Name of Equipment: Mobile Tunnel Boring Complex (MTB)
Shaft Diameter: From 4,5 to 5,5 meters
Purpose: Complex is used for construction of access tunnels, declines and travel ways. There are various other applications where it is effective for opening blocks of ground and increasing a mine's footprint such as finger raises.
Benefits: - Safery of works – no Drill and blast materials used
- Advance rates in excess of 10meter per day
- 500% improvement over drill and blast method
- Continuous drilling and lining
Hard rock drilling application