A Reduced-Noise Auger Miner Cutting Head

Details

• Personal Author:
  Aljoe, William W. ; Pettitt, Mark R.
• Description:
  After extensive laboratory and in-mine tests, a cost-effective, mineworthy, reduced-noise auger miner cutting head was designed, fabricated, and field tested by Wyle Laboratories, under Bureau of Mines contract H0188065. Compared with standard auger cutting heads, the new heads reduced noise by 10 dBA at the jacksetter's position and 6 dBA at the operator's position. The reduced-noise heads were able to cut and load coal as effectively as the standard heads and are now being used successfully in several underground mines. Mine shops can easily modify the standard auger cutting heads to produce the reduced-noise design. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Engineering Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal Mines Coal Mining Control Technology Cutting Tools Engineering Controls Mining Equipment Mining Industry Noise Control Underground Mines Underground Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  10 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10000561
• Citation:
  Noise Control: Proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminars, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24, 1984, and Denver, CO, July 26, 1984. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8986, 1984 Jul; :37-44
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Noise Control: Proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminars, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24, 1984, and Denver, CO, July 26, 1984
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ff5ac3e139a30783643c1e3ed7043a18a11361247129e117146aee5ffe7700eaa4cff4981a8f5b38d1d535324fd3bd19cafc8e7ac6fdeb036324eb51bee1bc18
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205945/cdc_205945_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 576.10 KB ]