- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A device that records, on paper or otherwise, the signals given by the banksman and the onsetter and the movements of the winder drum.
Industry:Mining
A device that releases automatically the hoisting rope from a cage in the event of an overwind.
Industry:Mining
A device that takes samples with a scoop rotating on an axle mounted on a heavy frame that rests firmly on the bottom. The device is lowered open with the entire weight taken by a shackle on a balanced arm. Closure is not effected on touching bottom. On hoisting, the pressure of water on a vane attached to the balanced arm tips a lever allowing a pin to slip out, releasing the shackle. The weight is then transferred to a rope rotating around a large drum. This in turn rotates a small pulley and drags the sampling hemisphere through the bottom via a second pulley to which it is attached by a light wire. The maximum volume of the sample is 5« L, and in practice, usually about 3 to 4 L are collected.
Industry:Mining
A device that tilts or turns the buckets of a pivoted bucket conveyor, causing them to discharge. It may be fixed or movable.
Industry:Mining
A device to allow roadway steel arches a measure of yield under roof pressure to prevent buckling. The stilt may take the form of wooden extensions strapped to the legs of the arch, wire bags filled with dirt, a mechanical frictional appliance, or a hydraulic stilt.
Industry:Mining
A device to concentrate and separate diamonds from gangue material. It is based on the principle that short, sharp vibrations in rapid succession transmitted to a greased surface cause diamonds to become imbedded in the grease, while water washes away other materials.
Industry:Mining
A device to control the load and prevent spillage on a gathering conveyor receiving coal or mineral from several loading points or subsidiary conveyors. The device is a simplified weightometer and is installed on the main belt a short distance before the intermediate loading point. When the main belt is fully loaded, the scale registers this fact and causes a break in the electrical circuit of the intermediate conveyor, which is stopped. Immediately after that, the flood loading on the main conveyor is finished, and the load controller operates and starts up the subsidiary conveyor.
Industry:Mining
A device to determine the methane or dust concentration in mine air to assess safety and health. Instruments are designed to sample instantaneously, or over short periods, or to operate continuously. For methane, warning is required whenever the percentage approaches a danger figure. Dust dangers are not momentary peak concentrations but the bulk quantity of dust breathed over a period. The term may also be applied to soil-, coal-, or mineral-sampling devices of an instrumental nature.
Industry:Mining
