Longwall Automation: A Ground Control Perspective

Details

• Personal Author:
  Listak, Jeffrey M. ; Pappas, Deno M.
• Description:
  This U.S. Bureau of Mines report describes the implications of in- mine ground control on the automated or remotely controlled operation of longwall mining equipment. Perhaps the greatest challenge to longwall automation researchers is the development of systems that will continuously function in the complex and unpredictable underground environment. The high degree of environmental variability, together with conditions brought about by the extraction process, makes complete automation of longwall mining a difficult task. The intellectual thought processes and split- second decision making required to avert disasters are lost when workers are removed from the face. As many mine operators can attest, minor problems, left unresolved, can eventually accumulate and lead to catastrophic consequences. The automation process will have to assess and manage various routine problems that are otherwise resolved through worker observation and experience. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Pamphlet or Booklet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007656
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0a69deb53f3c52e5fab99bc84ff1105a5b087f103c5d18038c108236477872a766a93d1cb6586981aa70bbbb38236c15d28b3816527b179405a81b84fe371339
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/235911/cdc_235911_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.59 MB ]