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Mine transportation management system and method

  • US 20040040792A1
  • Filed: 08/05/2003
  • Published: 03/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mine transportation management system, comprising:

  • a plurality of self-propelled vehicles each having communication means and being identifiable;

    a plurality of vessels each having communication means and being identifiable;

    at least one loading machine having communication means and loading an object to be loaded into at least one vessel out of said plurality of vessels;

    a processing facility; and

    a management center having communication means, wherein each of said plurality of self-propelled vehicles is connectable to and separable from each of said plurality of vessels; and

    wherein said management center selects a vessel to be transported and selects a self-propelled vehicle for transporting said selected vessel from said plurality of self-propelled vehicles and said plurality of vessels, based on a transportation demand signal from said processing facility, and transmits a transportation command signal to said selected self-propelled vehicle, whereby said selected self-propelled vehicle connects to said selected vessel and travels to said processing facility.

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