Prestressed Yielding Arch Support
Steel Arch and Tunnel Support Systems
- Applications
- Benefits
- Tunnel junctions
- Over and under ore passes
- Haulages
- Incline shafts portals
- Active support through bad ground conditions, dykes, faults, friable ground
- Simple and fast installation
- Very high carrying capacity
- Long operational life
- Suitable for tunnels from 4.15m to 5.5m wide
- Active support by the arch set
- Keystone available to suit tunnels from 4.15 to 5.5 meters
- Upright support beams cater for tunnel heights from 3.1 to 6.5 meters
- Cost effective
- Dimensional and design flexibility
- Suitable for various excavation heights
- Cribbing or Void fill can provide active support by energising the props