The design, development and operation of a shaft system is a critically important element in mining, and needs specialised technical input. Experience has shown that the consequences of damage to shaft systems caused by geotechnical factors are serious and costly. Control of ground conditions is a key factor in the design and sinking of shafts ...

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The purpose of this article is to present a novel mathematical-physical model for the design of a new conical-shaped centrifugal rotor for vertical shaft impact crushers (VSI's) to reduce energy consumption. Many models of flat disced centrifugal rotors have been developed, however, these models do not use mathematical-physical relations to ...

Four shafts service the underground mine: a service shaft, a production shaft, a ventilation shaft and an existing (deepened) exploration shaft. Production shaft The production shaft is 1 290 m deep, 7.4 m in internal diameter and lined with 300 mm thick concrete. The shaft is equipped with four skips operated in pairs by two 6.2 m

The stability discrimination method of surrounding rock in vertical shaft construction and the safety technology of shaft construction under the geological condition of a super-thick crush belt ...

shafts are more often put down in soft rock and pass through faulted zones, whereas, the vertical shafts are usually in the fir.m wall rock. However, in. any. well con­ structed shaft,where the walls are reasonably firm, shaft maintenance is a relatively small item of the mining expense and the lower first cost of the inclined shaft might easily

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A Feasibility Study for the Development of a Vertical Shaft Construction Technique using Ring Cutting *Yohan Cha1), Gye-Chun Cho2), Eun-soo Hong3) and Seong-Won Lee4) 1), 2), 3) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 4) SOC Research institute, Korea Institute of Construction Technology 1) [email protected] 2) …

technical and economic indexes, and high calendar time rate of the shaft construction due to reduction of duration of works on equipment provision for the shaft and to refurbishment of the shaft in order to carry out horizontal mining. 1 Introduction The construction project of the vertical mine shaft consists of the following main stages:

Shaft construction. A shaft is defined as a vertical or inclined permanent opening that gives access and services various levels of a mine. Shafts are designed according to their required purpose and depending on the demands set out. Types. Shafts can be either vertical or inclined.

The Project Sponsor that will advance the Project through final design and construction, ... 3.2 Overview of Construction Methods 3.2.1 Mining or Tunneling Techniques ... two vertical shafts would have to be constructed, one in Hoboken, New Jersey and one in New York. Generally, the shaft sites would be enclosed or protected by fencing, and ...

This year's edition of the International Mining Forum was related to specialistic underground construction. Experts presented papers related to the implementation and operation of the vertical and decline shafts. Experience from China, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia and Poland were shared at the meeting. The topics of papers submitted include:

Shaft boring technology. Herrenknecht shaft boring systems stand for innovative machine concepts that reach deposits at great depths of up to 2,000 meters safely and efficiently. They thus meet all requirements of the modern mining industry: short construction times for deep shafts with maximum safety. Thanks to simultaneous process steps, our ...

The outcomes of this study address practical design concerns and are considered to be of interest to those involved in design and construction of vertical shafts. ... in deep mining. Shaft sinking ...

review ofsome aspects ofshaft design byG.W. HOLL, Pr. Eng., Associate ofthe Mine Managers Association ofSouth Africa (Fellow)- ... vertical depth of mining area of 976metres, alayout oftheshaft and ... orebody Inclined shaft Vertical shaft over incline degrees metres metres I % 15 6066 I 7742 +27,6 20 4450 5791 I

Vertical shaft, as the main channel connecting the underground and surface, plays a major role in mining activities such as ventilation, ore transportation and …

Today's Design and Construction Expertise Organized by the U.K.'s Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), the Third International Conference on Shaft Design and Construction took place in London in late April. As the conference chairman, Alan Auld of shaft-design consultancy, the Alan Auld Group, noted in his introduction to the ...

Many mining companies, and many of the engineering companies that provide designs for mines, operate globally so ISO 19426 was developed in response to a desire for a unified global approach to the safe and robust design of structures for mine shafts. The characteristics of ore bodies, such as their depth and shape, vary in different areas so ...

The technical solution on equipment provision for mine vertical shaft using headframe of multifunctional purpose will allow changing the management construction of vertical shaft. The …

The portal of the decline and vertical shaft is planned to locate in the footwall side of the orebody to access the deposit. ... "Design of Mine Shafts", Department of Mining Engineering ...

A deep shaft project (denoted XZJ) is being carried out to provide a central ore-lifting facility for various mining areas at the Xincheng gold mine, located in northeastern Laizhou, Yantai, Shandong Province, China (Fig. 1).The shaft is required to have a circular cross section with a finished diameter of 6.7 m and a depth of 1527 m, making it the …

Vertical shafts play an important role in the safe operation of mines. The stability of vertical shafts has always been a difficult problem in mining engineering, especially with the increasing of mining depth. In …

Vertical shaft is an upright shaft excavated for mining activities. There are exposed shafts and blind shafts, generally with a circular section. A vertical shaft with …

Increasing construction depth, changeable failure formations, and redistributed stress conditions inevitably make the mechanical response of mining shaft rock mass complicated. The design method and construction technology of deep shaft need to be perfected urgently. We studied the stability and control method of a main …

Fig. 4 New bunton construction of mine-equipment shafts. III. CONCLUSION The construction of a bunton of stiff shaft equipment of vertical shafts was developed, with the upper flange of H-beam, protected by strictly fixed metal bracket. The inclined surfaces formed by the bracket, allow damping the kinetic energy of falling pieces of rock and ore

The convergence–confinement method (usually applied to tunnels), with consideration of gravitational effects and the three-dimensional conditions near a shaft, is proposed as a tool to predict...

The article reviews a novel approach to the design of steel angle headframe for vertical shafts of coal and ore mines on the basis of rational design solutions. Practice of construction of coal ...

Vertical Shaft Sinking machine (VSM) is an innovative technology that uses a unique mechanized shaft sinking method for efficient and reliable construction of vertical shaft. This mechanized method is commonly employed for shallow infrastructure applications such as launch and reception shafts for tunnelling operations, access and

The contract for the construction of the pressure shaft was awarded to Edilmac dei F.lli Maccabelli S.r.l. by the consortium Vianden. The pressure shaft extends to 300 m from the upper reservoir down to the powerhouse level. After passing through a vertical bend, a 240 m long, shallow inclined pressure tunnel connects to the power house.

The purpose of this article is to present a novel mathematical-physical model for the design of a new conical-shaped centrifugal rotor for vertical shaft impact …