Ground Penetrating Radar in Coal Mining
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M ining Avoiding Production Interruptions with GPR Project Description Schwarze Pumpe GmbH uses a GSSI SIR system to survey mining areas before their huge excavating machines start working a new site (top photo). The SIR system, along with a 100 MHz antenna, finds all boulders in the area allowing the company to avoid expensive production interruptions. The potential boulder reflections have been circled in the data example below. Outcome GPR has been extremely successful in discovering geologic anomalies in the soil. This allows mining companies like Schwarze Pumpe GmbH to produce more resources while increasing profits. They are extremely happy with the GPR results and continue to use GPR for successful boulder avoidance. The Project GPR is used by Schwarze Pumpe GmbH of Germany, a company in the brown coal mining industry. Their use of GSSI equipment involves the detection of boulders, which can be buried in the overburden sediments above the brown coal. Boulders can cause serious damage to equipment and work areas if undetected. Disruption to production times can be expected if an excavator hits a large boulder. Courtesy: Schwarze Pumpe GmbH Spreetal, Germany www.swz-gmbh.de 12 Industrial Way • Salem, NH 03079-4843 USA 603.893.1109 • [email protected] Copyright © 2006 Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. www.geophysical.com GSSI Case Study
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MiningAvoiding Production Interruptions with GPR
Project Description
Schwarze Pumpe GmbH uses a GSSI SIR system to survey mining areas before their huge excavating machines start working a new site (top photo). The SIR system, along with a 100 MHz antenna, finds all boulders in the area allowing the company to avoid expensive production interruptions. The potential boulder reflections have been circled in the data example below.
Outcome
GPR has been extremely successful in discovering geologic anomalies in the soil. This allows mining companies like Schwarze Pumpe GmbH to produce more resources while increasing profits. They are extremely happy with the GPR results and continue to use GPR for successful boulder avoidance.
The Project
GPR is used by Schwarze Pumpe GmbH of Germany, a company in the brown coal mining industry. Their use of GSSI equipment involves the detection of boulders, which can be buried in the overburden sediments above the brown coal. Boulders can cause serious damage to equipment and work areas if undetected. Disruption to production times can be expected if an excavator hits a large boulder.
Courtesy: Schwarze Pumpe GmbHSpreetal, Germanywww.swz-gmbh.de
12 Industrial Way • Salem, NH 03079-4843 USA603.893.1109 • [email protected]
Copyright © 2006 Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.www.geophysical.com
GSSI Case Study
