Abstract :
When compared with other industries, mining industry is lagging behind in making use of the developments in electronics for increasing productivity and safety in Indian mines. This paper deals with the different fields in which electronics can be used in the Indian Mining Industry. In Indian Mines of future, electronics can find application in the use of televisions for controlling underground and surface transport, for transmitting data about the performance of underground machineries and environmental conditions in mines to the manager´s desk on the surface, in actually breaking and carrying the mineral without the help of a man and for guiding machines underground. To help the industry in evolving new methods of mining, Central Mining Research Station is carrying out investigation in several mines. For these investigations remote indicating load cells and convergence indicators are required. For investigating the problems of rock bursts and safety in mines transistorised strain indicator is required.
