Some Opportunities in Teleoperated Mining

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• Personal Author:
  Broussard PH ; Palowitch ER
• Description:
  The need for increasing coal production and work productivity while improving the health and safety of the coal miner presents some interesting challenges and opportunities for teleoperation. Systems available for mining coal are described briefly in terms of four subsystems: Fragmentation, materials handling, ground control, and environmental control. The need for automation systems, their requirements, and the state-of-the-art are explored. Technologic deficiencies of longwall mining-the system having the highest potential for full automation-are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automation Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal Mining Coal Processing Coal Workers Mining Industry Occupational Safety And Health
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0094-114X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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:
  493-501
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002988
• Citation:
  Mech Mach Theory 1977 Sep; 12(5):493-501
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mechanism and Machine Theory
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1635ef71274a2d5013fee7adc8671b2c2581d684eba189356347eec3e15d26a399cb11e7b07305a4f72edd6c70346c55624ce234747d2199ad5ae25c338ffeeb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219437/cdc_219437_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.18 MB ]