Investigations into rock pressure symptoms in longwall mining panels.
Determination of conditions of effective and safe conducting and maintaining of longwalls, longwall top and gate roads as well as roadways.
Work regarding the selection of optimum types of mine workings supports.
Investigations into rock strength parameters, convergence of mine workings, load-bearing capacity of individual and powered support.
Investigation and selection of packing types for different mining-technical conditions in order to increase the effectiveness of extraction with packing application.
Investigation and selection of packing materials for surface and deposit protection in mining systems with hydraulic stowing.
Scientific-research work with respect to methods and means of maintaining of roadways and vertical openings.
Investigations into auxiliary methods of mine workings maintaining (coating support, binding materials lining, filling of voids, insulation) as well as means and equipment to use these methods.
Work relating to the determination of requirements for mining supports designed for work in mine workings threatened with rockbursts.
Performing of underground research work concerning mining supports designed for mine workings threatened with rockbursts.
Research work on the determination of support selection methods for specific mining and geological conditions.
Designing of new types of steel roadway support, roof bolting and bolting-bearing support for specific mining and geological conditions.
Research work connected with technical restructuring of the coal mining sector.
Research work connected with safe closure of underground parts of mines.
Research work on the improvement of mining systems in safety pillars.
Research work with respect to underground construction (tunnels and hydrotechnical mine workings).
Investigations into the determination of the shaft lining state.
Development of technical and technological projects relating to the reconstruction of damaged shaft linings.
Projects of shaft adaptation in closed mines to central pumping.
Unmanned control of the shaft lining state using television cameras.
Designing of shaft filling-up.
Selection of materials and methods of protection relating to the part of remained deposit in closed mines.
Designing of support for underground passages and tunnel construction.
Consultations with respect to the support of underground reinforced concrete structures (shelters, underground garages etc.).
Designing of underground protective barriers for underground disposal of harmful wastes.
