Precision three-dimensional localization system for underground mining vehicles, offering improved productivity and personnel safety. The advanced machine guidance and monitoring technology developed by this project will significantly enhance the partner organisation's capacity as a leading supplier of mining machine control systems. The deployment of such enhanced machine control systems will offer an immediate national benefit to the Australian Mining Industry by dramatically improving produc ....Precision three-dimensional localization system for underground mining vehicles, offering improved productivity and personnel safety. The advanced machine guidance and monitoring technology developed by this project will significantly enhance the partner organisation's capacity as a leading supplier of mining machine control systems. The deployment of such enhanced machine control systems will offer an immediate national benefit to the Australian Mining Industry by dramatically improving productivity and occupational safety. The national interest will also be served by this project's significant contribution to Australia's leadership position as an innovator in frontier technologies for mining and robotics. Furthermore, the research outcomes will help to solve similar positioning problems in hazardous, GPS-denied environments such as urban search and rescue.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0211014
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$337,000.00
Summary
Electron Microscope/X-Ray Unit Equipment Upgrade.
The aim of this proposal is to obtain funding to upgrade major equipment items in the centralised Electron Microscope / X-Ray Unit to replace obsolete instruments, some of which are twenty two years old. The proposed equipment will support highly productive research groups and individuals from the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geography, Geology, Mechanical Engineering and Medical Sciences.
It w ....Electron Microscope/X-Ray Unit Equipment Upgrade.
The aim of this proposal is to obtain funding to upgrade major equipment items in the centralised Electron Microscope / X-Ray Unit to replace obsolete instruments, some of which are twenty two years old. The proposed equipment will support highly productive research groups and individuals from the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geography, Geology, Mechanical Engineering and Medical Sciences.
It will be of great assistance in projects as diverse as the development of new ceramic materials, waste water precipitation chemistry, ore deposit geology, increasing agricultural productivity and the ultrastructure of organs responsible for the sense of balance.
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Behaviour of particles in flotation froths. Froth flotation is widely used for the separation of mineral particles. Currently, there is an upper limit on the size of particles that can be treated. It has recently been found that the upper limit can be extended from a few hundreds of microns, up to millimetre sizes, by processing the particles in the froth. We will study the forces acting on particles in flotation froths, as well as froth drainage and entrainment, to find the factors that limit t ....Behaviour of particles in flotation froths. Froth flotation is widely used for the separation of mineral particles. Currently, there is an upper limit on the size of particles that can be treated. It has recently been found that the upper limit can be extended from a few hundreds of microns, up to millimetre sizes, by processing the particles in the froth. We will study the forces acting on particles in flotation froths, as well as froth drainage and entrainment, to find the factors that limit the flotation of large particles and objects. The work is relevant to water treatment and the separation of plastics for recycling.Read moreRead less