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Control system for longwall shearer

US4634186A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 24, 1985
Grant dateJan 6, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 24, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21C35/302
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A control system for controlling the elevation of a cutter of a longwall shearer in which the attitude of the body of the shearer and the rate of change of attitude with longitudinal movement of the shearer are monitored and the elevation of the cutter is varied as a function of the sum of the product of a first constant times attitude and the product of a second constant and the rate of change of attitude.

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