an assembly of hydraulically operated steel hydraulic supports, on a longwall face, which are moved forward as an integral unit by means of a hydraulic ram coupled to the heavy steel face conveyor
Powered roof supports must be so designed and constructed as to maintain a given direction when moving and not slip before and while they come under load and after the load has been removed.
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