EPASS

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Overview

EPASS is the Emergency Personnel Access Safety System. EPASS has been specifically engineered and designed to provide the end user with a rapid response, multi functional ventilation stopping.

Using the Ventstop Cube profile that is designed to facilitate most drive/drift/tunnel/ horizontal and vertical voids, we have now added an access through the stopping, with a variety of entry and exit covers to maintain blocking integrity.

To compliment this and expand on the functional use, a transition section can be added to facilitate various foaming machines and other types of fire fighting aids.

The EPASS comes with it's own transportation/storage unit (with forklift facilities) that doubles as a solid and secure base under the access tunnel. The EPASS has the capability of being in full operational mode in under 20 minutes once it has been delivered to the desired location.

The EPASS comes as a complete kit consisting of.

  • VentStop with access
  • Front and rear regulators/doorways
  • Pressure Controller
  • Product specific Venturi Inflation Unit
  • Carrier/Storage unit with forklift options.

The EPASS can be designed to clients requirements, and is also available in FRAS fabrics with or without heat shielding options.

How much time, money and resources do you spend on walls and brattices and ventilation controls that simply don’t do the job?

How many times are these same walls repaired and patched up?

How much valuable ventilation is lost or going to unwanted areas?

How much re-circulation from your open stopes and drawpoints/passes?

How about a cost effective alternative that works and is re-usable again and again.

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Latest News

  • 11.05.2017

    Check Out Video Links

    Ventilation Videos have been upload to You Tube. Check out links under Minvent Products - Ventilation Controls

  • 09.02.2016

    Boral Cement Feedback

    Just a short message to thank you Minvent Solutions for the excellent service that you have provided to Boral Cement. Both myself and the management team at Boral Cement - Berrima are most impressed with this project from concept to commissioning. Personally, I would like to express my gratitude to all involved. Planned Maintenance Supt / Refractory Installation Supt Boral Cement - Berrima

  • 05.11.2015

    QMRS Sponsorship

    Minvent Solutions are proud sponsors of Queensland Mines Rescue Services (QMRS) 2015 Nationals Comp

  • 27.10.2015

    Client Feedback - Pogo Mine Alaska

    "We’ve used the EPASS in several locations and the guys like them a lot. They appreciate the simplicity of them and how quickly we can install them. I’ve been bragging about us having the inflatable walls and telling people that they work well." Pogo Mine Alaska 10/8/2014

  • 15.10.2013

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  • 02.09.2013

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  • 01.08.2012

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  • 30.07.2012

    Failed Raise-Bore Successfully Rehabilitated!!!

    At Broken Hill Rasp Mine a 5 metre raise-bore hole suffered a face failure during back reaming. A Minvent Solutions inflatable plug was lifted up into the raise-bore hole via the pilot hole, inflated and a concrete plug in excess of 250 m/3 was poured in stages onto the plug. (initial pour of 40 ton). This re-established a sound flat working face to resume back reaming.

  • 28.11.2011

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  • 19.11.2011

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  • 25.10.2011

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  • 09.08.2010

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  • 03.08.2010

    New Premises!

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  • 17.05.2010

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  • 12.05.2005

    Client Feedback - Ventstop

    "The Balloons are performing well, we actually used a balloon 60m behind a breakthrough round in our main decline to stabilise the air flow and make it as if the breakthrough round didn't occur. The balloon performed flawlessly and held with concussion from the blast and 50 cubes of potential airflow. We didn't even tie the balloon in place." Zinifex - Rosebury Mine TAS