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Automated longwall guidance and control vertical control subsystem, volume 1. final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6570112
A design, fabrication, and implementation of a horizon control of a longwall shearer was performed. This equipment was tested and demonstrated aboveground. This hardware was also installed on a longwall face. The feasibility of providing horizon control for a shearer was demonstrated aboveground. The feasibility of retrofitting the necessary sensors in a survivable manner was demonstrated underground. Subsequent field tests of a specific component, the natural background sensor, at a western location demonstrated the particular usefulness of this device on a wider application basis.
Research Organization:
Foster-Miller Associates, Inc., Waltham, MA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6570112
Report Number(s):
NASA-CR-161969
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English