Shot-rock diggability monitor
US5844800A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G19/10
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Method and Apparatus are disclosed for dynamically determining the efficiency of blast design parameters at a mine site from measured machine loader characteristics whereby a microprocessor system receives signals indicative of power train and work implement linkage measurements and develops diggability ratio indices therefrom to ascertain the blast design efficiency.
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