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China Conducts First Manned Test of Coal Mine Rescue Chamber
April 12, 2011
Lu’an Group, a large Shanxi-based coal producer, completed China’s first manned test of an underground refuge chamber on April 10. A team of 80 miners, rescue workers and researchers stayed in a permanent refuge chamber in the company’s Changcun Coal Mine…
MSHA: Communication and Tracking Systems Incomplete at 64 Percent of Mines in W. Va.
April 11, 2011
U.S. coal mine operators fall well short of meeting a 5-year-old congressional mandate to equip underground mines by June with high-tech communication and tracking systems for miners, a federal official told industry representatives Friday. The figures show 64 percent of more…
Matrix’s CO Sensor Passes Advanced Testing, Becomes First MSHA Tested Sensor on Market
April 11, 2011
Matrix Design Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., reported the Matrix WAMS-S1000 Permissible Wireless Carbon Monoxide (CO) Monitoring Sensor has been listed by Intertek, a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). With this listing, the WAMS-S1000 fully complies with…
New Metso Valve Selection Software Nelprof 6 – First on the Market for Safety Valve Optimization
April 7, 2011
Metso has released Nelprof 6 valve sizing software. The new version extends earlier Nelprof™ versions with two new calculation modules, which enable the selection of intelligent automated on/off valves and emergency valves. Special safety requirements, such as an actuator-sizing safety factor…
