A drill device includes a base frame, a feed frame supported for movement relative to the base frame, and a feed device for inserting a drill element into a rock surface. The base frame includes a pair of fluid cylinders. The feed frame extends along a feed axis and includes a plurality of guide bars aligned parallel to the feed axis. The feed device is supported for movement relative to the feed frame in a direction parallel to the feed axis. The feed device includes a first guide member and a second guide member. The first guide member engages a surface of at least one of the guide bars, and the second guide member engages another surface of at least one of the guide bars.

A drilling machine includes a self-propelled motor vehicle, a front drilling member, and a rear drilling member, wherein at least one of the front or rear drilling members has at least one drilling head suited to be oriented in any direction with respect to the advance direction of the machine, and wherein at least one of the front or rear drilling members has an integrated sliding system suited to stabilize the member on the ground.

The present invention provides a self-drilling and self-anchoring extendable anchor rod applicable to soft and weak coal rocks and an anchoring method thereof, which are suitable for supporting soft and weak coal rock mass in roadways.

This invention relates to a clamp assembly for clamping an elongate member such as a roof bolt, drill rod and the like, the clamp assembly comprising a housing having a receiving zone/gap for receiving the elongate member; a first jaw and a second jaw accommodated within the housing, wherein at least one of the first and second jaws being moveable within the housing between an opened position for allowing the drill rod to be received through the gap and between the first and second jaws, and a closed position for clamping the drill rod that is received in the gap between the first and second jaws; and an actuator for displacing at least one of the first and second jaws between the opened and closed positions.

This invention relates to a clamp assembly for clamping an elongate member such as a roof bolt, drill rod and the like, the clamp assembly comprising a housing having a receiving zone/gap for receiving the elongate member; a first jaw and a second jaw accommodated within the housing, wherein at least one of the first and second jaws being moveable within the housing between an opened position for allowing the drill rod to be received through the gap and between the first and second jaws, and a closed position for clamping the drill rod that is received in the gap between the first and second jaws; and an actuator for displacing at least one of the first and second jaws between the opened and closed positions.

The invention relates to an automated device for drilling a hole in the vault and walls of a tunnel and for installing an anchoring element in said hole, characterized in that it comprises: a robot (5) comprising a base (50), a robotic arm (51) extending from the base and a multifunctional head (52) arranged at the end of the arm and movable over 360 degrees, said multifunctional head comprising a drilling means (520), a percussion means (521) suitable for inserting an anchoring element in the hole, and a vision system (522), an elevating platform (1) bearing a device (2) for guiding in translation the base of the robot, a control unit suitable for communicating with a controller of the robot and comprising a processor configured to determine in real time the position of the robot in a three-dimensional reference frame of the tunnel and a man-machine interface.

A screwing-in system for inserting a threaded rod in the axial direction into a substrate, having a drive machine which rotationally drives a drive sleeve, it being possible to insert the threaded rod into the drive sleeve arranged on the drive machine, which drive sleeve can be connected to the threaded rod in a form-fitting manner and thus rotationally drives the threaded rod, wherein a component provided with an internal thread is fixed between the drive machine and the substrate, which component converts the rotational movement of the drive sleeve into a translational movement of the threaded rod, wherein the screwing-in machine is mounted on a carriage which is movable relative to the component.

A cutting unit for use with a cutting apparatus suitable for creating tunnels or subterranean roadways and the like, includes a cutting arm configured for pivotal movement around at least one pivot axis and a cutting head mounted to the cutting arm. The cutting head includes at least one rotatable cutting element for detaching material from a rock face, and a clearing arrangement mounted to the cutting arm. The clearing arrangement has a clearing blade for pushing detached rock material onto a loading table of the cutting apparatus, the clearing blade being guided by a first guiding mechanism to allow a free movement of the clearing blade in a first direction.

A cutting apparatus suitable for creating tunnels and subterranean roadways includes independently pivoting supports that each carries a respective independently pivoting arm and a rotatable cutting head. Each cutting head via the supports and arms is configured to slew laterally outward in a sideways direction and to pivot in a vertical upward and downward direction. The supports and arms are mounted on a linear moving sled carried by a main frame.

A roof-bolt drill bit includes a bit body that is rotatable about a central axis, a coupling pocket defined in the bit body, and at least one cutting element mounted to the bit body. The at least one cutting element includes a cutting face, a cutting edge adjacent the cutting face, a back surface opposite the cutting face, and a side surface extending between the cutting edge and the back surface. The roof-bolt drill bit additionally includes a coupling attachment coupled to the bit body, the coupling attachment being positioned adjacent to a portion of the side surface of the cutting element that abuts a side surface of the coupling pocket.