Automatic Remote Control Coupler for Mine Cars

Details

• Personal Author:
  Aponick AA Jr. ; Atkinson DT ; Lane AJ ; Lombardi, John A.
• Description:
  This report describes a new coupler that gives the motorman the capability to selectively couple and uncouple mine cars from the locomotive, to transmit braking intelligence to the coupled cars, and to determine if the trip is intact. Hazards caused by derailment and runaway cars will be reduced a s the brakes are automatically applied in any uncoupled car. Laboratory tests described herein have been completed on the coupler set. Applications include, but are not limited to, the unit train system. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-139
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001170
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-265558
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/265-558 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries; :1-139
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Performing Organization:
  Foster-Miller Associates, Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/265-558 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a5f935e26632560b19424b6918a243d307afeed5e897cf26c2d5c0060dec194c4a82ccf28275c0f98d7381f05428c8833a733fc32b0fd4dc7f201da33506e77e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206505/cdc_206505_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.45 MB ]