DEVELOPMENT METHOD OF STEEP COAL BEDS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC E21C41/18 

FIELD: mining.

SUBSTANCE: as per a shield mining system, the method involves field preparation of a mine section of a bed developed by transport and ventilation crossways, division of the mine section as to spread of the bed into extraction strips restricted as to width by performance of two inclined workings, provision of an installation chamber on the level of the ventilating entry, installation in it of sectional shield roofing, development of coal wells, extraction of coal under the shield roofing and gravity handling of broken-down coal via coal wells to the transport entry. Before the beginning of coal extraction, the first inclined working is performed so that it restricts the extraction strip on one side. On the other side, the extraction strip is restricted with the number of sections of the shield roofing. Extraction and cutting of coal under the shield roofing is performed in a mechanised manner in beds that are provided with an inclination towards the first inclined working, and gravity handling of broken-down coal is arranged via chutes along a working face. As far as inclined beds are being developed, on the other side of the extraction strip, in the worked-out area there erected is the second inclined working providing a spare exit of the working face and its ventilation. As far as the working face approaches the lower boundary of the extraction strip, execution of the transport entry is performed in the direction from the second inclined working to the first one. From the same entry, wells are drilled in line with each section of the shield roofing, via which gravity handling of coal broken down under the shield roofing is performed.

EFFECT: invention allows improving efficiency and safety of development.

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