Joy Global Underground Mining LLC

Willem Fourie

Michael Georgiou

Patrick Ross Willaman

Vijayanath Subaschandran

Xuanwen Luo

A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel.

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Warrendale, PA, United States of America

Willem Fourie