Information Circular 9254: Utilizing Mechanical Linear Transducers for the Determination of a Mining Machine's Position and Heading: The Concept

Details

• Personal Author:
  Jobes, Christopher C.
• Description:
  This U.S. Bureau of Mines report describes a system to determine the position and heading of a mining machine during maneuvers in the face area of an operating mine section. The system is the first step in the development of a guidance system for automated mining machines. The position and heading algorithm is described, and a preliminary error analysis is performed. The sensors employed were linear position transducers mounted on a mining machine with their cables attached to points on a stationary reference. Four linear position transducers were used to provide a data redundancy that increased the reliability of the guidance system. The linear position information obtained from the transducers was processed mathematically via the position and heading algorithm to provide the desired position and heading information. The algorithm takes advantage of sensor redundancy to continually test the accuracy of the sensor data. The major sources of error were determined to be the linear position transducers, the analog-to-digital (a/d) converter used to interpret the data, and the sampling frequency of the measurement system. These sources of error were evaluated to determine their inaccuracies for use in calculating the overall system accuracy. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automation Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Errors Guidance Mathematical Models Mining Engineering Mining Equipment Navigation Position Indicators Transducers Underground Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  23 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007693
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-105817
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9254, 1990 Jan; :1-16
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9254
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8043cfef3cb672a4abd9efb2d85a5d0a0b159eaa4d4a02a092812570a9fbbc15ef7c2ebea15cd8763e8aa4340f0dc71607382d4b6d45022491c3937b28f3ae5e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206171/cdc_206171_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.25 MB ]