Transverse-mounted end-cab design for low-coal shuttle cars. Report of investigations/1993

Technical Report · Fri Mar 19 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:5829158

Mayton, A G

A Prototype end-cab shuttle car (SC) design has been developed to improve protection and address ergonomic concerns of the SC operator in low coal mines. The new design features an end cab transversely mounted to the SC and equipped with a closed-circuit video system. The end cab was retrofitted to a low-coal SC and evaluated in surface trials at the U.S. Bureau of Mines. During surface trials, test operators evaluated the end-cab SC relative to visibility; cab features-space, seating, controls, and operator position; tramming-inby, outby, and turning corners; and dumping. Trails were conducted using 12 test subjects; 6 were experienced SC operators. Results of the trials were promising.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Pittsburgh Research Center
• OSTI ID: 5829158
• Report Number(s): PB-93-232866/XAB; BUMINES-RI--9471
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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