In order to solve the serious pollution problem of PM10 in a fully mechanized mining face, focusing on the drum cutting process which produces the most dust, a new type of shearer sprayer is developed in the paper. At present, it is difficult for a single spray device to meet the dust control demands of a mine. Therefore, in combination with the airflow-carrying-droplet mechanism, a fan is added to the shearer's spray device to develop an air-assisted PM10 control device. A No. III nozzle is optimally chosen following the spray experiments, and CFD software is used for a numerical simulation of the 4307 fully mechanized mining face of the Bailu Coal Mine. According to the airflow and spraying field distribution, it is observed that when the spray device's pressure is 8 MPa, the spraying field's microscopic parameters are more conducive to the settling of PM10 by the mist droplets. The PM10 data measured at 1(#)-3(#) measuring points of the 4307 fully mechanized mining face of the Bailu Coal Mine have shown that the best PM10 settling effect is at a spraying pressure of 8 MPa. The PM10 concentrations at 1#-3# measure points were reduced to 0.987 mg/m(3), 0.405 mg/m(3) and 0.262 mg/m(3) respectively, with the dust control rate being above 90%. Thus the serious PM10 pollution problem in a fully mechanized mining face has been solved effectively. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of The Society of Powder Technology Japan. All rights reserved.