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  • IMPC
    Dewatering Mineral And Coal Fines Using The Hyperbaric Centrifuge

    According to the Darcy?s law, filtration rate should increase with increasing pressure drop (?P) across a filter cake. In centrifugal filtration, ?P is created by the free water present on the surface

    Sep 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    OFR-215(1)-83 Basic Research On Coal Fragmentation And Dust Entrainment - Volume I

    By G. Stecklein

    This report summarizes the results of research into the areas of the fragmentation and entrainment of Airborne Respirable Dust (ARD). The objectives of this program were four-fold: first, to review th

    Jan 1, 1982

  • NIOSH
    Acute Vibration Exposure Shifts The Current Perception Threshold Of Aß Fibers In A Rat Tail Model Of Vibration – Introduction

    By Kristine M. Krajnak

    Occupational exposure to hand-arm vibration through the use of powered hand tools can result in reductions in tactile sensitivity, grip strength and manual dexterity. In fact, even acute exposures to

    Jan 6, 2006

  • NIOSH
    Whole-Body Vibration Exposure And Driver Posture Evaluation During The Operation Of Lhd Vehicles In Underground Mining - Introduction

    By P. -É. Boileau, VibRG, S. Grenier, M. Smets, T. Eger, J. Stevenson

    Load-haul dump vehicles (LHDs) are used to move waste rock and ore in underground mining operations. The LHD is designed for bi-directional operation and the driver sits sideways to the direction of

    Jan 6, 2006

  • AIME
    Recent Progress in the Nonmetallics

    By Oliver Bowles

    STRIKING new developments in the field of industrial minerals include the employment of lime, salt, coal, and air for the manufacture of stockings, and the substitution of paper for granite and marble

    Jan 1, 1940

  • NIOSH
    Commodity Data Summaries 1977 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 95 Mineral Commodities ? Aluminum

    Domestic Production and Use: In 1976, 12 companies operated 31 primary aluminum reduction plants, with 3 firms accounting for 63% of production capacity. Washington, Oregon, and Montana accounted for

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Trona Use In Dry Sodium Injection For Acid Gas Removal

    By Andrea B. Baldwin

    In recent years, federal and state regulatory agencies have tightened air emission standards. Two of the acid gases, hydrochloric acid (HCI) and sulfur dioxide (SO2), are under heavy scrutiny for redu

    Jan 1, 1995

  • CIM
    Design. Aspects of Ground Consolidation by the Freezing Method for Shaft Sinking in Saskatchewan

    By Witold J. S. Ostrowski

    Stabilization of water-bearing sediments by the freezing method for shaft sinking has been used for over 80 years on the European Continent. The real application of this method in Canada started with

    Jan 1, 1967

  • SME
    Managing Engineering Talent; Challenges to Optimize the Best and Brightest

    By T. W. Camm, J. C. Johnson, S. D. Rosenthal

    "Most engineers are bright, hard-working, reliable and prefer to avoid conflict. An engineering curriculum tends to self-select these characteristics. By most standards, you would expect workers exhib

    Jan 1, 2018

  • NIOSH
    OFR-55-79 Oil Mining - A Technical And Economic Feasibility Study Of Oil Production By Mining Methods

    By Anthony Edey

    This report describes work performed and results obtained for the technical and economic feasibility study of oil production by mining methods. The characteristics of oil fields which would make them

    Jan 1, 1978

  • NIOSH
    Acute Effects Of Vibration On The Rat-Tail Artery - Introduction

    By Danny Riley, Brian Curry, Sandya Govindaraju, James Bain

    Acute vibration causes vasoconstriction in naïve human subjects1. Vibration-induced decrease in skin perfusion has also been reported in the rat-tail vibration model 2. After vibration exposure, rat-t

    Jan 6, 2006

  • NIOSH
    Acute Effects Of Vibration On Rat-Tail Nerves - Introduction

    By Danny Riley, Brian Curry, Sandya Govindaraju, James Bain

    Hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) affects industrial workers exposed to long term hand-transmitted vibration from powered-tools. Peripheral neuropathy is a major component of the symptom complex of

    Jan 6, 2006

  • NIOSH
    A Novel 3-D Hand-Arm Vibration Test System And Its Preliminary Evaluations - Introduction

    By Ren G. Dong, Richard McCormick, Dan E. Welcome

    Vibration exposure at workplaces is generally multi-axial. The health effects of vibration exposure also likely depend on the vibration direction. Therefore, there is a wide interest in the simulation

    Jan 6, 2006

  • NIOSH
    Perception Thresholds For Lateral Vibration At The Hand, Seat, And Foot - Introduction

    By Miyuki Morioka, Michael J. Griffin

    Discomfort, annoyance, or interference with activities due to exposure to vibration is only expected if the vibration exceeds the threshold for the perception of vibration. When there is more than one

    Jan 6, 2006

  • NIOSH
    A Case Study Of Whole-Body Vibration Exposures Associated With Ordinary Passenger And Recreational Vehicles - Introduction

    By Robert G. Gibson, Joel D. Gibbons

    Measurements and analyses were conducted of whole-body vibration aboard seven commercially available passenger and/or recreational vehicles: sedan; sport-utility vehicle (SUV); pickup truck; moving tr

    Jan 6, 2006

  • ISEE
    Diamonds are a Driller's Best Friend

    By Langdon T. Mitchell, Karl Ingmarsson

    The title is not referring to jewelry; nor is it about diamond core drilling. This article is instead about an emerging application for diamonds, hard rock percussive drilling with diamond drill bits.

    Jan 1, 1999

  • NIOSH
    Keynote Presentation - Evaluation Of Whole-Body Vibration Comfort – Introduction

    By Neil J. Mansfield, Setsuo Maeda

    The purpose of using experimental subjective and/or perception methods is: (a) to understand human subjective impressions of the physical characteristics of vibration; (b) to determine the relationshi

    Jan 6, 2006

  • SME
    Fabrication and Installation of Americas First Post Tensioned Pre-Cast Segmental Tunnel Liner - NAT2024

    By Madeline Mello, Michael Low, Nick Karlin, Bryce Scofield

    The LA Effluent Outfall Tunnel is the first tunnel in the United States to incorporate post- tensioning into the precast segmental lining. Several unique components were integrated to ensure that the

    Jun 23, 2024

  • NIOSH
    A Method Of Evaluating Vehicle Seat Vibration With Consideration Of Subjective Judgment - Introduction

    By Yumi Nakashima, Setsuo Maeda

    Vibration magnitude and frequency of the z-axis vehicle seat are time-variant, which are influenced by not only vehicle vibration characteristics themselves but also road surfaces, speeds and the huma

    Jan 6, 2006

  • ABM
    Simply The Best Sbq Production Technology

    By Filippo Verlezza

    The 3-roll technology is a recognized process applied to SBQ production. The main aim of this paper is to show the latest developments on this technology including other equipment´s that also contribu

    Jul 30, 2018