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Mine management system

US10360646B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2014
Grant dateJul 23, 2019
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/06313
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A mine management system to mine ore in a mine including a mining area, and a second mine shaft connecting the mining area and a first mine shaft, the mine management system includes: a transporting machine loading the ore mined in the mining area and transporting the ore to a soil discharge area while traveling in the first mine shaft; a loading machine staying in the second mine shaft while a space for the transporting machine to travel therein is left inside the first mine shaft, excavating the ore in the mining area, conveying the mined ore from the mining area in an opposite direction, and loading the ore on the transporting machine; and a management device determining the mining area toward which the transporting machine is directed so that an operability of the loading machine becomes maximal or an operability of the transporting machine becomes maximal.

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