Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
ABSTRACT: Thin Spray-on Liner (TSL) is a fast setting, multi-component, polymeric material that is designed to be spray applied to a rock surface and provide areal support. TSLs are widely used in hard rock mining and some civil applications; however, they are yet to become a preferred support element in coal mining operations. Understanding of how TSL products behave to provide support to a coal rock mass and how they can be tested and monitored in-situ, is not well enough understood for them to be included as a routine support system. This presents a current challenge to the industry as how the assessment of a TSLs suitability or comparability to an existing support method can be done. This paper provides a broad overview of how TSLs have been used and tested to date and offers some insights into the future direction for establishing their use in underground coal mines.
Publication Details
Claire Morton, Zhongwei Chen, Mehmet Siddik Kizil, Thin spray-on liners: a historical overview and their future potential as support in underground coal mines, Proceedings of the 2021 Resource Operators Conference, University of Wollongong - Mining Engineering, 10-12 February 2021, University of Southern Queensland, 42-49.