Breaking, Drilling & Blasting

Atlas Copco’s latest high performance and fuel-efficient drill rigs for the quarrying and mining sectors will be showcased at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas, USA (7-11 March).

The SmartROC T40 is said by the Swedish manufacturer to offer up to a 50% reduction in fuel consumption compared to conventional rigs. The PowerROC T45, a robust drill rig for aggregate quarrying, will also be displayed at the construction and building materials’ production equipment sector showpiece. The PowerROC T45 features a

Rockmore International is officially unveiling its new Vector Rod System to the North American aggregates and construction industries at the upcoming CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 exhibition in Las Vegas.

Claimed by the U.S. manufacturer to be a major breakthrough in improving performance and service life of extension drill tools in surface and underground percussive drilling applications, Rockmore International’s (Rockmore) new line of drill tools are said to offer tremendous advantages in productivity and relia

Robit Group, the global drilling consumables manufacturer, and its UK subsidiary, BulrocRobit, will reveal at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas, USA (7-11 March) its new flagship large hammer - the Bulroc Robit Hyper 331. The high power 838mm hammer extends the group’s Down-the-Hole (DTH) hammer range from 25mm to a hefty 838mm .The Hyper 331 features the claimed largest piston on the market of any size DTH hammer, with its impressive 1,552kgs. This, coupled with a long piston stroke and optimised impact f

Robit, the Finnish manufacturer of quality top hammer products for rock drilling and casing systems for ground drilling, has signed and closed an agreement to purchase the manufacturing assets and IPRs of Halco International and Halco America.

The move will see Robit take ownership of Halco’s factory in the city of Sherman, near Dallas. From there, Robit plans to run its own manufacturing unit with related service point and stock. The location of the new factory in the middle of the USA-Americas region w

Fitted with a Cat C7.1 Stage IV emissions engine, the Sandvik Ranger DX800 replaces what Sandvik describes as the highly efficient and popular DX780.

The DX800’s dual pressure compressor is said to be key to its improved fuel economy. Once drilling is complete the system drops air receiver tank pressure to the level of three bars, leaving the compressor idle when air pressure is not needed. Once the drilling continues, the air pressure is raised again. The model’s engine life is also said to be enhanced

Large breakers are the only alternative today for quarrying applications where drilling and blasting is not an option. Lucio Garofalo reports on Italian firm Indeco’s impressive progress in this area of the quarrying equipment market.
In many countries, the use of explosives in quarrying is meeting growing difficulty due to environmental, logistical or safety reasons. In some cases, the problem has been solved by utilising large milling machines or cutter heads, but these solutions are not always an effect