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10/1/1998 - Reports of InvestigationsOne of the applications of enabling technology for remote-controlled mining to protect miners is the use of a guidance system on the continuous haulage equipment so that it follows the continuous mining machine that extracts the coal.
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1/1/1992 - Reports of InvestigationsThe U.S. Bureau of Mines developed and tested a teleoperating system to control a new highwall mining system. Surface and production testing proved that the teleoperating system supplied the operator with sufficient sensory information to operate the m...
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1/1/1992 - Reports of InvestigationsA prototype mucking machine designed to operate in narrow-vein stopes was developed by Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA, under contract with the U.S. Bureau of Mines. To correct deficiencies of the tether-remote-control system, a computer-based, radio-...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program