The Chair of Opencast Mining currently has the following equipment for teaching and research in the opencast mining technical centre and the Helmut-Härtig-Bau.
| Equipment | Description |
| Excavator simulator for teaching and research | The excavator simulator from the Finnish company MEVEA Ltd. consists of a computer and a mobile platform equipped with a driver's seat, a monitor and control units. |
| Airlift test rig | Airlift test rig in the Reiche Zeche research and training mine enables the investigation of the transport of crushed material to the surface. |
| Mixed Reality (MR) - Technology for teaching | Application of Mixed Reality (MR) - Technologies in subject-related teaching |
| Water laboratory | Chemical laboratory for the preparation and analysis of mining liquid and solid samples |
| Cutting test rig | Prediction of recoverability and cutting resistance |
| Test facility for HDD wells | For determining the dewatering of unconsolidated rock using horizontal filter wells (HDD wells) |
| IT & Network | PC pool, workstation with 3D display, simulation software, WAP cluster, digital map room, virtual-faculty-database-access |