Teleoperated control system for underground room and pillar mining
Abstract
A teleoperated mining system is provided for remotely controlling the various machines involved with thin seam mining. A thin seam continuous miner located at a mining face includes a camera mounted thereon and a slave computer for controlling the miner and the camera. A plurality of sensors for relaying information about the miner and the face to the slave computer. A slave computer controlled ventilation sub-system which removes combustible material from the mining face. A haulage sub-system removes material mined by the continuous miner from the mining face to a collection site and is also controlled by the slave computer. A base station, which controls the supply of power and water to the continuous miner, haulage system, and ventilation systems, includes cable/hose handling module for winding or unwinding cables/hoses connected to the miner, an operator control module, and a hydraulic power and air compressor module for supplying air to the miner. An operator controlled host computer housed in the operator control module is connected to the slave computer via a two wire communications line.
- Inventors:
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- New Stanton, PA
- Clairton, PA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868528
- Patent Number(s):
- 5161857
- Assignee:
- United States of America, as represented by Secretary of (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21C - MINING OR QUARRYING
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- teleoperated; control; underground; pillar; mining; provided; remotely; controlling; various; machines; involved; seam; continuous; miner; located; camera; mounted; thereon; slave; computer; plurality; sensors; relaying; information; controlled; ventilation; sub-system; removes; combustible; material; haulage; mined; collection; site; base; station; controls; supply; power; water; systems; cable; handling; module; winding; unwinding; cables; hoses; connected; operator; hydraulic; air; compressor; supplying; host; housed; via; wire; communications; line; mounted thereon; continuous miner; base station; computer controlled; combustible material; computer control; control module; operator control; host computer; air compressor; various machines; remotely control; /299/702/
Citation Formats
Mayercheck, William D, Kwitowski, August J, Brautigam, Albert L, and Mueller, Brian K. Teleoperated control system for underground room and pillar mining. United States: N. p., 1992.
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"Teleoperated control system for underground room and pillar mining". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868528.
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title = {Teleoperated control system for underground room and pillar mining},
author = {Mayercheck, William D and Kwitowski, August J and Brautigam, Albert L and Mueller, Brian K},
abstractNote = {A teleoperated mining system is provided for remotely controlling the various machines involved with thin seam mining. A thin seam continuous miner located at a mining face includes a camera mounted thereon and a slave computer for controlling the miner and the camera. A plurality of sensors for relaying information about the miner and the face to the slave computer. A slave computer controlled ventilation sub-system which removes combustible material from the mining face. A haulage sub-system removes material mined by the continuous miner from the mining face to a collection site and is also controlled by the slave computer. A base station, which controls the supply of power and water to the continuous miner, haulage system, and ventilation systems, includes cable/hose handling module for winding or unwinding cables/hoses connected to the miner, an operator control module, and a hydraulic power and air compressor module for supplying air to the miner. An operator controlled host computer housed in the operator control module is connected to the slave computer via a two wire communications line.},
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