In this week's video we're taking a look at the MEGADRILL.
It's a 20 ton drill bit that's being constructed for drilling underground mining ventilation and rescue shafts. Powered by RC Air technology to remove cuttings, it's a unique setup that will drill three hole sizes to a final depth of 250m (over 800ft).
2.4m (7'10")
2.7m (8'10")
3.0m (Just under 10 ft!)
We're almost finished with the 2.7m drill, so I wanted to give you guys a quick look at the process, explain how it works and give you a behind the scenes tour of the facility.
Enjoy!
About HAL Heavy Duty:
We're a real life machine shop for a 60 year old drilling company located in Central Queensland, Australia. Our job is to keep rigs running in the field, fixing all the stuff drillers break, and creating all the custom gear they need to get the job done!
We run three CNC's, manual repair lathes, a few mills and a big green Megabore Lathe we call "THE HULK"... and are constantly having to make weird and wonderful tools for odd (usually oversize) jobs.
We're a little shop that takes on big projects, and the latest is our MEGADRILL project where we're manufacturing a 3.0m (10 foot!) drill bit that'll weigh upward of 20 tonnes and we're getting ready to send it 250m (800+ feet) deep.
Here's the latest on the project.
The Megadrill Project https://youtu.be/OKPr15PucGQ?si=dTVN39xDaAYi3Je9
The Drive Sub https://youtu.be/mK3slsayuZM?si=kB4koTj7MrkngnlJ
Mega Drill Rods https://youtu.be/qtsz7cLtDY8?si=LL-ip0p-M-FVsoTs
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