Horizon monitoring for longwall system
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring a longwall shearing mining machine in a longwall mining system, the shearing mining machine including a shearer having a first cutter drum and a second cutter drum, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, shearer position data including information obtained from sensors regarding at least one of a group consisting of a position of the shearer, a position of the first cutter drum, and a position of the second cutter drum;
identifying, by the processor, from the shearer position data, profile data obtained over a shear cycle;
analyzing the profile data, by the processor, to determine whether a position failure occurred during the shear cycle based on whether the profile data was within normal operational parameters during the shear cycle;
generating an alert upon determining that the position failure occurred during the shear cycle.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring a longwall shearing mining machine in a longwall mining system, wherein the shearing mining machine includes a shearer having a first cutter drum and a second cutter drum, includes receiving, by a processor, shearer position data over a shear cycle. The horizon profile data includes information regarding at least one of the group comprising of a position and angle of the shearer, a position of the first cutter drum, and a position of the second cutter drum. The method also includes analyzing the shearer position data, by the processor, to determine whether a position failure occurred during the shear cycle based on whether the computed horizon profile data was within normal operational parameters during the shear cycle, and generating an alert upon determining that the position failure occurred during the shear cycle.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring a longwall shearing mining machine in a longwall mining system, the shearing mining machine including a shearer having a first cutter drum and a second cutter drum, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor, shearer position data including information obtained from sensors regarding at least one of a group consisting of a position of the shearer, a position of the first cutter drum, and a position of the second cutter drum; identifying, by the processor, from the shearer position data, profile data obtained over a shear cycle; analyzing the profile data, by the processor, to determine whether a position failure occurred during the shear cycle based on whether the profile data was within normal operational parameters during the shear cycle; generating an alert upon determining that the position failure occurred during the shear cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A monitoring device for a longwall mining system including a shearer having a first cutter drum, a second cutter drum, and a first sensor to determine a position of at least one of the shearer, the first cutter drum, and the second cutter drum over a shear cycle, the monitoring device comprising:
a monitoring module implemented on a processor in communication with the shearer to receive shearer position data including information regarding at least one of a group consisting of the position of the shearer, the position of the first cutter drum, and the position of the second cutter drum, the monitoring module including; an analysis module configured to identify profile data, from the shearer position data, obtained over the shear cycle, and analyze the profile data to determine whether a position failure occurred over the shear cycle based on whether the profile data was within normal operational parameters during the shear cycle; and an alert module configured to generate an alert upon determining that the position failure occurred during the shear cycle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A longwall mining system comprising:
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a shearer including a first cutter drum, a second cutter drum, and a first sensor to determine a position of at least one of the shearer, the first cutter drum, and the second cutter drum; and a processor in communication with the shearer, the processor configured to; receive shearer position data including information regarding at least one of a group consisting of the position of the shearer, the position of the first cutter drum, and the position of the second cutter drum, identify, based on the shearer position data, a start point and an end point for a shear cycle, identify profile data, from the shearer position data, obtained over the shear cycle based on the start point and the end point, analyze the profile data to determine whether a position failure occurred over the shear cycle based on whether the profile data was within normal operational parameters during the shear cycle, and generate an alert upon determining that the position failure occurred during the shear cycle. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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