EP2235326B1 - Method for handling transport events in underground mining - Google Patents

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EP2235326B1
EP2235326B1 EP08716241A EP08716241A EP2235326B1 EP 2235326 B1 EP2235326 B1 EP 2235326B1 EP 08716241 A EP08716241 A EP 08716241A EP 08716241 A EP08716241 A EP 08716241A EP 2235326 B1 EP2235326 B1 EP 2235326B1
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Uwe Müller
Heinz-Josef Wilkin
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    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21FSAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, OR DRAINING IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS
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  • the invention relates to a method for handling transport operations from a surface and / or underground loading to the need for frequent change of location in underground mining sites, such as mining and extraction operations and assembly and disassembly operations.
  • a generic method for handling transport operations is for example from the US-A-5999865 known.
  • Unmanned, self-propelled means of transport which travel along the predetermined transport paths by means of two-dimensionally operating laser devices, serve to handle the transport processes.
  • the known method is based on a sequence of individual method steps, namely a planning preparation by detecting the available transport routes and their intersections, a subsequent route planning for the individual to be traveled transport routes, automatic navigation of the transport along the transport routes to be traveled and a tracking whether the respective transport path has been completely completed or interrupted, including an optional correction of the transport route.
  • the transport capacities of the means of transport used are not considered or taken into consideration, so that a security of supply of the corresponding consumption points is not guaranteed.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object, a method of the type described in such a way that along the self-adjusting transport chains, the processes of over- and underground transport processing are optimized and the security of supply of underground use or consumption points is increased.
  • the invention provides for this in detail that in a computer-aided control unit all in the mine building available transport routes including their transport capacity affecting status data and along the transport routes movable transport and transport containers with their associated capacity data and respective locations above and below ground and with their respective Timetables are recorded and that the control unit for the transport processes to be processed, taking into account the weight and dimensions of the goods to be transported automatically generated adapted to the respective, determined from the acquired data operating path and timetable for a selected means of transport and driving orders to automated, unmanned transport triggers or transmits to the operator of a selected means of transport associated communication means.
  • these status data can include single track or multi-lane transport routes, an increase or decrease in the transport routes and / or established slow-moving routes, because on this basis optimal control of the first to be handled transport operations.
  • the means of transport and transport containers with their associated capacity data and respective locations and their respective timetables are recorded in the dataset, so that the control unit can access this data and determine based on which transport means and transport containers can be used to carry out a specific transport operation.
  • the means of transport comprise the drives to be used over and under underground, such as locomotives, monorail conveyors and shaft conveying, while the data concerning the transport containers concern the dimensions and permissible weight of the goods to be transported therewith.
  • the data stored in the control unit enable a corresponding empty container management.
  • the control unit determines the best possible route, taking into account all the data that is always up-to-date, and adapts the transport to be carried out in the existing timetables for other shipments.
  • the control unit triggers driving orders in the case of automated, unmanned transport means or transmits corresponding data to the frequently operating throughout the mine building active operators who may have to execute these transport commands at the notified times.
  • an integrated planning and control of the entire transport processing to the destination in each case in real time is possible in an advantageous manner.
  • the current operating data such as tank contents, accumulated operating times of the means of transport and associated maintenance data, maintenance and inspection intervals, are detected in the control unit and the control unit the respective operational readiness of the means of transport for the determination of route and timetable to be used Transportation taken into account.
  • monorail conveyors in contrast to the more resilient floor conveyor more often than capacity bottleneck for transport processing, can be provided according to an embodiment of the invention that monorails are used as means of transport, the number of lifting bars and the permissible trailer loads are recorded as capacitance data in the control unit and the control unit respective train aggregate load taken into account when determining the route and timetable of the means of transport to be used. This total train load must be matched to the condition data of the route section to be handled during transport.
  • the transport planning also includes the loading and optionally a transhipment or unloading of the transport containers, and therefore according to one embodiment of the invention it is provided that in the control unit data on the operationally available loading units are deposited and the control unit in the determination of the route and timetable to be used Means of transport considered the upstream loading of goods to be transported.
  • the control unit can take into account and specify the loading work in the determination of the transport operations and also trigger these loading operations in automatically operating loading systems.
  • the data stored in the control unit are converted into a visual representation of the transport routes and the locations of means of transport and transport containers, wherein in addition to the visual Representation and the operating states of each current transport operations can be included.
  • a currently necessary transport for example, a replacement spare part from above to a running extraction operation to be performed, this transport request with the appropriate data from above-ground storage space, destination at the extraction operation, Dimensions and weight of the spare part and timing for the demand in the extraction mode entered into the control unit.
  • the control unit data can first be checked in the control unit, whether the current schedules of the remaining in progress or planned transport operations allow integration of the new transport process, also whether transport and transport containers are available for the handling of the transport process, and whether, if appropriate, another transport process is in preparation, which coincides with the pending, to be processed transport process.
  • the loading process will be determined on the basis of the stored related data, and then the route and the associated timetable will become obsolete Consideration of the overall timetables of all further transport operations within the mine building.
  • the driving orders are dissolved and / or the corresponding data are transmitted to the employees working in the mine building.
  • stationary personal computers are set up in the mine building or the operator is equipped with pocket personal computers on wireless wireless LAN basis, so that a direct communication with the control unit or with a monitoring all operating operations control room is possible.

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for handling transport events from above-ground and/or underground loading to demand sites in underground mining that are subject to frequent location changes, such as heading and extraction operations and also assembly and disassembly operations, wherein in a computer-based control unit all transport paths available in the mining building, including the status data influencing the transport capacities, the transport means movable along the transport paths, transport containers with the respective capacity data and locations above-ground and underground, and also the respective schedules, are recorded, and wherein the control unit for the transport events to be handled automatically generates a path and a schedule for a selected transport means, said path and schedule being adapted to the respective operating situation based on the recorded data while taking the weight and dimensions into consideration, triggers unmanned transport means, or transmits associated communication means to the operator of a selected transport means.

Description

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Abwicklung von Transportvorgängen von einer übertägigen und/oder untertägigen Beladung zu den im untertägigen Bergbau einem häufigen Ortswechsel unterworfenen Bedarfsstellen, wie Vortriebs- und Gewinnungsbetriebe sowie Montage- und Demontagebetriebe.The invention relates to a method for handling transport operations from a surface and / or underground loading to the need for frequent change of location in underground mining sites, such as mining and extraction operations and assembly and disassembly operations.

In Betrieben des untertägigen Bergbaus besteht generell das Problem des Transports aller Bedarfsgüter von Übertage bis zu den Einsatz- bzw. Verbrauchsstellen untertage beziehungsweise des Transports der Bedarfsgüter im untertägigen Querverkehr zwischen untertägigen Lagern und einzelnen Einsatz- oder Verbrauchsstellen beziehungsweise zwischen den Einsatz- oder Verbrauchsstellen untereinander. Die Problemstellung ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass einerseits sich die örtliche Lage der Einsatz- oder Verbrauchsstellen im untertägigen Grubengebäude ständig ändert, und andererseits sich zusätzlich die zur Verfügung stehenden Transportwege in den untertägigen Grubenräumen verändern; so kommt es aufgrund äußerer Einflüsse zur wechselnden Einrichtung von Langsamfahrstrecken, oder die Transportwege weisen unterschiedliche Eigenschaften im Hinblick auf ein Einfallen oder Ansteigen von Wegabschnitten auf. Da die meisten Transportwege untertage nur im Einwegverkehr betrieben werden können, bedarf es einer sorgfältigen Aufstellung von Fahrplänen, damit es nicht zu unerwünschten Begegnungen von Transportmitteln beziehungsweise zu Stauungen von Transportmitteln an neuralgischen Punkten innerhalb eines Grubengebäudes kommt.In enterprises of underground mining generally there is the problem of transporting all goods from overground to the use or consumption underground or transport of goods in the underground cross-traffic between underground warehouses and individual use or consumption points or between the use or consumption points with each other. The problem is characterized in that on the one hand, the location of the use or consumption points in the underground mine building constantly changes, and on the other hand change the available transport routes in the underground mine areas; so it comes due to external influences to the changing establishment of slow driving distances, or the transport routes have different properties with regard to a collapse or increase of path sections. Since most transport routes underground can only be operated in one-way traffic, it requires a careful preparation of timetables so that it does not come to unwanted encounters of means of transport or congestion of means of transport at critical points within a mine.

Ein gattungsgemäßes Verfahren zur Abwicklung von Transportvorgängen ist beispielsweise aus der US-A-5999865 bekannt. Zur Abwicklung der Transportvorgänge dienen mannlos betriebene, selbstfahrende Transportmittel, die mittels zweidimensional arbeitender Lasereinrichtungen längs der vorbestimmten Transportwege fahren. Das bekannte Verfahren baut auf einer Abfolge von einzelnen Verfahrensschritten auf, nämlich einer Planungsvorbereitung durch Erfassung der zur Verfügung stehenden Transportwege und deren Kreuzungen, einer anschließenden Routenplanung für die im Einzelnen zu durchfahrenden Transportwege, einer automatischen Navigation der Transportmittel längs der zu durchfahrenden Transportwege und einer Verfolgung, ob der jeweilige Transportweg vollständig vollzogen oder aber unterbrochen wurde einschließlich einer gegebenenfalls vorzunehmenden Korrektur des Transportweges. Bei dem bekannten Verfahren sind jedoch unter anderem die Transportkapazitäten der eingesetzten Transportmittel nicht berücksichtigt beziehungsweise in Betracht gezogen, so dass eine Versorgungssicherheit der entsprechenden Verbrauchsstellen nicht gewährleistet ist.A generic method for handling transport operations is for example from the US-A-5999865 known. Unmanned, self-propelled means of transport, which travel along the predetermined transport paths by means of two-dimensionally operating laser devices, serve to handle the transport processes. The known method is based on a sequence of individual method steps, namely a planning preparation by detecting the available transport routes and their intersections, a subsequent route planning for the individual to be traveled transport routes, automatic navigation of the transport along the transport routes to be traveled and a tracking whether the respective transport path has been completely completed or interrupted, including an optional correction of the transport route. In the known method, however, inter alia, the transport capacities of the means of transport used are not considered or taken into consideration, so that a security of supply of the corresponding consumption points is not guaranteed.

Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren der eingangs angegebenen Art so auszugestalten, dass entlang der sich einstellenden Transportketten die Prozesse der über- und untertägigen Transportabwicklung optimiert sind und die Versorgungssicherheit der untertägigen Einsatz- bzw. Verbrauchsstellen erhöht ist.The invention is therefore based on the object, a method of the type described in such a way that along the self-adjusting transport chains, the processes of over- and underground transport processing are optimized and the security of supply of underground use or consumption points is increased.

Die Lösung dieser Aufgabe ergibt sich einschließlich vorteilhafter Ausgestaltungen und Weiterbildungen der Erfindung aus dem Inhalt der Patentansprüche, welche dieser Beschreibung nachgestellt sind.The solution to this problem arises, including advantageous refinements and developments of the invention from the content of the claims, which are adjusted to this description.

Die Erfindung sieht hierzu im einzelnen vor, dass in einer rechnergestützten Steuereinheit sämtliche in dem Grubengebäude zur Verfügung stehenden Transportwege einschließlich deren die Transportkapazitäten beeinflussenden Zustandsdaten sowie die längs der Transportwege beweglichen Transportmittel und Transportbehälter mit ihren zugehörigen Kapazitätsdaten und jeweiligen Standorten über und untertage sowie mit ihren jeweiligen Fahrplänen erfasst sind und dass die Steuereinheit für die abzuwickelnden Transportvorgänge unter Berücksichtigung von Gewicht und Abmessung der zu transportierenden Güter automatisch einen an die jeweilige, aus den erfassten Daten ermittelte Betriebssituation angepassten Leitweg und Fahrplan für ein ausgewähltes Transportmittel generiert und Fahraufträge an automatisierte, mannlos betriebene Transportmittel auslöst oder an dem Bediener eines ausgewählten Transportmittels zugeordnete Kommunikationsmittel übermittelt.The invention provides for this in detail that in a computer-aided control unit all in the mine building available transport routes including their transport capacity affecting status data and along the transport routes movable transport and transport containers with their associated capacity data and respective locations above and below ground and with their respective Timetables are recorded and that the control unit for the transport processes to be processed, taking into account the weight and dimensions of the goods to be transported automatically generated adapted to the respective, determined from the acquired data operating path and timetable for a selected means of transport and driving orders to automated, unmanned transport triggers or transmits to the operator of a selected means of transport associated communication means.

Zunächst ist demnach vorgesehen, die Transportwege in dem in der Steuereinheit abgelegten Datenbestand zu erfassen und zwar einschließlich der die Transportkapazität beeinflussenden Zustandsdaten. Nach Ausführungsbeispielen der Erfindung können diese Zustandsdaten Einspurigkeit oder Mehrspurigkeit der Transportwege, ein Ansteigen oder Einfallen der Transportwege und/oder eingerichtete Langsamfahrstrecken umfassen, weil auf dieser Basis erst eine optimale Steuerung der abzuwickelnden Transportvorgänge möglich ist. Gleichzeitig sind in dem Datenbestand die Transportmittel und Transportbehälter mit ihren zugehörigen Kapazitätsdaten und jeweiligen Standorten sowie ihren jeweiligen Fahrplänen erfasst, so dass die Steuereinheit auf diese Daten zugreifen und darauf basierend bestimmt werden kann, welche Transportmittel und Transportbehälter für die Durchführung eines speziellen Transportvorganges heranziehbar sind. Die Transportmittel umfassen dabei die über- und untertage einzusetzenden Antriebe wie Lokomotiven, Einschienehängebahnen und die Schachtförderung, während die die Transportbehälter betreffenden Daten Abmessungen und zulässiges Gewicht der damit zu transportierenden Güter betreffen. Damit ermöglichen die in der Steuereinheit abgelegten Daten ein entsprechendes Leerbehältermanagement. Zur Durchführung eines konkreten Transportvorganges für bestimmte Güter ermittelt die Steuereinheit unter Berücksichtigung aller aufgrund fortlaufender, ständiger Erfassung stets aktueller Daten den bestmöglichen Leitweg und passt den durchzuführenden Transport in die bestehenden Fahrpläne für andere Transporte ein. Als Ergebnis der entsprechenden Abprüfung löst die Steuereinheit Fahraufträge im Falle von automatisierten, mannlos betriebenen Transportmitteln aus oder übermittelt entsprechende Daten an die häufig im gesamten Grubengebäude verteilt tätigen Bedienerpersonen, die gegebenenfalls diese Transportbefehle zu den mitgeteilten Zeitpunkten auszuführen haben. Damit ist in vorteilhafter Weise eine durchgängige Planung und Steuerung der gesamten Transportabwicklung bis zum Zielort jeweils in Echtzeit möglich.First, it is therefore provided to detect the transport paths in the data stored in the control unit, including the state data influencing the transport capacity. According to exemplary embodiments of the invention, these status data can include single track or multi-lane transport routes, an increase or decrease in the transport routes and / or established slow-moving routes, because on this basis optimal control of the first to be handled transport operations. At the same time, the means of transport and transport containers with their associated capacity data and respective locations and their respective timetables are recorded in the dataset, so that the control unit can access this data and determine based on which transport means and transport containers can be used to carry out a specific transport operation. The means of transport comprise the drives to be used over and under underground, such as locomotives, monorail conveyors and shaft conveying, while the data concerning the transport containers concern the dimensions and permissible weight of the goods to be transported therewith. Thus, the data stored in the control unit enable a corresponding empty container management. In order to carry out a specific transport process for certain goods, the control unit determines the best possible route, taking into account all the data that is always up-to-date, and adapts the transport to be carried out in the existing timetables for other shipments. As a result of the corresponding test, the control unit triggers driving orders in the case of automated, unmanned transport means or transmits corresponding data to the frequently operating throughout the mine building active operators who may have to execute these transport commands at the notified times. Thus, an integrated planning and control of the entire transport processing to the destination in each case in real time is possible in an advantageous manner.

Nach einem Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, dass die aktuellen Betriebsdaten wie Tankinhalt, aufgelaufene Betriebszeiten der Transportmittel sowie zugehörige Instandhaltungsdaten, Wartungs- und Prüfungsintervalle, in der Steuereinheit erfasst sind und die Steuereinheit die jeweilige Einsatzbereitschaft der Transportmittel für die Festlegung von Leitweg und Fahrplan der einzusetzenden Transportmittel berücksichtigt. Damit ist es in vorteilhafter Weise möglich, schon im Stadium der Festlegung von Leitweg und Fahrplan vorausschauend Einschränkungen in den Transportkapazitäten der Transportmittel zu berücksichtigen, wobei damit gleichzeitig die vorteilhafte Möglichkeit einer Verknüpfung der Transportplanung mit den Unterstützungsprozessen wie Instandhaltung und/oder Reparatur besteht.According to one embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the current operating data such as tank contents, accumulated operating times of the means of transport and associated maintenance data, maintenance and inspection intervals, are detected in the control unit and the control unit the respective operational readiness of the means of transport for the determination of route and timetable to be used Transportation taken into account. This makes it possible in an advantageous manner, even at the stage of fixing route and timetable anticipatory restrictions in the transport capacity of the means of transport, which at the same time there is the advantageous possibility of linking the transport planning with the support processes such as maintenance and / or repair.

Soweit sich Einschienehängebahnen im Gegensatz zu den belastbareren Flurfördermitteln häufiger als Kapazitätsengpass für die Transportabwicklung herausstellen, kann nach einem Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung vorgesehen sein, dass für Einschienenhängebahnen als Transportmittel die Anzahl der Hubbalken und die zulässigen Anhängelasten als Kapazitätsdaten in der Steuereinheit erfasst sind und die Steuereinheit die jeweilige Zuggesamtlast bei der Festlegung von Leitweg und Fahrplan der einzusetzenden Transportmittel berücksichtigt. Diese Zuggesamtlast ist auf die Zustandsdaten des beim Transport zu bewältigenden Streckenabschnitts abzustimmen.Insofar as monorail conveyors, in contrast to the more resilient floor conveyor more often than capacity bottleneck for transport processing, can be provided according to an embodiment of the invention that monorails are used as means of transport, the number of lifting bars and the permissible trailer loads are recorded as capacitance data in the control unit and the control unit respective train aggregate load taken into account when determining the route and timetable of the means of transport to be used. This total train load must be matched to the condition data of the route section to be handled during transport.

Die Transportplanung umfasst auch die Beladung und gegebenenfalls eine Umladung bzw. Entladung der Transportbehälter, und daher ist nach einem Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung vorgesehen, dass in der Steuereinheit Daten über die betrieblich verfügbaren Verladeeinheiten hinterlegt sind und die Steuereinheit bei der Festlegung von Leitweg und Fahrplan der einzusetzenden Transportmittel die vorgeschaltete Verladung der zu transportierenden Güter berücksichtigt. Somit kann die Steuereinheit bei der Festlegung der Transportvorgänge die Ladearbeiten berücksichtigen und vorgeben und bei automatisch arbeitenden Verladesystemen diese Verladevorgänge auch auslösen.The transport planning also includes the loading and optionally a transhipment or unloading of the transport containers, and therefore according to one embodiment of the invention it is provided that in the control unit data on the operationally available loading units are deposited and the control unit in the determination of the route and timetable to be used Means of transport considered the upstream loading of goods to be transported. Thus, the control unit can take into account and specify the loading work in the determination of the transport operations and also trigger these loading operations in automatically operating loading systems.

Nach einem Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, dass die in der Steuereinheit abgelegten Daten in eine visuelle Darstellung der Transportwege sowie der Standorte von Transportmitteln und Transportbehältern umgesetzt werden, wobei zusätzlich in die visuelle Darstellung auch die Betriebszustände der jeweils laufenden Transportvorgänge einbezogen sein können. Hiermit ist der Vorteil verbunden, dass die Überwachung der gesamten Transportabwicklung in einer Leitwarte möglich ist und bei entsprechenden Systemfehlern oder Betriebsstörungen oder Unfällen rechtzeitig eingegriffen werden kann.According to one embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the data stored in the control unit are converted into a visual representation of the transport routes and the locations of means of transport and transport containers, wherein in addition to the visual Representation and the operating states of each current transport operations can be included. This has the advantage that the monitoring of the entire transport processing in a control room is possible and can be intervened in case of appropriate system errors or malfunctions or accidents in a timely manner.

Soweit also gemäß einem in der betrieblichen Praxis des untertägigen Bergbaus auftretenden Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ein aktuell notwendiger Transport beispielsweise eines Ausbau-Ersatzteiles von Übertage bis zu einem laufenden Gewinnungsbetrieb durchgeführt werden soll, wird diese Transportanforderung mit den entsprechenden Daten von übertägigem Lagerplatz, Zielort am Gewinnungsbetrieb, Abmessungen und Gewicht des Ersatzteils sowie Zeitvorgabe für den Bedarf im Gewinnungsbetrieb in die Steuereinheit eingegeben. Anhand der abgelegten beziehungsweise von der Steuereinheit verarbeiteten Daten kann zunächst in der Steuereinheit abgeprüft werden, ob die aktuellen Fahrpläne der übrigen in Abwicklung stehenden beziehungsweise geplanten Transportvorgänge eine Integration des neuen Transportvorganges zulassen, ferner ob Transportmittel und Transportbehälter für die Abwicklung des Transportvorganges zur Verfügung stehen, und ob gegebenenfalls ein anderer Transportvorgang in Vorbereitung steht, der sich mit dem anstehenden, abzuarbeitenden Transportvorgang deckt. Ferner kann überprüft werden, ob andere Transportmittel beziehungsweise Transportbehälter in der Nähe verfügbar sind, ob das in Aussicht genommene Transportmittel entsprechend seiner Betriebsdaten für die Abwicklung des Transportvorganges ohne Wartung oder Instandhaltungsnotwendigkeit zur Verfügung steht und genügend Treibstoff für die Abwicklung des Transportvorganges zur Verfügung steht und ob während der Durchführung des Transportvorganges eventuell erforderliches Bedienerpersonal bereitsteht.So far as according to a occurring in the operational practice of underground mining embodiment of the invention, a currently necessary transport, for example, a replacement spare part from above to a running extraction operation to be performed, this transport request with the appropriate data from above-ground storage space, destination at the extraction operation, Dimensions and weight of the spare part and timing for the demand in the extraction mode entered into the control unit. On the basis of the stored or processed by the control unit data can first be checked in the control unit, whether the current schedules of the remaining in progress or planned transport operations allow integration of the new transport process, also whether transport and transport containers are available for the handling of the transport process, and whether, if appropriate, another transport process is in preparation, which coincides with the pending, to be processed transport process. Furthermore, it can be checked whether other means of transport or transport containers are available in the vicinity, whether the prospective means of transport according to its operating data for the handling of the transport process without maintenance or maintenance need is available and enough fuel for the handling of the transport process is available and whether during the implementation of the transport process possibly required operator personnel is available.

Nach Überprüfung der vorstehenden Kriterien wird der Verladeprozess anhand der abgelegten, darauf bezogenen Daten festgelegt, und es werden anschließend der Leitweg und der zugehörige Fahrplan unter Berücksichtigung der Gesamtfahrpläne aller weiteren Transportvorgänge innerhalb des Grubengebäudes festgelegt. Soweit möglich werden anschließend bei Einsatz von automatisierten Transportmitteln die Fahraufträge aufgelöst und/oder es werden die entsprechenden Daten an die im Grubengebäude verteilt tätigen Mitarbeiter übermittelt. Hierzu sind im Grubengebäude stationäre Personalcomputer aufgestellt beziehungsweise ist das Bedienungspersonal mit Pocket-Personalcomputern auf kabelloser W-Lan-Basis ausgerüstet, so dass eine direkte Kommunikation mit der Steuereinheit beziehungsweise mit einer alle Betriebsvorgänge überwachenden Leitwarte möglich ist.After reviewing the above criteria, the loading process will be determined on the basis of the stored related data, and then the route and the associated timetable will become obsolete Consideration of the overall timetables of all further transport operations within the mine building. As far as possible, when using automated means of transport, the driving orders are dissolved and / or the corresponding data are transmitted to the employees working in the mine building. For this purpose, stationary personal computers are set up in the mine building or the operator is equipped with pocket personal computers on wireless wireless LAN basis, so that a direct communication with the control unit or with a monitoring all operating operations control room is possible.

Die in der vorstehenden Beschreibung, den Patentansprüchen und der Zusammenfassung offenbarten Merkmale des Gegenstandes dieser Unterlagen können einzeln als auch in beliebigen Kombinationen untereinander für die Verwirklichung der Erfindung in ihren verschiedenen Ausführungsformen wesentlich sein.The features disclosed in the foregoing description, the claims and the abstract of the subject matter of these documents may be essential individually as well as in any combination with each other for the realization of the invention in its various embodiments.

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  1. Method for executing transport processes from an overground and/or underground loading point to the points of needs which are subject to frequent changes of location in underground mining, such as drift and extraction operations as well as installation and dismantling operations, characterised in that all the transport routes available in the pit building, including the status data of the transport routes which affects the transport capacities, and the transport means and transport containers which can be moved along the transport routes, with the associated capacity data thereof and the respective locations thereof above and below ground and with the respective timetables thereof, are recorded in a computer-assisted control unit, and wherein the control unit for the transport processes to be executed automatically generates for a selected transport means a guide route and timetable adapted to the respective operating situation determined from the recorded data, taking into account the weight and dimensions of the goods to be transported, and issues driving orders to automated, unmanned transport means or sends them to communication means assigned to the operator of a selected transport means.
  2. Method according to Claim 1, in which the current operating data such as tank content, accumulated operating times of the transport means and associated service data, maintenance and test intervals are recorded in the control unit, and the control unit takes into account the respective readiness for use of the transport means when defining the guide route and timetable of the transport means to be used.
  3. Method according to Claim 1 or 2, in which, where overhead monorails are used as the transport means, the number of lifting beams and the permissible towing loads are recorded as capacity data in the control unit, and the control unit takes into account the respective total pulling load when defining the guide route and timetable of the transport means to be used.
  4. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 3, in which data on the operationally available loading units is stored in the control unit, and the control unit takes into account the upstream loading of the goods to be transported when defining the guide route and timetable of the transport means to be used.
  5. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 4, in which the status data of the transport routes which affects the transport capacity includes whether the transport routes are single-lane or multi-lane, an incline or decline of the transport routes and/or established speed restrictions.
  6. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 5, in which the data stored in the control unit is converted into a visual representation of the transport routes and the locations of transport means and transport containers.
  7. Method according to Claim 6, in which the operating states of the respective transport processes currently in progress are included in the visual representation.
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