UNDERGROUND DRILLING
A Doofor DF538L rock drill in a component kit
make drill feed building for our customers
convenient”, explains Kalle Kuusento of Doofor
Inc. “Customers may wish to source all the
components of the kit, only some or none
depending on their need. There are a number of
companies and contractors, that want to build
their own equipment. Our ready-thought
component kit makes it almost effortless to get
to the basics.”
The Doofor component kit can include the
DF430X, DF430S, DF530X, DF530S and the
DF538L rock drills and their variations. The
component kit also includes, depending on
request, the Doofor feed profile of Finland-made
anodised aluminium, feed motor, drill carriage,
drill steel centraliser, feed chain and a drill steel
retainer and protective cover. The drill feed can
then be attached to an excavator, skid steer
loader or a mini-loader.
Doofor is also celebrating its 30th anniversary
in September this year. The company, which
manufactures hydraulic rock drills and original
spare parts in Nokia, Finland, was founded in
1987 by Jaakko Kuusento as a manufacturing
consultancy and the design and manufacturing of
hydraulic rock drills started in 1993.
Contracted development
Specialist underground mining contractor PYBAR
Mining Services has announced that it has been
awarded the development and mining contract at
Auctus Resources’ Mungana and King Vol
projects, and has commenced operations at both
sites. The contract covers 31 months service
provision at Mungana and five years at King Vol.
The Mungana zinc, copper, silver, gold and lead
mine is located 16 km from Chillagoe in far north
Queensland. The mine commenced operations in
2006 and went into a period of care and
maintenance in 2012 under its previous owner.
Auctus acquired the project in 2015 with the
objective of recommencing production as soon as
possible.
The contract at Mungana follows PYBAR’s
successful completion of an early works program
at the project which took place from September
2016 to January 2017. Following a competitive
tender process for the early works, PYBAR
commenced work on site on 16 September under
a four month agreement. The scope of early
works consisted of the rehabilitation of the
decline, the re-establishment of underground
services and electrical supply, and the
commencement of waste development out to the
orebody. By the end of December 2016, over
2,000 m of decline had been repatriated, and
access development was underway in the top
four levels – 2225, 2200, 2175 and 2150 – of the
planned sub-level cave.
The equipment fleet for the early works
comprised of one jumbo, truck and loader which
achieved up to 300 m per month of development.
On 31 December the ore zone on 2225 level was
accessed ahead of schedule and PYBAR was
subsequently awarded the 31 month
IT’S A MATCH!
BUILD A HYDRAULIC DRILL FEED EASILY.
Doofor feed system component kit helps building a hydraulic drill feed easily, economically and quickly.
The kit includes a Doofor drifter, aluminum feed, a hydraulic valve and other components
according to your needs. The feed can be installed on number of platforms such
as excavators, mini-loaders and can be used as a part of a drill rig.
An era of easiness starts with Doofor!
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