Field Trials of a Shaft Conveyance Monitoring System

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• Personal Author:
  Beus, Michael J.
• Description:
  A Shaft Conveyance Monitoring System (SCMS) has been developed by the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The system consists of conveyance position and guide displacement sensors, a battery power supply and charging system, and a new sensor to measure hoist rope tension. This provides a warning of the occurrence of "slack rope" , a particularly dangerous condition. A reduced scale hoisting test facility has been constructed to test the components prior to field installations. A 2.4GHz radio data link transmits sensor data (and voice) output to the hoistroom. Field tests are underway in full-size shafts to refine the concept and evaluate long-term reliability and maintenance requirements. The safety, production, and maintenance advantages of monitoring wire rope tension and conveyance position and load directly from a skip or cage top will be discussed. Application of this technology may result in decreased maintenance costs as well as safer, more productive hoisting operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Engineering Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Control-technology Engineering-controls Hoisting-equipment Injury-prevention Mine-shafts Mining-equipment Mining-industry
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRL - Spokane Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029064
• Citation:
  Minespace 2001. CIM Mining Industry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec, Canada, April 30 - May 2, 2001. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 2001 Apr; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  CIM Mining Industry Conference and Exhibition, May 3-7, 2003, Montreal, Quebec
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221135/cdc_221135_DS1.pdf
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