US20180080282A1 - Control unit for mining machine - Google Patents

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US20180080282A1
US20180080282A1 US15/561,024 US201515561024A US2018080282A1 US 20180080282 A1 US20180080282 A1 US 20180080282A1 US 201515561024 A US201515561024 A US 201515561024A US 2018080282 A1 US2018080282 A1 US 2018080282A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F15B13/02—Fluid distribution or supply devices characterised by their adaptation to the control of servomotors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21C—MINING OR QUARRYING
    • E21C35/00—Details of, or accessories for, machines for slitting or completely freeing the mineral from the seam, not provided for in groups E21C25/00 - E21C33/00, E21C37/00 or E21C39/00
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D23/00—Mine roof supports for step- by- step movement, e.g. in combination with provisions for shifting of conveyors, mining machines, or guides therefor
    • E21D23/16—Hydraulic or pneumatic features, e.g. circuits, arrangement or adaptation of valves, setting or retracting devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the invention relates to a control unit for controlling machine functions of a mining machine, in particular of an underground mining machine, tunneling machine or bolting rig.
  • the invention further relates to a mining machine, in particular an underground mining machine, tunneling machine or bolting rig.
  • the invention relates to a mining machine host control system, in particular for controlling an underground mining machine, tunneling machine or bolting rig.
  • the aforementioned devices and systems are used to control the operation of the aforementioned mining machines either by user input or in semi-automated or automated fashion.
  • user commands are translated into machine functions which have to be communicated to different parts of the mining machines.
  • the functions may be hydraulic functions, pneumatic functions or electric functions, for example. They may relate to mechanical functions, such as movement functions of manipulators, bolting rigs and the like.
  • the devices and systems of the aforementioned type and the associated machinery are typically used in hazardous environments. Among other things, they are exposed to high temperatures and, for example during drilling operations of the mining machines, to flying sparks and possibly other risks of ignition.
  • mining machines and in particular underground mining machines have to operate in increasingly narrow space confines in today's working sites due to their geological structures.
  • Underground mining machines are therefore increasingly required to be built in compact manner.
  • control units or mining machines which have a flame-proof housing, for example available from Pempek.
  • These commercially known control units however rely on standard internal valve technology consisting of standard directional valves and/or cartridge valves which have significant space demand and are not particularly flexible as far as their use is concerned.
  • the design of the commercially available control units also bears a certain leakage risk.
  • sandwich valve technology allows for relatively compact design, it requires flameproof certification for each component of the control unit.
  • the invention presents a control unit of the initially mentioned type comprising a flameproof housing having at least one fluid inlet and/or outlet, and a plurality of fluid control valves respectively communicating with the at least one inlet and outlet, wherein the fluid control valves are formed inside at least one valve monoblock, said monoblock comprising a plurality of distinct fluid passages.
  • flameproof is understood to mean a reduced inflammability as required for example by standards ATEX, MSHA, MA, IECEx, DGMS or the like.
  • the at least one monoblock preferably consists of one base body having the plurality of fluid passages along with bores for accommodating valve elements and—if needed—sensor parts, and/or with fixing means for externally attaching sensor/valve parts to the base body.
  • a fluid in the terms of the invention may be a hydraulic fluid, e.g. oil or water.
  • a fluid may also be pressurized gas such as pressurized air.
  • Each fluid control valve preferably may be operated to individually adjust the flow rate and/or fluid pressure in one respective fluid passageway provided in the at least one monoblock.
  • the use of monoblock design for the valve blocks according to the invention constitutes a beneficial combination of several effects:
  • the valve monoblocks are extremely space-saving and allow for an implementation of a higher number of valve functions per housing volume.
  • the number of sealing elements and/or amount of sealing faces is greatly limited, in particular as compared to conventional valves and sandwich valves.
  • monoblock and valve monoblocks instead of standard valves are that individual control circuits can be realized in an easy way.
  • the monoblocks provide a very flexible and adaptable solution.
  • each monoblock can provide individual flow rates and pressure levels.
  • monoblock design is advantageous for the use inside the control unit as it allows higher operating pressures as compared to cartridge valves or standard valves.
  • Monoblocks can be machined to be very rigid.
  • the at least one monoblock is mounted inside the flameproof housing and fully encompassed in said housing.
  • a plurality of monoblocks are used, preferably several or all of the monoblocks are mounted inside the flameproof housing.
  • the flameproof housing preferably is formed with a number of walls, the at least one inlet and outlet preferably being formed as through-holes on at least one of the walls.
  • the housing is free of further fluid passages.
  • Further fluid passages are for example understood to mean transverse fluid passages, passages for accommodating valves, cartridges etc.
  • the control unit comprises a number of flame-sensitive components, wherein one, several or all of the flame-sensitive components are arranged inside the housing.
  • “Flame-sensitive” is in the context of the invention understood to mean non-flameproof by itself. Accordingly, a flame-sensitive component is understood to be non-certified as flameproof.
  • Exemplary flame-sensitive components may be electric circuitry such as PCB, solenoid drivers, and/or sensors.
  • At least one monoblock is mounted outside the flameproof housing.
  • the external monoblock preferably consists of and comprises purely mechanical parts without electric components, or comprises components which emit electricity at a sufficiently low level to prevent spark ignition from occurring.
  • the at least one externally mounted monoblock may preferably comprise a number of valves which are pilot-controlled from inside the flameproof box by one or more valves, e.g. solenoid valves, provided inside the flameproof box, preferably in the internal monoblocks.
  • the advantage herein is that it is possible to provide at least some sort of switching function also outside of the flameproof housing while at the same time, the inflammation/ignition risk is kept low. This is due to the fact that the electric component which controls the valve, which might for example be a solenoid valve, is encapsulated inside the flameproof housing and thus shielded from the hazardous environment.
  • control valve preferably is a spool valve or cartridge valve.
  • one, several or all of the fluid passages of the monoblock communicate with at least one sensor.
  • the sensor preferably is at least one of: flow rate sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor, or combinations thereof.
  • the control unit comprises a plurality of monoblocks, each monoblock comprising a plurality of valve-controlled fluid passages dedicated to at least one predefined machine function.
  • each monoblock comprises a plurality of fluid passageways and a plurality of valves and/or sensors for performing a plurality of fluidic switching and/or measuring functions, wherein particularly preferred, the functions are associated with a group of functions for a dedicated component to be controlled by the control unit.
  • Said predefined machine function preferably is at least one of: a drill motor control, drill rig movement control, drilling expendable supply device control, in particular expendable magazine control, expendable manipulator control, mining machine chassis control, or the like.
  • the control unit receives a modular layout in which it becomes possible to easily locate and associate different types of machine functions which are to be governed by the control unit to different areas of the housing. Maintenance is greatly facilitated by this modular layout. It also becomes possible to retrofit existing control units with added functionality during the lifecycle of the mining machine which is operated by the control unit.
  • control unit comprises a data interface, and an electronic control device adapted to control machine functions, and/or receive and process external control input from a data interface, and/or transmit sensor signals to the data interface.
  • the data interface preferably has a flameproof connector. By adding the data interface to the flameproof housing, implementation of electrics/electronics is facilitated. In particular if the data interface is a flameproof connector, the electric/electronic components inside the control unit are safeguarded in the same fashion as the hydraulic/pneumatic elements in the monoblocks. Furthermore, also the electric/electronic components do no longer require flameproof certification.
  • the data interface also enables installation of input/output processor boards (PCB) directly inside the flameproof housing to proportionally control electrically-controlled fluid valves and others directly from those boards. Those are preferably used to read out spool monitor sensor valves for key hydraulic valves.
  • PCB input/output processor boards
  • the control unit preferably comprises at least one of: an inclinometer for providing an inclination signal, preferably to the electronic control device, a fluid detector for providing a leakage alarm signal, preferably to the electronic control device, and a door switch for providing a signal indicative of an opening of the flameproof housing, preferably respectively communicating with the electronic control device.
  • the inclinometer is adapted to indicate the inclination and orientation of the drilling machine itself provided that the control unit is installed on the drilling machine. This is a useful information for the operator or the operating system.
  • the control unit comprises at least one manifold, in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and/or fluid outlet of the flameproof housing, said manifold being releasably mounted externally on the control unit, preferably on the flameproof housing.
  • the manifold preferably is formed as one integrated manifold component for both inlet and outlet or other functions, or alternatively as at least two separate components, one for the inlet function, one or more for other function(s) (e.g. bolting, cutting, tramming, etc). For many functional units (e.g. bolting, cutting, crawler units, etc) a single manifold is not sufficient.
  • Manifolds in terms of the invention are understood as blocks or monoblocks without valve and sensor elements which act purely as fluid passageways and/or bifurcations.
  • a key advantage of the external manifolds according to the invention is that they allow for an extremely space-saving design, are robust, allow for high operating pressures and can be tailored to the individual machine function which has to be supplied through the external manifold.
  • the flameproof housing of the control unit itself maybe left unaltered and can be designed as a standard part.
  • the invention in the second aspect suggests a system which also provides economic benefits resulting from a standardized flameproof housing design combined with individualized external manifolds and/or internal valve monoblocks.
  • the at least one manifold(s) comprise(s) at least one fluid passage for connecting at least one predefined fluid supply to the control valves inside the flameproof housing, and at least one fluid passage for connecting the control valves inside the flameproof housing to the respective machine parts which are to be controlled.
  • the control unit further preferentially comprises a manifold comprising a base plate, said base plate preferably being releasably mounted to the flameproof housing, and comprising at least one of: a fluid inlet communicating with the fluid inlet and/or outlet of the flameproof housing, a fluid outlet communicating with the fluid inlet and/or outlet of the flameproof housing, and/or at least one sealing element effective to seal against exit and entry of fluids between the flameproof housing and the base plate.
  • the base plate preferably has the function of guiding fluid to and from the external manifolds, as well as to and from the valve monoblocks provided inside the flameproof housing. Also, the base plate preferably acts as a mounting plate for installing the manifolds outside of the housing. By allocating this function to the base plate, the enclosure of the flameproof housing is allowed to remain more uniform.
  • the base plate acts as a solitary manifold for providing the hydraulic/pneumatic functions to the devices that are to be controlled.
  • the base plate preferably is attached to the flameproof housing as an intermediate manifold which functions as a mounting interface for the other manifolds, and when necessary, also serves for one or more machine function.
  • the manifolds attached to the base plate preferably comprise at least one fluid passage for connecting at least one fluid control supply to the control valves inside the flameproof housing.
  • control unit further comprises an inlet manifold and/or at least one functional manifold being mounted to the base plate such that the inlet manifold is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet of the base plate, and the at least one functional manifold is in fluid communication with the fluid outlet of the base plate, wherein the at least one functional manifold is dedicated to at least one machine function of a mining machine, in particular an underground mining machine, tunneling machine or bolting rig.
  • the invention suggests a mining machine of the initially mentioned type comprising a plurality of machine functions which are controlled by fluid circuits, preferably hydraulically, wherein said machine functions are controlled with a control unit of any one of the preferred embodiments of the first and/or second aspect described hereinabove. It is to be understood that the mining machine of the third aspect has the same embodiments as the control unit of the first and second embodiments. Regarding the details of those embodiments and the advantages and effects inherent therein, it is thus referred to the above description.
  • the invention suggests a mining machine host control system of the initially mentioned type, having a control signal input unit, in particular a human-machine interface or a machine control system, a control unit for controlling machine functions of the mining machine, and at least one controller in signal communication with the control signal input unit and the control unit, and adapted to process operating commands received from the control signal input unit into control commands for the control unit, wherein said control unit is the control unit of any one of the preferred embodiments of the first and/or second aspect described hereinabove.
  • the controller preferably comprises a PLC, DSP or the like.
  • the host control system preferably communicates with the internal PCB(s) via a CAN-bus data communications interface and the unit also requires 24 VDC supply.
  • An approved flameproof connector plug into the control unit is preferably used to provide clean, simple and reliable connection to an electric power supply, e.g. 24 V DC, and a data communication interface such as CAN-bus.
  • the host control system preferably implements automatic control and monitoring of the mining machine, e.g. a drill rig, via the control unit.
  • a separate flameproof box with a Programmable Logic Controller preferably is mounted on, or near, the mining machine and connects directly to one or more control units via a local, dedicated CAN-bus connection.
  • the operator control interface to the PLC preferably is a pendant control.
  • an internal or external display is used for visualization of the control unit's functions.
  • the PLC itself is preferably connected (preferably on a machine-wide CAN-bus network) to a master machine control system.
  • This control system preferably has a supervisory control and monitoring role and also has the ability to turn on, and turn off, the fluid power source necessary to power the mining machine.
  • valve monoblocks for controlling machine functions of a mining machine, in particular an underground mining machine, tunneling machine or bolting rig, said monoblock comprising a plurality of distinct fluid passages and being mounted to a control unit according to any one the preferred embodiments.
  • control unit of claim 1 the mining machine of claim 15 and the mining machine host control system of claim 16 have similar and/or identical preferred embodiments, in particular as defined in the dependent claims.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional view of a control unit according to the preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is a first exploded view of the control unit of FIG. 1 ,
  • FIG. 3 is a second exploded view of the control unit of FIGS. 1 and 2 ,
  • FIG. 4 is a third exploded view of the control unit of FIGS. 1 through 3 .
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic three dimensional view of the flameproof housing of FIGS. 1 to 4 .
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic three-dimensional view of a drilling machine according to a preferred embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic drawing of a host control system of a mining machine according to a preferred embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 shows a control unit 1 .
  • the control unit 1 comprises a cover 3 .
  • the cover 3 is attached to a flameproof box 5 with fastening means 7 which in the preferred embodiment are screws. Together, the cover 3 and the flameproof box 5 constitute a flameproof housing 9 .
  • the cover 3 comprises a pair of handles 13 and identification plates 15 .
  • the flameproof housing 9 is attached through a base plate 17 , also referred to as intermediate plate, with second fastening means 19 , which in the preferred embodiment are screws.
  • a first external manifold 21 is attached to and in fluid communication with the base plate 17 .
  • the first external manifold 21 may for example be an inlet manifold or outlet manifold or is for external functions.
  • a second manifold 23 is attached to and in fluid communication with the base plate 17 .
  • the second external manifold 23 may for example be an inlet manifold or outlet manifold or be used for external functions.
  • a data interface 25 which may for example be a flameproof connector.
  • FIG. 2 shows the control unit 1 of FIG. 1 in a partially exploded state.
  • the base plate 17 comprises at least one fluid inlet 27 and at least a first outlet 29 in fluid communication with the second external manifold 23 . Furthermore, the base plate 17 comprises a number of (not shown) fluid passageways which are in fluid communication with fluid ports which open to the top surface 31 of the base plate. The top surface 31 is facing the flameproof box 5 . When mounted as can be seen from FIG. 2 , the fluid ports opening to the top surface 31 are in fluid communication with a number of fluid inlets and/or outlets 28 of flameproof housing.
  • the base plate 17 further comprises a number of threaded bores 33 adapted to receive corresponding screws 35 for fastening the number of valve monoblocks to the base plate 17 (see FIG. 3 ).
  • FIG. 3 shows the components mounted inside the flameproof housing, and in particular inside the flameproof box 5 of the control unit 1 of the preferred embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 mainly shows a number of valve blocks for realizing the hydraulic functions of the control unit 1 and/or for realizing any pneumatic functions.
  • a first, second and third monoblock 37 , 39 , 41 are provided.
  • the monoblocks are attached to the base plate 17 only (cf. FIG. 2 ).
  • the valve monoblocks 37 , 39 , 41 are in fluid communication with the base plate 17 only.
  • the first monoblock 37 contains the hydraulic functions for operating a drill motor.
  • the second monoblock 39 comprises the hydraulic functions for driving, e.g. pivoting an arm holding a drill rig or the like.
  • the third monoblock may exemplarily comprise the hydraulic functions for operating a supply magazine, manipulator, rod handler or the like.
  • a first sensor 43 Arranged inside the flameproof box 5 also is a first sensor 43 in the form of an inclinometer for determining the orientation and any tilting movements of the control unit 1 .
  • the control unit 1 also comprises a second sensor 45 in the form of a fluid detector, for example an oil detector, for providing a leakage alarm signal in case of any leakage of fluid inside the flameproof box 5 .
  • a fluid detector for example an oil detector
  • control unit 1 comprises third sensor 47 in the form of a door switch for providing a signal indicative of an opening of the flameproof housing.
  • control unit 1 is adapted to stop all switching operations involving electricity or any other spark ignition sources whenever the door switch indicates that the flameproof housing 9 has been opened to avoid any flammable material entering the flameproof housing or fluid inside the flameproof housing resulting from leakage to ignite.
  • the flameproof box 5 also houses a number of electronic components, for example in the form of printed circuit boards 49 .
  • the electronic components preferably constitute or form part of an electronic control device 50 which is adapted to control the machine functions triggering the fluid control valves provided in the valve monoblocks, and/or adapted to receive and process external control input from the data interface 25 and/or which is adapted to transmit signals from the sensors 43 , 45 , 47 or from further sensors provided in the valve monoblocks 37 , 39 , 41 to the data interface 25 .
  • the electronic components 49 are mounted preferably on top of the valve monoblocks 37 , 39 , 41 .
  • the flameproof housing 9 is preferably sealed against unwanted entry and exit of fluids by a sealing lip or band 51 extending circumferentially along the cover 3 .
  • the sealing lip band 51 is adapted to seal off the opening between the cover 3 and the flameproof box 5 .
  • the flameproof box comprises a groove 53 , at least partially receiving the sealing lip or band 51 .
  • the data interface 25 sealed against the flameproof box 5 with a sealing element such as an O-ring 55 further sealing elements located to seal the base plate 17 ( FIGS. 1 and 2 ) against the flameproof box 5 and/or the manifolds 21 , 23 against the base plate 17 , and/or to seal the valve monoblocks 37 , 39 , 41 against the base plate 17 , are not shown for the sake of clarity of the figures, but are understood to be optionally present for improved sealing characteristics.
  • the components 57 , 59 , 61 , 63 , 65 are mounted laterally onto the monoblock structures.
  • the first monoblock comprises a number of solenoid valves 61 .
  • the second monoblock 39 comprises a number of position valves 63 located opposite of spring packs 65 associated with main control pistons (not shown).
  • the third monoblock 41 comprises a number of screw-in cartridge valves 59 and pressure sensors 57 . Valve functionality can be added as is demanded by the respective machine function for each monoblock.
  • FIG. 6 shows an underground mining machine in the form of a drill rig 100 .
  • the drill rig 100 comprises the control unit 1 which has already been explained with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4 .
  • the control unit 1 is mounted to a support structure 102 and is adapted to control for example the drill motor 103 of a drill rig.
  • the drill rig 100 further comprises a drilling expandable supply magazine 101 and a drilling expendable handling mechanism 105 , which may be a semi-automated or automated manipulator.
  • the control 1 is preferably adapted to control one, several or all of the machine functions of the underground mining machine in the form of the drill rig 100 .
  • FIG. 5 shows the location of the number of fluid inlets/outlets 28 in a bottom face 10 of the flameproof housing 9 . When mounted, these inlets/outlets 28 are in fluid communication with the correspondlingly arranged fluid ports of the base plate 17 (cf. FIGS. 2, 3 ). Only a few selected inlets/outlets are designated with reference signs for ease of legibility.
  • FIG. 7 schematically shows a mining machine host control system in accordance with the present invention.
  • the host control system 200 comprises the control unit 1 also explained with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4 .
  • the system 200 comprises a human-machine-interface (HMI) 201 , which is a control signal input unit and a main controller 203 .
  • the human-machine-interface 201 is connected for signal transmission with the controller 203 .
  • the controller 203 also is connected through a signal transmission means such as for example a local CAN bus and/or a power supply to a display unit 205 for displaying control inputs and outputs and the like.
  • a signal transmission means such as for example a local CAN bus and/or a power supply to a display unit 205 for displaying control inputs and outputs and the like.
  • the controller 203 is furthermore connected to an IS junction box 207 through signal transmission 208 .
  • the control unit 1 is connected to the controller 203 through a signal transmission such as for example a local CAN bus and/or power supply 210 .
  • the signal transmission means are coupled into the control unit 1 through the data interface 25 (see FIGS. 1 through 4 ).
  • the control unit 1 is supplied with hydraulic fluid or pneumatic fluid through a fluid supply line 212 .
  • the controller 203 may optionally be a data and/or power communication through a supply line 214 with a machine control system 209 . Due to the single data interface and the modular design of the control unit 1 , system implementation into the host system is easily accomplished.

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