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Rock Drills Inching Toward Full Automation

Published Wednesday, August 01, 2001

For operations looking to improve their drilling program, Tramac and Ingersoll-Rand offer new rock and rotary blasthole drills. According to Joe Caywood, blasthole drills product manager for IR Drilling Solutions, its new drills feature the latest technology to lower drilling costs and make the operator's job easier and more comfortable. Caywood says the company's 351 rotary blasthole drill lowers costs due to the hydraulic design that uses one gearbox and five pumps for the complete unit with filtration to 3 microns. The cable feed system (rather than rack-and-pinion or chain) and positive lubrication oil pump for the air ...

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