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Westmoreland Coal Deploys Zebra Technologies’ WLAN Infrastructure

World’s fourth largest coal mining operation maximizes equipment utilization, production and workers safety.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Zebra Technologies and KNS Communications Consultants announced that the Zebra wireless (WLAN) AP 7161 access point is being deployed by Westmoreland Coal Company. Westmoreland Coal is the fourth largest coal mining operation in the world, and the oldest independent coal company in the U.S.   Westmoreland’s Wyoming Kemmerer mine, the oldest open pit mine in the U.S., has more than 70 pieces of mining equipment spread across 13,400 acres all needed to be reliably and constantly connected to the...

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