ABSTRACT
Winding plants are used to hoist people, material and machinery, broken mineral and waste rock. They are erected to make exploitation possible and are utilized both in vertical and incline shafts, both in coal and ore mines. However recently with increase of depth of mining essential shortcomings of present hoisting systems and drainage have begun to be exhibited. Of them first of all it is necessary to mention major energy consumptions and price, sharp decrease of performance parameters at increase of depth of mining. As the main occurrences of mineral resources, in particular of coal, are accumulated primarily on depths of more than 1000-2000 m, there is a problem of their
effective mining. A solution to this problem to no small degree depends on an overall performance of hoisting and drainage.
