In order to improve the work performance and design efficiency of shearer drum,shearer drum aided design software has been developed by combined programming of Matlab and Excel,which can generate picks arrangement plot,load curves,cutting plot and TXT load text quickly,providing a basis for shearer drum modeling and dynamic reliability analysis;Considering the influence of the shearer traction speed,rotation speed and blade spiral angle on the drum’s cutting performance and loading performance,to find the design parameters that can let the whole performance get optimal; Based on the actual working conditions,the optimal design scheme have been found for new large mining height shearer,under the rated power of cutting motor,it guarantees cutting area can reached the maximum 12094mm~2,cutting specific energy consumption reached minimum to 0. 565 9 kW·h/m~3,providing a quick and convenient method for the design and optimization of shearer drum.