drum shearer

Japanese: drum shearer(英語表記)drumshearer
drum shearer

...In contrast, drum cutters and hobs cut the entire coal wall using machines, eliminating the need to knock it off again. These methods then became popular worldwide, and chain cutters disappeared around 1970.
[Drum shearer]
Drum cutter is a Japanese term. It is a type of coal mining machine that uses a rotating drum, 1.0 to 1.8 meters in diameter and several tens of centimeters thick, attached to a horizontal shaft, to cut the coal seam with blades attached to the periphery.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "drum shearer" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これに対して,ドラムカッターやホーベルは炭壁の全面を機械で切削するので,あらためて打ち落とす必要はなくなり,その後世界的に普及して,70年ころにはチェーンカッターは姿を消すに至った。
[ドラムカッターdrum shearer]
 ドラムカッターは和製語。水平軸にとりつけられた直径1.0~1.8m,厚さ数十cmのドラムが回転して,その周囲にとりつけられた刃物で炭層を切削する形式の採炭機である。…

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