CROSH’s Rotopod: Testing vibration isolators for underground raise bore drilling
Presented by Elizabeth Kelly for CROSHCon 2022: Leading the Way. To automate underground drilling processes to remove workers from possibly dangerous situations with repetitive manual materials handling, the electronics cannot vibrate. This talk explores how we used our rotopod to test vibration isolators for DMC Mining Services and provided data for selecting the most effective isolator to purchase. Elizabeth is in her final year at Laurentian University, completing her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering. She started working for CROSH at the start of 2021 and has had the opportunity to co-author various research papers, maintaining a focus on vibration transmissibility in both human biology and industrial applications.