An elongated connecting element for anchoring members, which is provided with a first anchoring end portion designed to be inserted into an anchoring region and a second end portion which defines a head, which lies opposite the first anchoring end portion and is designed to interact with an element to be anchored. The elongated connecting element includes an external tubular element which accommodates an internal elongated body, the external tubular element defining, at the head, at least one feeding port for a synthetic anchoring mix and, at the first anchoring end portion, at least one exit opening for the synthetic anchoring mix. The synthetic anchoring mix is configured to set, penetrating at least partially into the anchoring region and creating a stable connection between the anchoring region and the elongated connecting element and between the respective portions of the external tubular element and of the internal elongated body.

A device that allows for the sequential operations of hole drilling, resin and catalyst insertion and rod insertion in a single machine is provided. The drilling part uses a regular mining drilling machine that is fitted onto the device. Once the hole is drilled, a pipe is inserted into the hole. There are two possible versions of the pipe, a single pipe configured to work with an air cannon shooting resin tubes and a co-joined double pipe to inject resin and a catalyst in separate co-joined pipes so as to emerge unmixed at the end of the pipes. The next step consists in screwing in the rod into the hole, the twisting motion mixes resin and catalyst and in a matter of seconds, the rod is fully inserted and the chemical reaction has started. Because of the speed and accuracy of insertion and the thoroughness of mixing, more catalyst than usual can be used for a faster hardening of the resin, which secures the rod much better and faster.

A rock bolt system includes a fitting including a main body defining a central opening configured to receive a rock bolt and a grout body defining a space between the main body and the grout body, with the main body defining a grout opening in fluid communication with the central opening. The main body is rotatable relative to the grout body, with the grout body defining a resin port and a catalyst port. The resin port and the catalyst port are in fluid communication with the space and the grout opening of the main body. The system further includes a rock bolt defining a central opening, with the central opening of the rock bolt configured to be in fluid communication with the central opening of the fitting when the rock bolt is secured to the fitting.

A rock drilling machine, rock drilling rig and method of reinforcing rock surfaces by means of grouting material is provided. The grouting material is fed through the rock drilling machine to a drilling tool connected to the rock drilling machine. The rock drilling machine include a flushing feed path, which is utilized in the feeding of the grouting material.

A tool aiding the installation of a rock bolt assembly in a rock hole includes: a drive shaft having a proximal end to engage with a drilling rig, and a distal end with a recess to receive a trailing end portion of the rock bolt and which has a first seat against which an axially pre-set component of the rock bolt assembly abuts; and a tubular sleeve telescopically engaged with the shaft with a first end for receiving an axially moveable component of the rock bolt assembly and which has a second seat against which the axially moveable component abuts, and a second end. The sleeve is reciprocally moveable relatively to the shaft between a biased forward position in which the axially pre-set component and the axially moveable component are spaced, and a retracted position in which the axially pre-set component engages or connects to the axially moveable component.

The present invention relates to a support method of preset internal cable for in-situ tunnel expansion project, comprising a cable, lockset and an anchoring agent, wherein before the excavation of the newly-built tunnel, a borehole is drilled into the surrounding rock from the in-situ tunnel, and the cable is installed in the borehole and pre-stressed, so as to play a supporting role at the moment of excavation of the newly-built tunnel. The cable is fixed in the depth of the surrounding rock by the anchoring agent, and the lockset of the cable is set at the position of the excavation contour line of the newly-built tunnel inside the surrounding rock. The present invention provides a method that does not interfere with the excavation construction and can effectively support the surrounding rock of the expanded tunnel in advance. It breaks through the excavation first and then supports model in the previous tunnel construction, and uses the space of the in-situ tunnel for pre-support, and by applying prestress, the deformation of surrounding rock can be controlled to the maximum extent.

An active control method and device for large deformation of a deep thin-bedded surrounding rock, the active control method includes: drill holes in the surrounding rock of a tunnel against a tunnel face, add the active control device containing a sleeve, a high-strength prestressed anchor bolt, a resin anchoring agent and a grouting device into drill holes, apply a preload to the anchor bolt when the resin anchoring agent has a certain strength, and carry out lag grouting in the surrounding rock through the grouting device after stress adjustment, and the high-strength prestressed anchor bolt and the grouting device are inserted in the sleeve with holes on the side. The active control device or method of the invention can effectively reduce the fracture depth and degree of a thin-bedded soft rock in deep engineering, and effectively inhibit the occurrence of large deformation disasters.

The present invention relates to an assembly (1) for preparing an injectable sealing composition for scaling an anchor bolt in a dedicated recess of a rock structure, characterised in that the assembly comprises: at least one storage means (2) for storing at least one first component, referred to as the resin-based silicate component, a storage means (3) for storing a second component, referred to as the diphenylmethane diisocyanate-based MDI component, a storage means (4) for storing an organic or mineral filler, a device for generating a first mixture (5) configured to produce a mixture combining at least an amount of the MDI component with at least an amount of filler, a device for generating a second mixture (6) configured to produce a mixture combining at least an amount of the first mixture with at least an amount of the silicate component.

A rock bolt system includes a fitting including a main body defining a central opening configured to receive a rock bolt and a grout body defining a space between the main body and the grout body, with the main body defining a grout opening in fluid communication with the central opening. The main body is rotatable relative to the grout body, with the grout body defining a resin port and a catalyst port. The resin port and the catalyst port are in fluid communication with the space and the grout opening of the main body. The system further includes a rock bolt defining a central opening, with the central opening of the rock bolt configured to be in fluid communication with the central opening of the fitting when the rock bolt is secured to the fitting.

A pumpable resin system for installation of mine bolts includes a resin injection cylinder comprising a resin chamber and a resin hydraulic cylinder, a catalyst injection cylinder including a catalyst chamber and a catalyst hydraulic cylinder, with the resin hydraulic cylinder synchronized with the catalyst hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic pump in fluid communication with the resin hydraulic cylinder and the catalyst hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic reservoir in fluid communication with the hydraulic pump, and a delivery line in fluid communication with the resin injection cylinder and the catalyst injection cylinder. The delivery line is configured to deliver resin and catalyst from the resin injection cylinder and catalyst injection cylinder into a borehole.