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US 6,616,244 B2Granted
Method and arrangement for determining position of unmanned mining vehicles
AssigneeSandvik Tamrock Oy
InventorLeo Häkkinen
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Abstract
A method of determining the position of unmanned mining vehicles. According to the method, control marks are provided in the mine, for positioning mining vehicles in production use by means of a marking device, such as a paint sprayer (14), provided in a specific measuring vehicle (3). The invention also relates to a measuring vehicle that is unmanned and comprises a measuring device for measuring a mine and also a marking device for providing a mine gallery with control marks.
Claims10
A method of determining the position of unmanned mining vehicles, the method comprising:
- measuring excavated mine galleries by means of an unmanned measuring vehicle,
- marking control marks in the mine galleries by means of a marking device in the measuring vehicle, and
- using the control marks in controlling a mining vehicle.
A measuring vehicle comprising:
- a mobile base,
- control devices for driving it unmanned in a mine from a control room arranged outside a mine section to be operated,
- a data communication unit for transmitting control and measurement information between the control room and the vehicle,
- at least one measuring device by which a mine gallery is measured, and
- at least one marking device for marking control marks onto the mine gallery in order to control other mining vehicles and determine the position thereof.
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