plow systems through the precise planning of new and comprehensive enhancement of operating longwalls
• 13:00 – 13:20 Jerzy Kicki – Poland: Economic estimation of plough technique in Polish mining
• 13:20 – 13:30 COFFEE BEAK
• 13:30 – 13:50 Heinz-Werner Voss, RAG Anthrazit Ibbenbüren GmbH, Ibbenbüren, Germany , Ing. Holger Witthaus, RAG Mining Solutions GmbH, Herne, Germany: Plough longwall operations under challenging geological conditions
• 13:50 – 14:10 Stefan Bauckmann, Michael Myszkowski - Caterpillar Global Mining: Operational experiences with the plow system at the Pinnacle Mine in the USA
• 14:10 – 14:30 Wladislav Kurtobashev - Russia: Contemporary plow technology in Russia
• 14:30 – 14:50 Jan Matula - OKD, a.s., Ostrava, Czech Republic: Experience with plow equipment at OKD
• 14:50 – 15:00 GROUP PHOTO OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
• 15:00 – 16:00 LUNCH
• 16:00 – 16:20 R. J. Dyczkowski, J.W. Timoszenko – National mining university, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine: Plough technique in Ukrainian coal mines
• 16:20 – 16:40 Dr. G. Philipp - THIELE GmbH & Co. KG, Iserlohn, Germany: Chains – boon or bane for modern plow technology?
• 16:40 – 17:00 Marek Chagowski - Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S. A., Tadeusz Jędruś, Jan Lubryka, Dariusz Macierzyński, - ELGÓR+ HANSEN Sp. z o. o.: Power supply, control and automation systems of the high-performance plough systems based on the example of LW Bogdanka S.A.
• 17:00 – 17:20 Zbigniew Gach, Michał Skrabaka, Tomasz Nosal, Rafał Holewa - Katowicki Holding Węglowy S.A. , Katowice, Poland: Mining of the hard coal seams in the mines belonging to the Katowicki Holding Węglowy using shearer longwall system
• 17:20 – 17:40 St. Prusek, S. Rajwa, A. Wrana, A. Walentek - Główny Instytut Górnictwa – Poland: Determination of cuttability of coal seams and the surrounding rocks in underground conditions by means of a device designed at GIG.
• 17:40 – 18:00 Artur Dyczko, Dominik Galica, Szymn Sypniowski – Poland: The use of IT tools for designing and scheduling of coal exploitation with plough technique

• 18:00 – 19:00 Couches taking the participants of the Conference from LW Bogdanka SA to Lublin  
• 21:00 – Banquet at Musical theater in Lublin

Friday 25^th November 2011

• 09:00 - 10:00 couches taking the participants of the Conference from hotel to LW Bogdanka S.A.

Session: Construction and maintenance of opening-out headings for plow longwalls

• 10:00 – 10:20 Martin Junker, RAG Mining Solutions GmbH, Herne, Germany, Marek Growiec, RAG Mining Solutions GmbH, Katowice, Poland: Planning of galleries for high performance longwall production in thin coal seams
• 10:20 – 10:40 Stanisław Prusek - Główny Instytut Górnictwa - Poland: Selected methods of forecasting gate roads deformation
• 10:40 – 11:00 Janusz Chmielewski, Bolesław Kozek - Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A.: Evolution of the Methods of Maintaining Longwall Galleries in the LW Bogdanka S.A. Mine
• 11:00 – 11:20 Andrzej Tor, Rafał Dobrzyński, inż. Kazimierz Koliński - Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A., Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Polska: Utrzymywanie wyrobisk przyścianowych w kopalniach JSW S.A.
• 11:20 – 11:40 Stanisław Prusek, Marek Rotkegel - Główny Instytut Górnictwa, Katowice - Polska: Modern methods of designing supports of excavations for plow longwalls
• 11:40 – 12:00 Mirosław Masiakiewicz - Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A., A. Szyszka - “SIGMA” S.A., Barak, Poland: The practicalities of optimizing automated longwall plough systems under the conditions prevailing at the LW Bogdanka S.A. mine - special longwall cavity lining and output self-loading system at the longwall-heading crossing
• 12:00 – 12:20  Krzysztof Krauze, Łukasz Bołoz, Tomasz Wydro - Poland: Prototype of temporary mechanized mine roadway support of the dog headings
• 12:20 – 12:40 COFFEE BREAK
• 12:40 – 13:00 Waldemar Korzeniowski, Łukasz Herezy, Krzysztof Skrzypkowski - AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland: Tail gatedeformation characteristic during plow exploitation of the 1/VI longwall face in 385/2 seam in LW “Bogdanka” mine
• 13:00 – 13:20 Marek Płonka, Sylwester Rajwa - Główny Instytut Górnictwa, Katowice, Poland: Assessment of powered support loadings in plow and shearer longwalls in regard to the pressure measurements in props
• 13:20 – 13:40 Zbigniew Rak, Jerzy Stasica - AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland: Maintaining of the tail gate behind the exploitation face in difficult geological and mining conditions in LW „Bogdanka” mine
• 13:40 – 14:00 Piotr Głuch - Politechnika Śląska, Poland: Design of bolting support for maintenance of longwall headings for plough longwalls
• 14:00 – 14:20 Krzysztof Kwiatkowski - Lubelski Węgiel „Bogdanka” S.A.: Driving and maintaining longwall headings for plough longwalls in Lubelski Węgiel „Bogdanka” S.A. mine
• 14:20 – 14:40 Andrzej Jagiełło, Paweł Nowak - Sandvik Mining and Construction Sp. z o.o. w Tychach, Poland: MR620 Roadheader offers opportunity for improvement of drift driving efficiency
• 14:40 – 15:00 Mirosław Masiakiewicz - Lubelski Węgiel „Bogdanka” S.A.: Prospects of using the MR 620 roadheader with advanced mechanical bolting system in the Bogdanka mine
• 15:00 – 16:00 LUNCH
• 16:00 – 16:20 Marek Czechowski - KGHM Polish Copper, „Lubin” Mine, Poland: „Lubin” mine experiences in driving heading excavations with Sandvik Mining and Construction’s MH-620 heading machine
• 16:20 – 16:40 Heinz Dwuletzki, Burkhard Pfaender – CARL BECHEM GMBH, HAGEN Germany, Karel Niemczyk, LUBRICANT s.r.o. Czech Republic: New Fire-resistant Hydraulic Fluids Type HFA for Mining Use – Critical Analysis
• 16:40 – 17:00 Jerzy Kicki, Artur Dyczko, Michał Kopacz, Piotr Saługa - IGSMiE PAN: Chosen aspects of mine waste management on the example of LW Bogdanka S.A.
• 17:00 – 17:20 Laurencja Łyszczarz, Waldemar Gorajek - LW Bogdanka S.A.: Ploughing technique as a mean for reducing the amount of mining waste produced at LW Bogdanka S.A.
• 17:20 – 17:00 Jerzy Wróbel, Andrzej Fraś, Rafał Przystaś - Południowy Koncern Węglowy S.A.: The use of waste from mechanical processing of coal for production of aggregates and mud granulates in Poludniowy Koncern Weglowy S.A.

• 18:00 - 19:00 couches taking the participants of the Conference from LW Bogdanka SA to the hotel  
• 19:00 - 21:00 dinner at the hotel, LW Bogdanka night

Saturday 26^th November 2011

• 07:00 - 08:00 couches taking the participants of the Conference from the hotel to LW Bogdanka SA
• 08:00 - 15:00 field trips
  • to the plough longwall
  • to the face of a heading driven at present
  • to the newly-modernized coal processing plant
  • shafts and shaft bottoms in Stefanow field