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Abstract: Raise Boring Machines (RBMs) are the fast, safe and efficient drilling / boring machines are used for different purposes in mining and tunnelling especially for excavation of vertical and/or inclined shafts and drifts. The optimum raise boring system is designed or selected based on drilling / excavation performance, which depends mainly on mechanical (machine related), geological /...
Abstract: The use of underground space for transportation, energy requirement, sanitation and wastewater management is continuously increasing in urban areas. Mechanical excavation of this underground space with Earth Balance Pressure Tunnel Boring Machine (EPBTBM) is one of the most preferred method beneath intensive urban areas. A good soil conditioning can reduce the surface settlement and create a...
Abstract: Raise Boring Machine (RBM) provides a safe means of excavating a circular hole between two levels without the use of explosives. These machines were developed for the underground mining industry but nowadays is increasingly used on infrastructural projects. This paper aimed to assessment of the performance of a RBM during drilling / excavation of a ventilation shaft in the Efemcukuru Gold Mine,...
Abstract: Appropriate performance prediction of Raise Boring Machines (RBMs) in feasibility and planning stage of mechanized shaft excavation projects directly effects the economics of the projects and job completion time. This study aims to develop empirical performance prediction models for inclined reaming operations by using pilot hole drilling and reaming operational parameters and...
Abstract: This paper concerns about the performance estimation of Raise Boring Machine which used to excavate ventilation shafts in a copper mine located at the city of Kastamonu, on Northern Turkey. Length and diameter of the ventilation shaft are 22 m and 2.6 m, respectively. Eti Copper A.S Underground Mine raise boring operation was visited to recording operational conditions and performance...