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Teleoperated control system for underground room and pillar mining

  • US 5,161,857 A
  • Filed: 04/29/1991
  • Issued: 11/10/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A teleoperated mining system comprising:

  • a thin seam continuous miner for mining in a thin seam mine which, in use, is located at a mining face of the mine;

    at least one camera mounted on said continuous miner;

    a ventilation system for removing combustible material from said mining face;

    a haulage system for removing material mined by said continuous miner from said mining face to a collection site;

    a slave computer mounted on said continuous miner for controlling the operation of said continuous miner, said camera, said ventilation system, and said haulage system;

    a plurality of sensors for relaying information relating to operating conditions of said miner to said slave computer; and

    a base station connected to said miner by cables/hoses and comprising a cable/hose handling module for winding or unwinding said cables/hoses, a hydraulic power and air compressor module for supplying air to said continuous miner, and an operator control module housing at least one monitor for displaying an image of the mining face produced by said camera, and a host computer for interpreting inputs from an operator, for controlling displaying of said information relating to the operating conditions of said miner on a further monitor, and for controlling said slave computer via a two wire communications line connected at one end thereof to said slave computer and at the other end thereof to said host computer.

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