Name of Equipment:

Gripper to drill rising workings

Workings Diameter:

2,2 meters

Purpose:

Complex is used for creation of travelling ways between levels at shallow angels up to 30 degrees from horizont

Benefits:

• Safer and faster than conventional Drill and Blast method
• Steerable
• Inclined drilling up to 30 degrees
• 150% improvement based on current drill and blast method to advance 2 meter/day as to Gripper's 5 meter/day
• Continuous drilling