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radial percussive coal cutter

radial percussive coal cutter

[′rād·ē·əl pər′kəs·iv ′kōl ‚kəd·ər]
(mining engineering)
A heavy coal cutter having a percussive drill, with extension rods; used in headings and rooms in pillar methods of working and for drilling shot-firing holes.
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