Slack and overload rope protection system. Open file report, 28 Mar 79-15 Jan 83
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6893680
This report describes the development of an electronic system that detects unsafe slack and overload conditions in underground mine hoist ropes. The slack and overload rope protection system (SORPS) includes a fail-safe load cell inserted between the rope and the conveyance, and an accelerometer mounted on the conveyance. Signals from these transducers are telemetered via a radio link to the hoist control room, where they are combined with drum speed and chair status in a microprocessor-based decision and display unit. Abnormally high external force levels are detected as discrepancies between rope tension and cage acceleration; conveyance weight is inferred continuously. Hazardous conditions are displayed to the hoist operator, along with general hoist status.
- Research Organization:
- Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6893680
- Report Number(s):
- PB-84-143460
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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