Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a System to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Respirable Dust Control on Longwall Shearers by the Use of Water Piped Through the Shearer Drum

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• Personal Author:
  Erchard LA ; Saltsman RD ; Whitehead KL
• Description:
  Control of dust produced by a longwall mining machine is generally accomplished by use of fixed sprays mounted on the machine housing and by sprays mounted on the drum but not directed at the cutting bits. Mounting nozzles on the drum so that each bit is flushed by a jet of water may improve the efficiency of dust suppression. To test this concept, respirable dust measurements were made during 94 regular production shifts on a longwall section, using an eickhoff model ew-170-l ranging drum shearer. The equipment used, difficulties encountered, and measurements obtained are described. [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:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-219
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10000261
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-256507
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 256 507 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries; :1-219
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Performing Organization:
  Bituminous Coal Res. Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 256 507 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dfa90a8621de918962e643c48f180e90bd151d6e505d8b8c04124a11cb9f9fc47ee29a919eded5feaf5e6ba3762c52214589475f17cbe4d465bfc374ca0a8802
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234604/cdc_234604_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.84 MB ]