The aims and content of the presentation focused on the following subjects:
– general information about PRASS III project;
geotechnical aspects of longwall mining;
main causes of lonwall equipment malfunctions and demage;
the principles of proper shield support design;
information on interaction between shied support and roof strata;
aims of longwall monitoring;
structure of PRASS III SSMS;
underground indicators of pressure in hydraulic props;
the possible usage of data from shiels support monitoring;
guidance for operation of Shield Support.