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Lynn Nelson
(President) called the meeting to order at 8:03 am. Lynn welcomed
everyone to Tucson especially after the Sept 11/01 tragedy.
Everyone stood for a moment of silence to remember those who had died as
a result of this tragedy. Lynn informed everyone there would be a
fire alarm test at 1:30 and nut to panic or leave the meeting
room. Lynn asked the membership for a first responder (CPR) in the
event the need arises. One member had agreed to accept this
responsibility. Lynn asked any interested parties to join the
Steering Committee Meeting tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 pm in Room 264.
Lynn explained
how the executive worked. Every two (2) years the 1st Vice
President moves to President (Landis) and the 2nd Vice President moves
to 1st Vice President (Terry). The 2nd Vice President position is
left to be filled. Lynn moved that Martin Reyes be made 2nd Vice
President. All in favor, none opposed. Motion carried.
Lynn encouraged
the membership to fill out and hand in presentation evaluations.
Lynn informed
members he had 6 CD of the last meeting minutes for anyone who did not
receive a copy from the last meeting.
Lynn informed
the group of the up-coming meetings and they are as follows:
May
8-10, 2002 Reno,
Nevada Silver Legacy
Nov.
13-15, 2002 Denver, Colorado Renaissance
May
7-9, 2003 Edmonton, Alberta Fantasyland Hotel
Nov.
12-13, 2003 Tucson, Arizona Doubletree on
Speedway –preferred
May,
2004 Salt Lake City To be decided
Lynn informed
the group that Jerry Endres could not make the meeting due to personal
reasons.
Lynn discussed
the need to update the data in our current database so the CD with
minutes can be mailed to the right addresses as well as accurate e-mail
addresses so the future meeting notices (Broadcast E-Mail) are sent to
the right address.
The updates
agendas were distributed prior to start of meeting and were on the
tables.
Lynn asked all
presenters to give him a CD of the presentation or e-mail them to him.
All presenters were asked to give Lynn their Business Cards.
Terry informed
the group that lunch would be at 12:00 in the Reddington Room and there
would be a hospitality suite available from 5:00 to 7:00 this evening.
Technical
Presentations
Hoist
RePowering Project for 4100A Shovels
Mark Townsend of Flanders
Electric Motor Service
Gary Sorenson from DCS.
The
thermal capacity of the Hoist Motors was increased by replacing the
existing motors with a different motor called the M22 motor. The
new motor is expected to have a longer life and improved performance.
The timeline and criteria for the installation was discussed. The
installation and the retrofit program was successful. Good
presentation and good overhead information. See PowerPoint
presentation for details.
“Suncor
Expansion Project – Millennium Extraction Plant”
Kent Zehr
Suncor
Kent made a
PowerPoint presentation on the New Extraction Plant at Suncor’s
Millennium Project. Some of the highlights was the high voltage
line up with Tertiary Wound Transformer to reduce the high voltage
lineup. The elimination the pump gearboxes by using a 16 pole
motor and running at 50Hz. The use of Device Net to eliminate
control wiring and reduce the commissioning time. Even Start and
Stop Signals are sent on communication link. There are no output
contractors for each motor (5 motors @ 2500 Hp) are fed from one VFD.
There is only temperature and current monitoring via a Multilin 369.
“Static
VAR Compensator”
Gary Sorenson
DCS
Gary made a
presentation on the under voltage problem at Black Thunder Mine.
The problem occurred when a Marion 8750 Dragline was added to the 69KV
system at the Mine. The system used skids, one with three 3500 Hp
synchronous motors and the second with two (2) 3000 Hp synchronous
motors to develop the KVAR of reactance needed to keep the voltage
within +2% to –4%. See paper for details.
MSHA Update
Richard Gates
Check at web site
www.msha.gov.
There is a considerable amount of information available.
“TXU’s
Train Unloading Facility”
Stan Long
TXU
A presentation by Stan Long on their new coal unloading facility which involved bottom
unloading rail cars, conveyors and dust control systems. The
support utility systems were discussed.
Mining
Equipment Maintenance WEB Site
Bob Vaughan
Mining Equipment Maintenance
Bob Vaughan
made a short presentation on a web site for Mining Equipment Maintenance
to assist with problem solving and communication. The site is not
open to vendors. For more information contact Bob Vaughan @ (250)
717-0649.
P&H
Mining Equipment
Woody Hause
P&H
A presentation
was made by Woody Hause on the advancement made in P&H’s shovels.
These machines have moved from analogue to microprocessor controlled
machines. Temperature and pressure switches have been replaced
with transmitters so more information is available. The direction
will be to collect more and more information however the methodology of
handling this information has not been determined.
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