Mining Publication: Tying Acceleration and GPS Location Information Together To Create a Mine Management Tool
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Original creation date: March 1999
Authors: RE Miller, P Boman, J Walden, S Rhoades, R Gibbs
Conference Paper - March 1999
SME Annual Meeting, March 1-3, 1999, Denver, Colorado; Preprint 99-118; 4 pp
Accelerometers and pressure transducers mounted in suspension components can be used to monitor the ride of haulage trucks. Presently, it is difficult to tell what caused a jolt to the truck using either pressure or acceleration data alone. When information from a Global Positioning System is recorded at the same time as shock pressures or acceleration data, then the exact location of an event can be determined. Mine management can then determine what caused the jolt to the truck.
Conference Paper - March 1999
SME Annual Meeting, March 1-3, 1999, Denver, Colorado; Preprint 99-118; 4 pp
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