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Underground & Open Pit Mining - Hydroelectric Power Plant Tunnel 2014

Mechanized installation process with MESHA® on Sandvik equipment

Underground & Open Pit Mining - Hydroelectric Power Plant Tunnel 2014

MINAX® 80/4 installed with standard plates. Thanks to knotted mesh ends, rockbolts installed in the last opening are not problematic.

Underground & Open Pit Mining - Hydroelectric Power Plant Tunnel 2014

Rockburst problem during constrution of the headrace tunnel - it is clear the the ground support structure had to be reinforced

Underground & Open Pit Mining - Hydroelectric Power Plant Tunnel 2014

Mechanized installation process with the MESHA® handler

Underground & Open Pit Mining - Hydroelectric Power Plant Tunnel 2014

Jumbo equipped with MESHA® handler on the way to the tunnel front

 

Year of installation

2014

Initial situation

During construction of the headrace tunnel in July 2012 for a hydro power plant some severe rockburst occured. The high internal stress in the rock and overburden over 1000 m on top of the tunnel as well as the brittle metamophic character with a rock mass rating RMR › 65 caused some severe problems during the project.

Description

The tunnel was divided in sectors to analyse the stress level in regard to the high stress classification whereas it shows that some rockbursts of level 2 and 3 occured. In the most critical zone a support system with MINAX® 80/4 was applied in combination with mechanized installation thanks to Geobrugg's MESHA® handler. The installation time had been decreased between 20 to 25% and safety for workes was significantly improved.

Customer

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Protected object

Other

Corrosion protection

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Roger Moor
   

Roger Moor

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René Müller

Country Manager Kantone AG BE BL BS FR GE JU NE SO VD VS

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