#137: Ground Support – with Tom Parrott

May 08, 2022
#137: Ground Support – with Tom Parrott
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#137: Ground Support – with Tom Parrott

May 08 2022 |

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Show Notes

Tom Parrott is the Principal Geotechnical Engineer at Entech.

In this episode, we give a great overview of Ground Support for Underground Mining. Topics discussed include:

– How different bolts work (Split Sets, Resin bolts, MDX’s, Swellex, Self Drilling Split Sets etc)

– Which bolts are good in which ground

– Using the correct bit size for different bolts and lengths

– Does an MDX bolt perform as well as a Resin bolt?

– Does bolting achieve anything in really soft/broken ground?

and plenty more

 

Grab Tom Parrott on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/toparrott/

 

Check out everything that Entech have to offer at http://entechmining.com.au/ for all of your Mining Engineering, Resource Geology, Ventilation and Geotechnical needs.

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