Ariel Industries

Products

• APTANE®
  • ANC – Ancillary Products
  • BFS – Block Foam Systems
  • PFS – Pour or Injection Foam Systems
  • SFS – Spray Foam Systems
• About Polyurethanes
• Typical Application
  • Furniture & Bedding
  • Domestic appliance applications
  • Automotive applications
  • Rigid foam slabstock
  • Insulation boards and panels
  • Sprayed foam insulation
  • Binding forest products
  • Cavity filling applications
  • Rock consolidation
  • Binding foundry sand
  • Sport surfaces and playground areas
  • Footwear applications
  • Cast elastomers
• Safe handling procedures

Rock consolidation

Consolidation of Coal and surrounding strata

Difficult geological conditions occur frequently in the underground coal mining industry. Often malfunctions occur and large cavities, several metres high can be formed.
The low viscosity of the reactive PU foam mixture, the volume increase in the blowing reaction (through CO2 formation), the fast cure time, the elasticity and adhesive properties of the reacting foam are all features that make PU foam the preferred consolidation agent.

There is very little temperature increase in the surrounding coal due to the exothermic nature of the PU reaction and there is no danger of ignition.