Shaft reaming machine for maintenance of mine shafts in the salt rock mass

Due to rheological properties of salt rock mass, maintenance of mine excavations, including shafts may be very challenging, especially in the long term. Many different ideas and approaches to a subject of sinking and maintaining a shaft in salt rock mass have emerged over the years, of which the main directions include two opposite ideas, such as an application of high-strength lining and an approach based on flexible lining. The article presents a shaft reaming machine designed for maintenance of mine shafts located in salt rock mass designed with a flexible shaft lining approach.