SURFACE DRILLING
extends functionality across entire fleets of drills
for example. SICA also offers a high degree of A team from contractor Basil Read
on a visit to REL’s manufacturing
facility in Coimbatore, India
interoperability.
Harris says: “Both SICA combined with the
drill’s design not only enable automation
functionality; but are a core difference between
our solution and the other solutions on the
market. Software between solutions, with time,
can be duplicated, transferred, or improved; but to maximise efficiency and reduce
fuel burn thereby also reducing CO 2
footprint and extending engine and
changes to the core architecture and machine
design are a bit more permanent. Sandvik opted
not to rush out a solution and instead has worked
hard to get the architecture and design right;
which are geared towards automation but also
maintainability and performance.”
On the main blasthole drill range, the latest
model release from June 2019 was designed to
compressor life.
Revathi Equipment looks
overseas again
India’s leading manufacturer of
mining blasthole drills is Revathi
Equipment Limited (REL) based in
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The
company reminded IM of its unique
history, as it was founded in 1977 as
improve efficiency and deliver dependable
penetration in the world’s harshest mining
conditions especially in large copper and gold
operations. The Sandvik DR416i delivers a single- Revathi CP Equipment Ltd (RECP)
following support in the form of
financial and technical collaboration
from Chicago Pneumatic in the US.
pass capacity of 21 m, the longest single-pass
mast in its class. Constructed for large diameter
(406 mm rotary drilling, the Sandvik DR416i is
automation-ready, scalable, and the company says Atlas Copco then bought RECP in
1987. Then when Atlas Copco
bought Ingersoll Rand in 2002, the
Delhi, India-based Renaissance Group acquired
REL. In 2004 the company began collaborating
with Bucyrus, which ran to October 2010 and saw
supplies the highest rotational torques and
pulldown forces at the lowest possible operating
cost. It’s also equipped with the patented
Compressor Management System (CMS),
designed to reduce the compressor load allowing
the operator to manage air volumes and pressures
Bucyrus 33, 35 and 37 DTH drills made in India
and sold worldwide with Caterpillar engines.
Customers included Vale in Brazil, Kinross Gold,
OCP in Morocco and several Australian miners.
When Bucyrus bought Terex in 2010 the
agreement was not extended because of conflicts
of interest then Bucyrus itself was bought by
Caterpillar.
The point is that under CP and Atlas Copco,
then through the tie-up with Bucyrus, the
company acquired a vast amount of design and
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