Introduction to the development history of mine electric locomotives and future prospects of the industry

Mine electric locomotives is a kind of traction equipment for rail vehicle transportation. The power is to use the traction motor to drive the wheels to rotate, and use the friction between the wheels and the rail surface to make the mine electric locomotives run on the track. According to the structure, there are overhead mine electric locomotives and battery electric locomotives. Narrow-gauge industrial and mining electric locomotives and their supporting motor electronic control are the leading products in the traction electrical equipment industry.

It has a history of 120 years since Siemens made a 4.5kW mine-used overhead mine electric locomotives in the world in 1882. There is also a history of production development of about 50 years in our country. During this period, it has successively developed and mass-produced two series of overhead electric locomotives and battery locomotives with more than 50 varieties and specifications. The products are distributed in coal mines, metallurgical mines, railway and highway tunnels and municipal engineering construction sites across the country.

Mine electric locomotives have played a huge role in the construction and development of my country's mining industry, but for many years, due to the low investment in product technology development by enterprises affiliated to the traction electrical equipment branch, most of the products have basically remained at the level of the 1970s and 1980s. At the same time, emerging private enterprises also occupy part of the market share. With my country's entry into the WTO, foreign companies are also targeting the Chinese market, making market competition more intense.

From the perspective of the entire mine electric locomotives industry, the market space is still very large, so the price of mine electric locomotives can also be adjusted accordingly. Although the electric locomotive industry is already a "sunset industry" in Europe and the United States, it is still a "sunset industry" in China and will see great development. The US financial tsunami had an impact on China's ceramic industry, but it was not as big as expected, and it was not so terrible. China is fully capable of overcoming this economic disaster with ease. As the development environment of my country's electric locomotive industry further improves, the overall industry will also further improve.