Mining Publication: U.S. Bureau of Mines New Developments in Mine Communications

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Original creation date: August 1976

Authors: HE Parkinson

Conference Paper - August 1976

Proceedings of the Third WVU Conference on Coal Mine Electrotechnology, M.D. Aldridge, ed., Morgantown, West Virginia, Aug 4-6, 1976; :13.1-13.9

A brief description is given of various Bureau of Mines research activities that have begun since July 1974 and are not being reported on by others at the Third West Virginia University (WW) Conference on Coal Mine Electrotechnology. An essential feature of the various projects is that they are pragmatic. The projects are applied research and are carried out both by the Bureau in-house research group and by other research groups through contract research. Projects have been directed toward wired-type communications with a special effort to modify the wired systems so as to be more effectively used. The projects are in three groups: Pager phone systems, trolley line phone systems, and guided-wire wireless communications. Also, a brief sketch is given of research that is essential for further developments in mine communications. From the early results of these various projects, the Bureau has good reason to project that there will be improved performance of existing communication systems and that communications will be extended to other individuals working in areas that are excluded from present mine communication systems.

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Conference Paper - August 1976

Proceedings of the Third WVU Conference on Coal Mine Electrotechnology, M.D. Aldridge, ed., Morgantown, West Virginia, Aug 4-6, 1976; :13.1-13.9


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