Application of the ZigBee wireless communication technology on the endless rope continuous tractor derailment monitoring system

Abstract

During operation, the endless rope continuous tractor system is affected by the ups, downs and turnings of coal mine tunnel and other transportation conditions, shuttle car derailment accidents often occur. To solve significant personal injury and death issues caused by that the discovery of derailment is not timely, there is a great need for the development of derailment monitoring system in the endless rope continuous tractor system. This paper presents a implementation of derailment monitoring in endless rope continuous tractor system based on ZigBee wireless communication technology, it can achieve real-time monitoring of shuttle car running, detect shuttle car derailment timely, alarm and park, which is beneficial to ensure the safe running of the endless rope tractor. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.