Encyclopaedia: Contents

Encyclopaedia of Mining, Tunnelling
and Drilling Equipment

Volumes 1, 2 & 3

B. Stack

Muden Publishing Company
Hobart, Tasmania

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Brief CONTENTS:

VOLUME 1 -TUNNELLING EQUIPMENT

Section I: Excavation - Rock

Early Rock Tunnelling Machines

Channel and Mersey Railway Tunnel Machines

Modern Rock Tunnelling Machines

Incline Boring Machines

Reaming Machines

Mini Rock-tunnelling Machines

Waterjet-Assisted Rock Machines

Section II: Excavation - Soft Ground

Shields and Mechanized Shields

Pressurized Plenum Chamber Machines

Slurry Machines

Earth Pressure Balanced Machines

Conveyors and Tailseals

Mini Shields and Mini Mechanized Shields

Pipe Jacking

Section III: Excavation - Mixed Ground

Hard Ground Hybrid Tunnelling Machines

Soft and Medium Hard Ground Hybrid TBMs

Section IV: Excavation - Military Purposes

First World War

Second World War

VOLUME 2 - MINING EQUIPMENT

United Kingdom

America

Australia

South Africa - Gold Mining

Shortwall Mining

Boom-type Machines

Boom-type Hybrid Machines

Hydraulic Mining

Conveyors

Supports

Cutters

Definitions

Tunnelling Machine Specifications

VOLUME 3 - DRILLING EQUIPMENT

Section I: General Purpose and Underground Drilling

Mining and Tunnelling Methods for Drill and Blast

Equipment Selection

Underground Drilling Equipment Manufacturers

Drill Tool Development

Mechanized Charging

Scaling Rigs

Rockbolting Equipment

Waterjet Assisted Rock Drills

Section II: Surface Drilling and Ancillary Equipment

Core Drilling

Rotary and Percussive Drilling Methods and

Machines

Section III: Down-the-hole Drilling Machines

Down-the-hole Percussion Drills

Down-the-hole Rotary Drills

Downhole Drill Motor Developments in U.S.S.R.

Additional Downhole Drilling Methods

Multi-head Drilling Machines