A Radar-Based Highwall Rib-Thickness Monitoring System

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• Personal Author:
  Ganoe CW ; Monaghan, William D. ; Mowrey, Gary L.
• Description:
  In addition to developing various types of cool-interface detection systems, the US Bureau of Mines is actively involved in developing a coal rib-thickness monitoring system for highwall mining applications. One particular system to detect the coal-air boundaries of coal ribs. Based on preliminary laboratory and field tests, results indicate that this method can be applied successfully in highwall mines to maintain a constant rib thickness. The coal seam should be relatively clean in the vicinity of the antenna (e.g., have minimal partings or dirt bands) for best results. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Geology Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Mining-equipment Mining-industry Monitoring-systems Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025021
• Citation:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. preprint 95-163, 1995 Jan; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:88294e811c66d36f494b33613c554bb036fa071b8299b6b8b52cbee2f5ca09b98c09155b116fd3d0d1494c7228197d504867ba4ed8880dae331a203cf197c4f5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220893/cdc_220893_DS1.pdf
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