METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR MECHANICALLY DRIVING CLEAN-CUT GALLERIES OF VARIOUS PROFILES IN UNDERGROUND MINING

摘要

A method for mechanically advancing clean cut underground mining galleries of various profiles, in which during a primary phase of the operation a pilot excavation of circular cross-section smaller than the final desired cross-section of the mining gallery is carried out and in which during a secondary phase of the operation, overlapping in time with the primary phase, the pilot excavation is widened to the desired finished cross-section of the mining gallery; and a machine for carrying out the method.