Current situation and development trend of rock bolting construction equipment in coal roadway

The rock bolting construction equipment is an important part of the complete set of bolt support technology in coal roadway, which directly affects the speed and quality of rock bolting. After a long period of development, China's coal mines have developed various forms of rock bolting equipment, including single bolter, mobile bolter, roadheader bolter, bolter miner, bolter conveyor and straddle bolter. This paper systematically analyzes the development history, technical performance, technical parameters, applicable conditions and latest development of six kinds of rock bolting construction equipment. The single bolter is light, flexible and mature in technology, forming a series of products, which are widely used. The onboard bolter can be integrated on different platforms to form a variety of integrated construction equipment. The mobile bolter has formed a variety of models from two arms to nine arms. It can closely follow the heading equipment, work alternately with the heading equipment, and complete the rock bolting construction with multi-arm cooperation and multi-arm parallel operation. The onboard bolter is equipped on the cantilever roadheader, and various types of roadheader bolters are developed, realizing two functions of heading and bolt construction. The bolter miner has realized localization. The bolter miner with forward moveable bolting platform, shield type bolter miner and bolter miner with the integration of drilling and bolting are developed. The bolter conveyor from two arms to seven arms and the ten-arm straddle bolter are developed. The rock bolting, heading and transportation have been carried out in different zones. This paper introduces the technology and equipment of rock bolting with the integration of drilling and bolting. They include bolt with the integration of drilling and bolting, pump-injected anchoring agent, onboard bolter with the integration of drilling and bolting, drill box, rock bolt bin, anchoring agent pump-injection system and intelligent control system. The traditional six-step rock bolt construction process is simplified into one continuous process. It realizes the automatic operation of "one key rock bolting", significantly improving the speed and automation degree of rock bolting. The paper points out the development trend of rock bolting construction equipment in coal roadway. The trend includes following aspects: the digital intelligent bolt onboard bolter, onboard bolter positioning, pose self-adjustment and multi-onboard bolter collaborative control technology; the optimization of bolt (cable) structure and materials, upgrading of anchor grouting materials and improvement of construction equipment; the environmental dynamic sensing and stability discrimination of surrounding rock with heading; the fault diagnosis technology of rock bolting construction equipment and the online monitoring of roadway surrounding rock deformation and bolt load; establishing a big data platform to realize automation and intelligenitization of rock bolting.