Flexibolt Flexible Roof Bolts: A New Concept For Strata Control

Fuller, P. G.
Organization: International Conference on Ground Control in Mining
Pages: 11
Publication Date: Jan 1, 1993
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A high strength steel strand bolt has been developed by Barrett, Fuller & Partners as a replacement for conventional rigid bars for primary roof support in coal mines. It is based on a 23mm diameter multiwire steel strand with a tensile strength of 55 to 60 tonnes, The paper summarizes the development of FLEXIBOLT flexible roof bolts, their reinforcement performance and their potential to provide operators, currently reliant on medium to high density roof bolting systems, with a viable, low density roof bolting system offering high roof reinforcement capacity along with the option of installing bolts longer than headroom, in a single pass at the face.
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