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The drilling team on site: Klint Somerset (electrician), Pedro Mucale (assistant), Nicol Goodwin (project engineer), Walter Tshabalala (fitter), Lukas Muller
(site manager), Gordon Brandon (fitter).
pack into new frontiers. Using the machine to sink a shaft
will not only be a lot faster than conventional methods, it will
also be safer, and it will reduce the overall costs significantly.
Jordaan says that only 20% of the personnel needed on
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a conventional sink are deployed when drilling with the
shaft borer. Moreover, only 50% of the power is needed. The
estimated cost of the entire system will be in the region of
R500-million.
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