High stress impact detection for a longwall shearer

A longwall mining system, the system comprising:

• a shearer including a cutter drum;
• a sensor mounted to the shearer;
• and
• an electronic controller including a processor and a memory, the electronic controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, and the electronic controller configured to
• receive vibration data from the sensor,
• determine a current vibration level experienced by a cutter drum of the shearer based on the vibration data,
• compare the current vibration level to a vibration threshold,
• detect an impact event associated with the cutter drum of the shearer based on the comparison,
• generate an impact event indication associated with the impact event,
• retrieve additional data associated with the impact event indication,
• link the additional data with the vibration data associated with the impact event,
• create an impact event record, the impact event record including the vibration data and the additional data,
• store the impact event record, and,
• in response to receiving a maintenance request, export the impact event record for display.