Systems and methods for automated control of a beam stageloader bootend
AssigneeJoy Global Underground Mining LLC
InventorBenjamin John Robert Lepre
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Abstract
Automated control of a longwall stageloader bootend using a plurality of sensors. The sensors include lift sensors, side shift sensors, advance sensors, angle sensors, and conveyor belt sensors. Signals from the plurality of sensors are received by a controller and used to control the operation of the bootend. Controlling the operation of the bootend includes controlling, for example, one or more lift actuators, one or more side shift actuators, one or more advance actuators, and one or more belt actuators. These various actuators can be controlled to, for example, advance the bootend, level the bootend, or match the interfaces between the bootend and a stageloader or a conveyor structure.
Claims20
A beam stageloader bootend comprising:
- at least one advance actuator configured to move the bootend longitudinally with respect to the beam stageloader;
- and
- an advance sensor configured to generate an advance sensor output signal related to a longitudinal position of the bootend with respect to the beam stageloader;
- and
- a controller connected to the advance sensor and the at least one advance actuator, the controller including a non-transitory computer readable medium and a processor, the controller including computer executable instructions stored in the computer readable medium for controlling operation of the bootend to:
- receive the advance sensor output signal,
- determine the longitudinal position of the bootend with respect to the beam stageloader based on the advance sensor output signal, and
- generate a control signal for the at least one advance actuator to adjust the position of the at least one advance actuator based on the longitudinal position of the bootend with respect to the beam stageloader.
A controller for controlling a beam stageloader bootend, the controller including a non-transitory computer readable medium and a processor, the controller including computer executable instructions stored in the computer readable medium for controlling operation of the bootend to:
- receive an advance sensor output signal from an advance sensor, the advance sensor output signal related to a longitudinal position of the bootend with respect to the beam stageloader;
- determine the longitudinal position of the bootend with respect to the beam stageloader based on the advance sensor output signal;
- and
- generate a control signal for at least one advance actuator to adjust the position of the at least one advance actuator based on the longitudinal position of the bootend with respect to the beam stageloader.
A computer-implemented method for controlling a beam stageloader bootend, the bootend including at least one advance actuator and an advance sensor, the method comprising:
- receiving an advance sensor output signal from the advance sensor, the advance sensor output signal related to a longitudinal position of the bootend with respect to the beam stageloader;
- determining the longitudinal position of the bootend with respect to the beam stageloader based on the advance sensor output signal;
- and
- generating a control signal for the at least one advance actuator to adjust the position of the at least one advance actuator based on the longitudinal position of the bootend with respect to the beam stageloader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.