REICHdrill Inc. of Phillipsburg, announced several important operator safety and comfort upgrades to its flagship model C-700D blast hole drill. Richard Pearce, engineering manager for the company, ...

Epiroc is introducing the DM30 XC blast hole drill that is suitable for a variety of multi-pass rotary and down-the-hole (DTH) drilling applications. Built off the same proven, reliable platform as ...

Caterpillar has launched the MD6250 blast hole drill designed for drilling 10m and 12m benches in mining, quarrying and heavy construction applications, as well as for angle drilling from 0° to 30° ...

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The Robbins H-100 was a high-production blast-hole drill employed by a number of surface-coal-mining companies in the Illinois Basin during the 1960s and 1970s. Starting with development work in 1960 ...

But first, dozens of holes for explosives must be painstakingly drilled into the rock. One of the biggest drill rigs at work around the world is the 200-ton PV-351 Pit Viper from Atlas Copco, Garland, ...

Within feet of a planned hole, the GPS-identified location shows on the monitor in a bull's-eye .SmartRig can automatically center the bit and set the bore angle. Another screen displays Rig Control ...