Feasibility of Remote Control and Development of Remote Control Devices and Sensors – 8 Volume Set. Volume 4 – Continuous Mining Machine Seam Interface Sensors

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• Personal Author:
  Barkhoudarian S ; Ioannou JT ; Steinberg RF
• Description:
  This report presents the results of the study and experimentation on coal-seam interface sensing using the acoustic pulse-echo technique. The design and construction of acoustic transducers and coupling techniques are discussed and the electronic equipment used in conjunction with the transducers is described. Laboratory coal simulation experiments are described, and the results of acoustic transmission and reflection laboratory experiments, using coal samples from various sources, are presented. Because of difficulties encountered in laboratory experiments, an underground field test was performed for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the technique for measuring coal thickness in situ prior to final hardware design and construction. The results of the field test, which showed that detection of the coal seam interface was difficult using state-of-the-art techniques because of competing signal returns, are discussed. [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:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-102
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001260
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-224259
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/224-259 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries; :1-102
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Performing Organization:
  Bendix Corporation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/224-259; Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8abb00216caa2cad548005b60b4895dbdcb475652a4c23045c5f0d7af809b71d8586d24eda511b7106cff8466bb227e955b7c96e7e4a57b935ea1558cb530ce3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234871/cdc_234871_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.63 MB ]