The invention relates to a method for gob-side entry retaining of a medium-thickness
coal seam and belongs to the technical field of gob-side entry retaining. The method is characterized in that by taking the
advantage of large space of a working face of the medium-thickness
coal seam, part of a support of the working face on the gob-side entry retaining side is changed into a top
coal caving support and a long
tail beam support, and a scraper conveyor, a transfer
crusher, a transfer
belt conveyor and a downward-spreading conveyor are arranged behind the supports on the working face; and in the working face propelling process, the top coal caving support is directly adopted for conveying
gangue above a gob downwards, the downwards-conveyed
gangue is downwards spread to the gob area on the gob-side entry retaining side to form a beside-entry support after the procedures of conveying, crushing, transferring and downward spreading, and the whole process is carried out in the gob area. Meanwhile, before the
gangue is stacked, flexible protecting plates with holes are adopted for separation in advance so as to adapt to roof
settling and prevent the gangue from entering an entry, cementing material filling and reinforcing are carried out, and the flexible protecting plates with the holes can be recycled. The method has important significance to guarantee of the gob-side entry retaining stability, increase of the
resource recovery rate and simplifying of a beside-entry support process.