刨煤机经过多年的研究和发展,目前在国外主要产煤国家已成为仅次于滚筒采煤机而使用较多的一种长壁工作面采煤机械,西德、荷兰、苏联、比利时、法国、波兰等国家都研制和使用刨煤机,其中尤以西德最为突出。当前刨煤机作为一种高产高效的综合机械化采煤设备正在西德广泛使用,并还在继续研究和发展。刨煤机为什么受到有些国家的重视,主要是具有下列优点: Plow after years of research and development, the current major coal producing countries have become the second only to drum shearer and use more of a longwall coal mining machinery, West Germany, the Netherlands, the Soviet Union, Belgium, France, Poland and other countries have developed and used plows, especially in West Germany, the most prominent. The current plow is widely used in West Germany as a high-yield and efficient integrated mechanized mining equipment and continues to be researched and developed. Why plow attention by some countries, mainly has the following advantages: