OVERBURDEN DRILLING
SYSTEMS
Sandvik Mining and Construction
Tubex Overburden Drilling
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Drill and Drive Overburden Method
+ Simple, cheap
+ Standard equipment
+ OK in soft ground
- Slow
- Bit/casing damage
- Large bit
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Dual Rotary Overburden Method
+ Casagrande, Barber, Klemm
+ Combines with TUBEX
+ Separate casing rotation
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_ Large expensive rigs
_ Limited depth - high torque
_ Slow penetration
Casing shoe wear
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Percussive Overburden Drilling
Reliable
− “Gets the job done”
Fast penetration
Deep holes
Small standard rigs
Requires more skill
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Tubex Overburden Drilling
Hammer & Driver Sub
Guide Device
Reamer
Pilot Bit
Sandvik Mining and Construction
Sandvik
Pioneers in Overburden Drilling
1968
Sandvik OD – System
Top Hammer Drilling with Ring Bit
Blasting Under Water
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Sandvik
Pioneers in Overburden Drilling
1973
Sandvik ODEX – System
DTH drilling with eccentric reamer
Water well drilling
Drilling through alluvial
deposits (gravel & boulders)
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Sandvik
Pioneers in Overburden Drilling
1989
TUBEX & TUBEX XL – System
Change of design and name
Construction applications
Foundations, anchoring, drainage, and tunneling
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Sandvik
Pioneers in Overburden Drilling
Obsolete Product
1996
CENTREX – System
DTH drilling with ring bit
Water well, construction, and horizontal drilling
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Overburden Drilling Products
Inventors of the Eccentric Overburden System
Largest Overburden Product Range - Top Hammer and DTH
Most Experienced Technical Support
Market Leaders
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Simultaneous Casing
1. Drilling through loose
overburden material
2. Recover drilling tools
3. Leave casing in the hole
4. Re-enter casing with regular
hammer and bit and continue in
hard rock
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TUBEX
can drill through anything . .
AUGER DRILLING
DTH DRILLING
AUGER DRILLING — How many feet per day? What about boulders?
DTH DRILLING — One foot / minute, 60 feet /hour !
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TUBEX
+
Cheap casing shoe
Sturdy design
Good wear resistance
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Large diameter = high torque
Uneven rotation
Climbing in horizontal
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TUBEX
System Components
Discharge head
Guide sleeve (Stabilizer)
DTH hammer
Casing
Guide device
Casing shoe
x Road embankment bit
x
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Tubex
Eccentric Underreamer
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TUBEX XL
Features
Large diameter
Even cutting Carbide wear pilot bit
structure protection
Larger cross DP carbides
section
Several shank options
Same large
Replaceable Ball race
buttons in
reamer retaining
reamer &
system
pilot bit
Internal driver
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TUBEX XL
Features & Benefits
Shank Options
Mission, IR, Atlas Copco, Secoroc
3” - 10” hammers
¾ Increased flexibility
¾ Several casing choices
¾ Not all sizes for all shanks
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TUBEX XL
Features & Benefits
Carbide wear Even cutting structure
protection
• Longer button life
• Increased body life
• No leading button failure
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TUBEX XL
Features & Benefits
Replaceable reamer Internal driver
• Change according to wear • Longer driver life
• Lowers overall drilling cost • Easy to open reamer
• Easy to retract reamer
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TUBEX XL
Features
Ball race retaining system
Large cross section
• Secure assembly
• Enhances thread strength
• No lost equipment in hole
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Ball Race Locking System
PIL OT PI N
L OC K PI N
PU SH ER PIN
BA L L B E A R I N G
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TUBEX XL
Features
Large diameter pilot bit
• Less reaming
• More efficient drilling
• Longer reamer life
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TUBEX XL
Features
DP carbides Same large buttons in reamer &
• Renowned for toughness pilot Bit
• Resistance to breakage • Greater strength
• Resistance to “snakeskin” • Simplified grinding
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Tubex Part Numbers
Tubex Pilot Bit
81-140A-140A65
81 = Pilot Bit
Button Grade and Shape
A65 = Spherical DP65
090A = XL 90 system
115A = XL115 system
140A = XL140 system
165A = XL165 system Pilot Bit Diameter
190A = XL190 system 090 = 90mm
240A = XL240 system 115 = 115mm
280A = XL280 system 140 ………etc
Sandvik Mining and Construction
Tubex Part Numbers
Guide Device
80-5800-140D
80 = Guide Device
4800 = Mission40B Tubex System Size
5800 = Mission50 90 = XL090 System
6800 = Mission60 115 = XL115 System
………….etc
140 ………etc
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Tubex Part Numbers
Reamer
82-140A-189W65
82 = Reamer
Button Grade and Shape
A65 = Spherical DP65
090A = XL 90 system
115A = XL115 system
140A = XL140 system
165A = XL165 system Reaming Diameter in mm
190A = XL190 system
240A = XL240 system
280A = XL280 system
Sandvik Mining and Construction
TUBEX Drilling
Underground Parking Garage Turin, Italy
Sandvik Mining and Construction
TUBEX Drilling
Underground Parking Garage Turin, Italy
480 Piles
10,000m Drilled
Ground Condition:
Gravel, Clay, Sand, Boulders,
Water at depth as low as 17m
Driller’s Needs:
Hole Straightness
Short Time Schedule
15m to 25m Holes
Sandvik Mining and Construction
TUBEX Drilling
Underground Parking Garage Turin, Italy
Initial Method:
5” Hammer & 149mm Bit
Casing Pressed into Hole with Force
Productivity 12 meters/day
Final Method:
Mission’s 4” Hammer & TUBEX 115
Productivity 55 meters/day
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