Conceptual Design of an Automated Longwall System – 4 Volume Set. Phase I–Survey of Operating Longwalls

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  The objective of this study was to develop conceptual designs for a fully automated longwall mining system. The study was divided into three phases. Phase I included a survey and pertinent characteristics of all longwall faces operating in the United States. It includes the results of time and motion studies conducted at the face in an operating mine, it identifies the causes of production slowdowns or stoppages, and it identifies areas for improvement in longwall mining systems. [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:
  DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-240
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001573
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-263211
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/263-211 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries; :1-240
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Performing Organization:
  Cominec
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/263-211 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e4bfd04b24304b25ccb14b4197cd5cf64a3b09b83aef2ad207a7f2d07e72b80da38bd6dde61259b8885127278ce4d9576ecde4a6380932a669281f5e6ec2712
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234521/cdc_234521_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.19 MB ]