Patents Assigned to Sandvik Tamrock
  • Method and arrangement for determining position of unmanned mining vehicles
    Patent number: 6616244
    Abstract: A method of determining the position of unmanned mining vehicles. According to the method, control marks are provided in the mine, for positioning mining vehicles in production use by means of a marking device, such as a paint sprayer (14), provided in a specific measuring vehicle (3). The invention also relates to a measuring vehicle that is unmanned and comprises a measuring device for measuring a mine and also a marking device for providing a mine gallery with control marks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Sandvik Tamrock
    Inventor: Leo Häkkinen