PERCUSSIVE DRILLING in SURFACE ROCK EXCAVATION

Atlas Copco Rock Drills AB

Surface Drilling Equipment

Common Percussive Drilling Methods

DTH TOP COPROD ROTARY

Common Blast Hole Drilling Methods

DTH TOP COPROD ROTARY

The COPROD System

Extension rod drilling

percussion + rotation

percussion

rotation

Drill Tube
Large outer diameter of section means rigid drill string Smooth drill string facilitates stable hole walls and reduces risk of jamming Balanced clearance between drill tube and hole wall provides effective hole cleaning Limited flushing air requirement Less installed power needed (compared with DTH)

Impact Rods
Impact power

No threaded joints Effective transmission of the impact power Virtually no energy loss in joints (compared with
Tophammer)

More impact power possible (with Tophammer

compared with DTH)

Award for COPROD

Mining Magazine Award 2005 for Atlas Copco COPROD drilling system conquers the world
Drilling conditions are difficult Hole stability is a problem (broken rock) High capacity/productivity is needed Fuel consumption of DTH is an issue

Common Blast Hole Drilling Methods

DTH TOP COPROD ROTARY

Down-The-Hole Drilling
1910s First patent claimed in Russia

1952 First hammer from Stenuick, 4, 7 bar, penetration 5 m/hr

1955 First hammer from IR. 6 hammer drilling 165 mm holes at 7 bar 1960s First button bit used on DTH hammer

1970s High pressure hammer, 14-18 bar

1980- 2000 Increased pressure, up to 30 bar

Air Consumption DTH Drilling

Example

AIR CONSUMPTION COP64 Gold

l/sec 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 10 15 20 25 30

59mm 55mm 51mm35 (std.)Bar

Blast Hole Drilling Methods

Trend
Pneumatic TH

Hydraulic TH

19 51 mm

Hydraulic TH

60 70 mm

COPROD

DTH Hammers

Rotary Drilling

445
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250

mm

Hydraulic Crawler Drills D-series

ROC D3-03 ROC L6/L6H RRC ROC D5 ROC D7-11 ROC L8

Crawler drill Hole range Drill rod Drill output mm ft x qty kW

ROC D3 51 - 89 12 x 81) 15

ROC 5/7 RRC 51 89/64 - 115 12 x 8 18

ROC 5/7 CAB 51 89/64 - 115 12 x 8 18

ROC D7 LM 64 - 115 20 x 1 + 14 x 1 18

1) Also version with manual rod handling

Hydraulic Crawler Drills F-series

ROC F7-11 ROC L6/L6H ROC F9-10 ROC L8 ROC F9 LM

Crawler drill Hole range Drill rod Drill output

1)

ROC F7 mm ft x qty kW 76 - 115 12 x 8 21

ROC F9 89 - 127 12 x 8/14 x 81) 25

ROC F9 LM 89 - 127 20 x 6 25

Single section boom, only

Hydraulic Crawler Drills L-series

ROC L7 ROC L6/L6H ROC L7 LM ROC L8

Crawler drill Hole range Drill rod Drill output mm ft x qty kW

ROC L7 89 - 127 14 x 7 30

ROC L7 LM 89 - 127 20 x 6 30

Hydraulic RCS Crawler Drills (Canbus)

ROC ROC D7C L6/L6H ROC F9C ROC L8

Crawler drill Hole range Drill rod Drill output mm ft x qty kW

ROC D7C 64 - 115 12 x 8 18

ROC D7C LM 64 - 115 20 x 1 + 14 x 1 18

ROC F9C 89 - 127 12 x 8/14 x 8 25

ROC F9C LM 89 - 127 20 x 6 25

Smart Rigs
Automatic feed alignment
Automatic rod adding/drilling process Measuring while drilling
GPS Antenna Radio modem antenna

GPS Antenna

Drill plans from your office

Reverse loop from probing GPS navigation

Automatic hole documentation

Sensors

Smart Rigs
GPS navigation menu

Bearing

Geographic north

Smart Rigs
GPS navigation menu
Coverage area Hole bottom Calculated hole start Drill bit

Silenced ROC D7C

Shhhh..! Low noise crawler at work

Silenced ROC D7C

Ideal for restricted urban areas
Drill virtually anywhere and anytime

Substantially lower energy consumption

Increased shift capacity

Silenced ROC D7C

The noise carpet a breakthrough difference
Less than 55 dB(A) area

Rig Control System

RCS is the name for the program which controls the drill operation

RCS Features & Benefits - Summary

Integrated
Laser Auto Auto

instrument

Reduced time for positioning =10 sec/hole

Reduced specific drilling Reduced time for positioning =10 sec/hole Increased utilization =10 -15% Improved drill steel economy Increased utilization

plane

feed alignment rod adding

Improved

automatics against stucked drill steel program

Diagnostic

Total Cost Reduction

Hydraulic COPROD Rigs

ROC L6/L6H ROC L8

Crawler drill

ROC F7CR

ROC F9CR

ROC L7CR

Hole range
CR 76, CR 89 CR 89/CR 102 CR 89/CR 102/CR 127

mm
ft x qty ft x qty ft x qty

90 - 127
12 x 9 ---------

90 - 127
12 x 9 ---------

105 - 165
----12 x 9/12 x 8 20 x 6/20 x 5/20 x 4

Drill output

kW

21

25

30/38

Hydraulic DTH- Crawler Drills

ROC F6 ROC L6/L6H ROC L8

Crawler drill Hole range Drill tube Max pressure mm m x qty bar

ROC F6 85 130 4x9 14

ROC L6 95 - 152 5x9 25

ROC L6H 95 - 152 5x9 25

ROC L8 110 - 178 6x9 25

Export Sales from Japan - Yokohama

ROC L6/L6H ROC L8

Crawler drill Hole range Drill rod Hyd rock drill mm ft x qty

CM 470 LC 64 - 89 10 x 6 YH 70

ECM 470 64 - 89 12 x 6 YH 70

ECM 585 64 - 102 12 x 7 HC 109

ECM 660 76 - 115 12 x 7 HC 160

Drill output

kW

15

15

18

18

Export Sales from US - Garland

ECM 720 ROC L6/L6H ECM 760D/780D ECM 720 ROC L8

Crawler drill Hole range Drill rod Rock drill mm ft x qty type x Kw

ECM 720 102 - 152 12/14 x 7 HC 200/30

CM 760D 115 - 140 13 x 7 -----

CM 780D 140 - 171 13 x 7 -----

ECM 5901) 76 - 115 12 x 7 YH 80/16

Air pressure
1)

bar

-----

24

24

-----

For local sales, only

Property construction works

Terrngtransport AS Lindesns - Norway

ROC D7 RRC (Fully radio controlled)

Why RRC ?
New Technology Visibility Terrain-ability

Safety
Efficiency Property site

Also used for:

Road construction Trenching Small scale tunneling

Limestone quarrying
ROC L6 with COP 34 at Bopfingen Bortolazzi Quarry

Production/year Rock hardness

500 000 t 150 Mpa

Hole diameter
Hole length Net pen rate Hourly capacity Fuel cons.

95 mm
17 m 1,3 m/min 60 m 0,6-0,8 l/dm

Blasting pattern, 1,5 x 2,5 m - Tight pattern for least possible vibration into bed rock - Controlled hole bottom and hole inclination Electric detonators Cartridge explosives

Aggregate production in the Artic

Kammennogorsk Quarry Operation St Petersburg - Russia
ROC L7CR replacing rotary drilling 200 250 mm

Drill string Hole diameter Hole depth Hole pattern Work schedule

COPROD 127 165 mm 12 14 m 5.5 x 5,5 m 2 shifts/day 12 hours/day 5 days/week

Heavily quartsited (SiO2) rock Climatic conditions - winter low - 35oC - summer high + 35o Why COPROD? Large top-hammer drilling faster and less expensive than DTH

Limestone quarrying
Taiwan Cement Ho Ping Quarry Contract Drilling - Taiwan

Limestone - very fractured Annual prod. Nbr of drills Drill string Hole dia Hole inclination Gross/hour Pattern Bench height Work schedule: - shift/day - days/week

12 m ton 6 pcs CR 89 105 mm 15o 30 m 3,5x5,0 m 12 m 1 7

Why CR? Capacity Straightness - Flushing

Contract drilling & Iron ore mining

Voest Alpine Erzberg iron ore mine - Austria
Customers AC drills for contracting works: 1 x ROC L6/110 mm 1 x ROC D7-11/76-89 mm 1 x ROC 712/64-76 mm 1 x ROC 612/64-76 mm 1 x Mustang A 66/exploration

Customers drill for iron ore mining: 1 x ROC L8/152 mm

Iron ore mining

Voest Alpine Erzberg iron ore mine - Austria
Mine production 2003 (approx): - tot 4 400 000 tonnes - ore 1 200 000 tonnes Blasting parameters: - hole dia 152 mm - hole pattern 6,5 x 6.5 m - hole depth 27-32 m - hole inclination 22 degr - 8,5 dm/1000 tonnes

Performance 2003 approx: - availability 95%, serviced by customer - 37 000 m/year at 1,25 x 8h shifts/day at 220 days/year - 1 770 engine hours - 140 hours tramming approx. 5 km at a time Fully detailed report for all 2003 will follow within a fortnight

Geology: - siderite (main) - iron ore content 38% - other mixed species of rock - usually rather fractured rock

Coal mining
Anglo American Coal AMCO - Nevaal Coal overburden drilling Coal seam drilling
ROC L8 replacing Drillteck DK 35
Hole dia 165 mm Bench heigh ~ 8 16 m Shift capacity 500 m + Drillteck DK35 Higer net pen. rate Bigger compressor Higher pressure But Slow set up and Tramming Why ROC L8? Reduced cycle time by 10% and less cost

Pre-split drilling
Sisheen iron ore mine South Africa

ROC L8 drilling 165 mm

Bulk production with heavy rotary drills drilling 17 (432 mm)

Why ROC L8? Outperformed previous used rigs-Qubex 1320

Pre-split drilling
Imagine the potential saving for your operation if you would Double Bench your pre-splits instead

Savings: Waste excess.

ROC L8

Savings: Detonators!

Charging crew!
Hole collaring and set-up!

Mine production
Typical ROC L8 applications
Contour holes - 95-165 mm Buffer holes - 110-165 mm

Production holes ROC L8 110 171 mm Rotary 200 - 381 mm

Pre- split drilling

ROC L8 drilling at Chucuicamata -

Period : August 2002 till August 2005

Drill Rigs : 2(3) x Atlas Copco ROC L8 Minimum mechanical availability : 85% Budgeted drill meters/month : 22.500 Hole diameter : 6 1/2 Hole depth : 25 meters Working days per year : 365 Working hrs/day : 24

Slope Stabilization
Installing MAI self drilling anchors
Principle
Nut Anchor plate Anchor coupling Anchor bolt R25/R38/R51 16m Sacrificed drill bit 41-115 mm

Junction Bromely, Kent, UK Applications: Slope stabilization Micro injection pile Temporary support anchor Soil nailing

Slope stabilization
ROC D5 drilling SDA in Switzerland Highway embankment Equipped for drilling with SDA

Swivel & shank adapter

Bushing halfs for SDA

Anchor rod Bit diameter Hole length Angle fr horizontal Installed anchors/day

R38 51 mm 10 20 m 15 29o 20 - 30

Carousel with SDA and couplings

ROC for underwater blasting

Platform mounted ROC D7-10 for work in calm water Drill rod diameter Speedrod Depth below water surface - planning for 76 mm T45x12 ft max 12 m max 20 m

Semi jack up platform GPS nav. system for exact anchoring Platform mounted drill w/o track frames Rail system to fit X & Y coordinates Feed with wave change compensator Accepts waves up to 1, 5 m

ROC for underwater blasting

Platform mounted ROC D5/7-10 for work in rough water Full jack up platform Fitted with ROC D5-10 or ROC D7-10 Raises 5 m above water level GPS nav system for exact anchoring Rail system to fit X & Y coordinates

Drill rod diameter Speedrod Depth below water surface - planning for

76 mm T45x12 ft max 12 m max 20 m

RC - Reverse Circulation
Working principle

Rig Selection ROC L8

RC-components and rebuild with Metzge Engineering, Australia

RC drilling Gold exploration

In Australia and now also in Tanzania

RC equipped ROC L8 on the move

Fit for mineral exploration after being modified by Metzge Engineering

Application Flexibility!
Currently the ROC L8 is the only rig on the market that covers all drilling requirements in the open-pits
Production Drilling 95 mm 171 mm

Pre-split & Trim Hole Drilling

RC/In-pit Grade Control Drilling

Decompression/de-watering drilling

Percussive Drilling in Surface Rock Excavation

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