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Evaluate Fundamental Approaches to Longwall Dust Control Subprogram D - Longwall Automation Technology.

PB91132589

Publication Date	1990
Personal Author	Ludlow, J.; Ruggieri, S.
Page Count	30
Abstract	The use of automated equipment on longwall faces can offer significant benefits by reducing manpower, increasing production and enhancing health and safety. Specifically, the dust exposures of face personnel can be reduced by removing them from areas of high dust concentrations. While the advantages are clear, and sufficiently mature, and developments have been commercially available, the application of automated systems on U.S. longwalls has met with limited success. The objective of the subprogram was to determine the engineering and economic restraints on the implementation and acceptance of longwall automation technology and to study the potential dust control benefits offered by the technology. Two of the more highly developed automation techniques were chosen for detailed investigation: automated shield advance and shearer remote control.
Keywords	Dust control Coal mining Automation Equipment Surveys Remote control Remote systems Performance evaluation Radio equipment Recommendations Longwall sections
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68A - Air Pollution & Control 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA.; Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Research Center.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Research Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199106
Contract Number	J0318097

Evaluate Fundamental Approaches to Longwall Dust Control Subprogram D - Longwall Automation Technology.

Evaluate Fundamental Approaches to Longwall Dust Control Subprogram D - Longwall Automation Technology.
PB91132589

Publication Date	1990
Personal Author	Ludlow, J.; Ruggieri, S.
Page Count	30
Abstract	The use of automated equipment on longwall faces can offer significant benefits by reducing manpower, increasing production and enhancing health and safety. Specifically, the dust exposures of face personnel can be reduced by removing them from areas of high dust concentrations. While the advantages are clear, and sufficiently mature, and developments have been commercially available, the application of automated systems on U.S. longwalls has met with limited success. The objective of the subprogram was to determine the engineering and economic restraints on the implementation and acceptance of longwall automation technology and to study the potential dust control benefits offered by the technology. Two of the more highly developed automation techniques were chosen for detailed investigation: automated shield advance and shearer remote control.
Keywords	Dust control Coal mining Automation Equipment Surveys Remote control Remote systems Performance evaluation Radio equipment Recommendations Longwall sections
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68A - Air Pollution & Control 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA.; Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Research Center.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Research Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199106
Contract Number	J0318097