Equipment

Epiroc ROC L8 and Smart ROC D65

VM Drilling’s Epiroc ROC L8 fleet is designed for versatility across all applications of drilling including in-pit Grade Control and first pass exploration drilling.

• Versatility across all applications of drilling
• In-pit grade control with full coverage
• Ability to drill at right angles
• No compromise of ore model
• High penetration rates

Utilising these rigs instead of the traditional style large RC machines, VM Drilling is able to offer clients full coverage of pits when drilling Grade Control. These machines can set up parallel to a high wall and drill at right angles, where traditional RC Rigs would be unable to set up successfully on the hole location, potentially compromising the ore model.

VM Drilling’s machines have ample power to deliver high penetration rates and have a rod handling capacity for hole depths of 54 metres in the carousel with the ability to load additional rods directly from the support truck to achieve depths of up to 100 metres for exploration work if required.

Features

All of VM Drillings Epiroc ROC L8 Grade Control Drill rigs support the following features:

• Electronic hole inclination instruments and depth control
• Static or rotary cone splitter (Client preference)
• Hydraulic breakout table
• Onboard dust suppression
• 30 Bar compressor
• Heavy duty tracks with 18o of oscillation
• Boom movement 30o left and right
• Boom movement 40o forward
• 6 metre, 4 inch diameter rods
• ROPS-FOPS air conditioned operators cabin
• Automatic hydraulically operated blowdown system
• 54 metre onboard carousel
• Fully lockable isolation and emergency shutdown system
• Fire suppression
• Fully mine site compliant