THE TRUSSMASTER

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The Trussmaster

• Removing the Operator the from Hazards of
  Hand-Held Bolters

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Location

• Springvale
• Located at Lithgow, NSW
• Longwall operation with 3 development units
• Mining Lithgow seam - WEAK STRATA

Lithgow Sydney Wollongong Nowra
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Springvale History

• Difficult Mining Conditions
• Roof Falls
• High Horizontal Stress
• Ground Control Process
• Long pre-tensioned support on development
• Contract Support Crews
• Results
• Less Re-work
• Develop Longwall through difficult conditions

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Springvale Secondary Support

• Involves installation of 8m cable bolts and
  trusses, prior to Longwall extraction
• Installed from restricted space
• requires small/mobile bolting equipment
• Installation process
• Drill a 8m long, 55mm diameter hole into roof
• Insert cable bolt in hole
• Insert grout tubes, and pack hole
• Grout hole
• Tension bolt

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Conventional Hand-Held Bolters

• The Problems Drilling
• Close Proximity
• Fines/debris/water
• Services underfoot
• Balancing heavy machine
• Rigid handle
• Exposed to
• vibration
• whip
• jamming

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Conventional Hand-Held Bolters

• The Problems
• Manual Handling
• Cable insertion
• Relocating

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Conventional Bolters

• Safety Statistics 1999-2003
• Fatigue
• always tired
• Employee Turnover
• Eliminate the key risks
• to improve safety issues with this type of work

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The Trussmaster

• The solution
• Remote control
• Nil exposure to
• fines/water
• Vibration
• Whip/jamming
• Self supporting
• No strain on operator

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The Trussmaster

• The solution
• Remote control
• Cable Insertion
• Less exertion
• On Wheels
• Easy to move

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Added Benefits

• 2000 bolts installed with Trussmaster at
  Springvale with NIL incidents/injuries
• Groundcon Operators at Springvale developed
  ergonomics on the Trussmaster
• Operators prefer to use the Trussmaster as it is
  less physically demanding on them
• Modular more reliable, easier to maintain
• Installation rates 40 better with Trussmaster

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The Trussmaster

• WIN-WIN!
• Operators prefer the Trussmaster

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