Real-time proactive equipment operator and ground worker warning and alert system in steel manufacturing

Iron and Steel Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 56-69

  Marks, Eric ^a   Teizer, Jochen ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERT SYSTEMS; DETECTION DEVICE; EQUIPMENT OPERATORS; MATERIAL HANDLING; MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENTS; PERSONAL PROTECTION; STEEL MANUFACTURING; WARNING TECHNOLOGIES; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); STEELMAKING;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84867523667     PISSN: 15470423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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