Report of Investigations 8134: Laser Alinement Sensor for Continuous-Mining Machines

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bowser, Merle L.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  An alinement (steering) sensor for continuous-mining machines has been developed under a Bureau of Mines contract. A laser source in the entry projects a beam parallel to the centerline of the entry. The beam is optically shaped to a narrow, vertical fan and illuminates an array of optical sensors mounted on the mining machine. These sensors interpret the location of the beam into meter readings of heading (angle) error and lateral displacement errors. The system, which was tested for 5 months in an operating mine, appears to be fundamentally sound, and with some modification, should be applicable to remote or automatic guidance of continuous miners and other machines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• ISSN:
  1066-5552 (print)
• Publisher:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Case Report
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  16 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007761
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-254185
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 254 185 :10 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 254 185
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ad888fb48bc3262796e7e83d41b4f15b1391928a2329122396657e015658ff0b7a247993b8e778de69de2b529331b9fc9d9e4c2585b814368cc54d38a8d72f27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201848/cdc_201848_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.20 MB ]