Report of Investigations 9642: Accurate Navigation and Control of Continuous Mining Machines for Coal Mining

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Schiffbauer, William H.
• Description:
  The results of laboratory, field, and open pit accuracy and performance testing of the Honeywell Ring Laser Gyro Inertial Navigation System (INS), a navigation system designed to provide the heading and location of a remote controlled continuous miner, were presented. The basics of the design and operation of the INS, the basic and an expanded control system, the site of open pit testing, the use of an automated transit as a reference for determination of the position of the continuous miner, the reference coordinate system used, navigational requirements for the open pit test, the field test system, the software used to monitor the position of the robotic transit, the mine plan, the installation of the INS and its alignment to the continuous miner, the operation of the INS, equipment setup procedures, system accuracy, data archiving methodology, and methods used for data analysis were described in detail. The results of open pit testing indicated circular errors probable (CEPs) which ranged from 3.62 to 28.16 centimeters/hour and spherical errors probable (SEP) which ranged from 10.18 to 49.07 centimeters/hour over all of the tests. The mean CEP was 13.1 centimeters/hour and the mean SEP was 22.44 centimeters/hour. Confirmation of these findings by additional testing will help support the viability of the Honeywell Ore Recovery and Tunneling Aid as a candidate for accurate continuous miner navigation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Includes bibliographical references.
• Subjects:
  Automation Coal Coal Mining Laboratories Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Underground-mining; Mining-equipment; Automation; Robotics; Coal-mining; Equipment-design; Laboratory-techniques
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 98-101, (RI 9642), 1997 Nov; :1-33
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00241471
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB98-113178
• Contact Point Address:
  Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2ef94eca0eb655cea4e545c0eb4e9471d09a55d69df0145db8a90c0d5cffab624c0f80c6205a997e6278818354e3873f1f2ad28eda61bee23b4af07fe41b76c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11246/cdc_11246_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB ]