Upgrades & Engineered solutions
Water injection system for Boom surface drills
When collaring a hole and drilling broken rock, the hole walls tend to collapse causing drill steels to jam or a need to re-drill the hole. This can be avoided by using a water injection system, which effectively stabilizes the hole walls.
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Description
The water injection system consists of a water tank, control valves, water pump and control system.
Controlled amount of water or a water / foaming agent mixture is pumped into the rock drill’s flushing air. The mixture pumped into the flushing air suppresses the dust and vaults the hole with a cement-like layer which prevents the hole from collapsing.
The actual amount of mixture used depends on the type of the rock and the size of drilled hole. Water tanks are big enough for one day operation. Capacities are as follows:
Ranger DX & Tiger DG: 250 litres
Ranger DXi: 250 litres (125l each)
Pantera DPi 250 litres
Leopard DI: 350 litres -
Advantages
-Prevents hole from collapsing during collaring
-Reduced amount of flying dust -
Customer values
-Increase productivity
-Improve safety
Product specifications
- Application area
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Productivity improvement
- Boom surface drills
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Sandvik DX900i / Sandvik DX800i / Sandvik DP1600i / Sandvik DX800R / Sandvik DX800 / Sandvik DX700 / Sandvik DX600R / Sandvik DX600 / Sandvik DP1500i / Sandvik DI560 / Sandvik DP1100i / Sandvik DI650i / Sandvik DI550 / Sandvik DI450 / Sandvik DG810 / Sandvik DG710