Geosteering detectors for boring-type continuous miners
CA 2534439 C · Owner: Frederick Mining Controls, Llc · Inventors: Medley, Dwight; Frederick, Larry D.
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The invention provides, in one embodiment a detector for a miner comprising a , gamma sensing element and a light sensing element coupled to the gamma sensing element. According to the embodiment, the detector is mounted on a rotary cutter of a boring-type continuous miner such that the gamma sensing element has a view of a geologic formation being mined. A mining control system is also provided, comprising a miner having at least two rotary cutters and a gamma detector on each of the at least two rotary cutters for receiving gamma emissions from a geologic formation. The mining control system also provides an accelerometer and a rate gyro, wherein the accelerometer and the rate gyro …
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- Filed July 29, 2004 and granted February 26, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 29, 2024.
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