Bergwerksverband Gmbh

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Frank Meyer

Wolfgang Cornely

Hans E Mehesch

Manfred Kapps

Rolf Kubens

Peter Vehlewald

Max Mann

Martin Winkelmann

Hanns P Muller

Manfred Schmidt

Manfred Dietrich

Ingo Romey

Walter Marsch

Dietrich Stein

Bernhard Maidl

Hans-Ernst Mehesch

Otto-Ernst Glaesmann

Birgit Riecks

Knud Gerdes

Helmut Becker

Heinz Goretz

The present invention relates to a process for strengthening geological formations in underground mining or underground construction work by the introduction of reaction mixtures which react to form polyurethane plastics into the formations which are required to be strengthened, wherein the reaction mixtures are based on

Process for strengthening geological formations

The present invention is directed to a process for the strengthening of geological formations in underground workings and mines by the introduction of reaction mixtures which react to form polyurethanes into the formations which are to be strengthened, the reaction mixtures being based on

The present invention is directed to a process for strengthening geological formations in underground mining or other operations introducing into the formation which is to be strengthened mixtures of a polyisocyanate component (a) and a polyol component (b) which react together to form polyurethanes, characterized in that the polyol component (b) is based on mixtures of (i) organic polyhydroxyl compounds having hydroxyl numbers of about 100 to 600 and (ii) dihydric alcohols having a molecular weight of 62 to about 150, component (ii) being present in an amount of about 0.01 to 20% by weight, based on the total quantity of component (b).

The present invention is directed to a process for strengthening and sealing geological formations which are moist or contain water, in particular loose stone, by the injection of a mixture which reacts to form polyurethane, characterized in that a polyisocyanate component is injected before injection of the reaction mixture.

Process for strengthening and sealing geological formations

Method for bonding of anchoring bolts in boreholes, in which an anchoring bolt is pushed with a rotary motion into a twin-chamber cartridge, one compartment of which is filled with a polyisocyanate component and the other one with a hydroxyl component, prepolymer from the conversion of polyisocyanates with one or several difunctional polyols of the molecular weight range 800-5000, preferably 1600-3000, being used as polyisocyanate component.

Method of fixation of anchoring bolts in boreholes

A procedure of bonding roofbolt rods to boltholes whereby the roofbolt rod is pushed under rotating movements into a bolthole filled with an adhesive mass consisting of a mix by whose reaction is obtained polyurethane, characterized in that a mass consisting of polyisocyanate-prepolymerides is used which has been prepared from polyisocynates and one or more bifunctional polyols in a molecular weight range between 800 and 5,000, preferably between 1,200 and 3,000, and which reacts in the borehole with 1 to 25% by weight (related to the mass) of water and/or polyols serving as the hydroxyl component.

Method of bonding roofbolt rods to boltholes

For consolidation of geological formations and artificial beds of rock, earth, and coal by means of foaming and hardening polyisocyanate/polyol blends, diols with secondary hydroxyl functions of the OH number range 150-1000 are used as diol component. Preferably a crude polyisocyanate blend (MDI) obtained by phosgenation of aniline/formaldehyde condensates which at ambient temperature assumes a liquid state, and the liquid prepolymers of said crude MDI are used as isocyanate components.

Process for consolidation and sealing of geological formations and

Processes for sealing and strengthening water-bearing geological formations by injection thereinto a polyurethane-resin-forming composition that is especially suitable for this purpose which comprises a conventional polyisocyanate, a conventional polyol, an accelerator for the reaction between the polyisocyanate and the polyol, and a foam stabilizer.

Process of sealing and strengthening water-bearing geological formations

A borehole closure, especially for injection of plastic material or cement into a borehole formed into rock for solidifying the latter and comprising a tube, a one-way valve connected to the leading end of said tube, a holding element including a spreading cone cooperating with a spreadable shell surrounding the tube in the region of its leading end, which in turn is followed by an axially compressible and radially expandable sealing element in form of a rubber sleeve surrounding the tube. In order to place the lost borehole closure at any desired distance from the outer end of the borehole, a plurality of tube sections and connecting bushings are provided for connecting the tube sections with different restraining forces to each other and to the trailing end of the tube, with one of the tube sections extending beyond the outer end of the borehole. An anchor plate may be provided surrounding the tube section projecting beyond the outer end of the borehole and is held against the rock by a lockscrew so that the arrangement may be used as a spreading anchor. A screw nipple is fixed to the outer end of the one tube section for turning the latter and the other tube sections and the tube connected thereto to thereby radially expand the spreadable shell of the holding element and the sealing element.

Tubular lost borehole closure

A method of and an adhesive cartridge for securing an anchor or the like in a bore hole or the like. The cartridge comprises an outer tube and an inner tube within this outer tube. Between the inner and outer tube is a mass of synthetic-resin material and filler. The inner tube is filled with a hardener capable of reacting with the synthetic-resin to form a mass capable of holding the rock anchor or the like in the borehole. At least the outer tube is made of an elastomeric polymer with which is mixed a filler that renders the outer tube completely opaque. The inner tube may also be extruded simultaneously with the outer tube of the same synthetic-resin material. It is also possible otherwise to partition the interiors of the outer tube, or to provide the one component in the outer tube directly in contact with the other component but unmixed therewith.

Adhesive securing of anchors in borehole

Waterglass solutions are mixed with polyisocyanates and these emulsions are then left to harden in the formations. Introduction of the mixture into the formations which are required to be consolidated, e.g. deposits of coal, is mainly carried out by forcing the mixture under pressure into bore-holes in the formations. According to one variation of the process, the components of the mixture are introduced into the multi-chamber cartridges which are introduced into the bore-holes and then destroyed as the components are mixed. Certain additives such as accelerators, blowing agents, polyols, stabilizers and/or thixotropic agents are advantageous for the quality of the composite masses formed by hardening of the mixture.

Process for consolidating and sealing off geological and artificially

The present invention relates to a two-compartment cartridge which is suitable for securing stay bars in bore holes by means of polyurethane resins and which is destructible by the stay bar, containing a polyisocyanate component on the one hand and a polyol component on the other hand, distinguished by the fact that the polyisocyanate component used is an aromatic polyisocyanate or a mixture of aromatic polyisocyanates, while the polyol component used is a polyol containing tertiary amine nitrogen and having a molecular weight of from about 119 to 3000 or a polyol mixture containing at least one such polyol. The present invention also relates to a process for securing stay bars in bore holes by introducing into the bore hole a two-compartment cartridge which contains components capable of forming a synthetic resin and which is destructible by driving in the stay bar and subsequently driving in the stay bar, distinguished by the fact that a cartridge of the type described above is used as the two-compartment cartridge.

Cartridge for securing stay bars in bore holes containing a

This invention concerns a method of consolidating geological formations, heaped rock and earth masses by applying a polyurethane reaction system to the material to be consolidated. The reaction system comprises a polyisocyanate component and a polyol component wherein the polyol component contains about 5 to 50 wt.% of a special polyether with an OH number under about 100. This polyether is produced by the reaction of a compound having more than one reactive hydrogen atom per molecule and a molecular excess of a 1,2-alkylene oxide. The reaction system can also contain conventional polyurethane additives such as foaming agents, fillers, foam stabilizers and catalysts. In a preferred embodiment, the special polyether is produced from ethylene diamine or triethanol amine.

Process for the consolidation of geological formations and loosened rock

An object extends into a passage and defines a clearance space with the inner wall of the passage. A hardenable, foamable synthetic resin in flowable state is admitted into the clearance space. Upon hardening and foaming of the synthetic resin, the object is sealingly secured in the passage by the synthetic resin. In a preferred application, the passage is one provided in a coal mine and the object is a hose line for the purpose of suppressing dust. The synthetic resin is advantageously polyurethane including a polyhydroxyl component which contains a polyetherglycol having a hydroxyl number of 300 to 350 and a polyetherglycol having a hydroxyl number of 450 to 500. The polyetherglycol components respectively constitute 80 to 90 parts and 10 to 20 parts of the polyhydroxyl component. The polyhydroxyl component preferably includes a filler in an amount such that the weight of the latter at least equals that of the polyhydroxyl component.

Method of securing objects in passages and arrangement obtained thereby,

Process for isolating aqueous brine layers in underground gas-storage caverns which comprises injecting into the said cavern a liquid polyurethane-resin-forming composition that is hardenable by reaction with water which, upon hardening, forms a resinous barrier between the brine and the gas-storage space thereabove that is essentially impervious to water vapor. The liquid hardenable polyurethane-resin-forming composition comprises a polyol and a polyisocyanate of an aromatic hydrocarbon.

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