FIBER OPTIC SHAPE SENSING ADAPTED TO CUTTER MODULE OF HIGHWALL MINER

摘要

A system for determining the position and orientation of a cutter module relative to a frame of a highwall miner is provided. The cutter module is attached to the highwall miner by a string of push beams and moveable relative to the highwall miner. A reel is rotatably mounted to the highwall miner frame and configured to feed out a hose chain that supplies fluid to the cutter module. A fiber optic shape sensing system is associated with the cutter module is configured to receive strain information from the fiber bundle and compute the location of at least one position of the fiber bundle that is associated with the cutter module relative to the reference frame.

主权项

1. A system for determining a position and orientation of a cutter module relative to a frame of a highwall miner comprising:
said cutter module being attached to said highwall miner by a string of push beams and moveable relative to said highwall miner; a reel rotatably mounted to said highwall miner frame and configured to feed out a hose chain that supplies fluid to said cutter module; a fiber optic shape sensing system associated with said cutter module comprising: an interrogation module; a reference frame fixed to said highwall miner frame; and a fiber bundle joined to said interrogation module at a proximal end and to said cutter module at a distal end; wherein said interrogation module is configured to receive strain information from said fiber bundle and compute the location of at least one position of said fiber bundle that is associated with said cutter module relative to the reference frame.