GO-GO GADGET

THE NARROW VEIN DRILLING SOLUTION BROKK DEVELOPED FOR A SOUTH AFRICAN MINING COMPANY IS NOW ATTRACTING ATTENTION IN AUSTRALIA.

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Inspector Gadget captured the world’s imagination with his multitude of high-tech gadgets and capabilities.

Just as the inspector was able to quickly activate a device by saying “go-go gadget”, the same can be said for Brokk’s suite of attachments and offerings.

Brokk has become known as a problem-solver in the various industries it serves, with its robots able to expertly complete a range of tasks, from drilling to rock-breaking to loading to splitting to shotcreting and vacuuming, to name a few.

Attachments can be quickly and easily replaced, limiting operational downtime and enabling operators to carry out a range of tasks with minimal footprint.

Significant drilling power and flexibility are achieved by combining a Brokk machine with TEI’s hydraulic rock drill attachment. This solution has proven its worth in countries like South Africa and is now being applied to underground mining in Australia.

“A Brokk armed with a rock drill has the ability to drill with rollover and many degrees of freedom,” Brokk Australia managing director Will Visser told Australian Mining. “The machine can drill left-hand stope, right-hand stope, footwall and handwall with very little angle deviation.”

Visser said the goal was to deliver a mechanised solution in a narrow vein drilling application, making the Brokk and TEI combination the perfect option.