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Title
Overcoming underground mining space constraints.
Abstract
The article provides information on a partnership between Intermountain Electronics (IE) and Rockwell Automation in retooling the longwall mining equipment of a mining company in Illinois. It offers a background on longwall mining operations and the drawbacks of the costs and maintenance requirements of longwall mining equipment. It discusses the use of variable frequency drives (VFD) in the retooling project.