Tailings plug reduction

摘要

A sensor signal is received, and is indicative of a sensed parameter. A metric is generated that indicates a likelihood of a tailings elevator plug, based upon the sensed parameter. A controller determines whether adjustments to controllable mechanisms are to be made, based upon the metric, in order to avoid a tailings elevator plug and, if so, automatically makes the adjustments.

主权项

1. A mobile machine, comprising:
a tailings conveying mechanism that conveys tailings in the mobile machine; a controllable mechanism that is controllable to modify an amount of tailings in the tailings conveying mechanism; a sensor sensing a parameter indicative of the amount of tailings in the tailings conveying mechanism and generating a sensor signal indicative of the sensed parameter; and a controller that receives the sensor signal, compares it to an upper threshold for the tailings conveying mechanism and a lower threshold for the tailings conveying mechanism, and, if the signal is outside of a range bound by the upper and lower thresholds, automatically generates a control signal for the controllable mechanism to modify control of the controllable mechanism in order to return the amount of tailings in the tailings conveying mechanism to a level within the range.