Drill Rigs and Mechanised Drilling

Novatek supply products that range from simple drilling jigs to mechanised drilling rigs for a range of applications, mainly using our hydro drills. We also deliver custom designs.

We believe in ‘appropriate’ mechanisation; machinery that is suitable to the mining environment, mine infrastructure and available skills and is cost effective. The objective is to increase productivity and safety, but not at the expense of sound economics.

Hydropower offers the ability to progress from hand-held drilling, to simple rigs, to larger rigs using the same underlying technology and mining hydropower system. This is due to the compactness and high power of hydraulics.

Standard products include: 

• Simple stope rigs using drill feeds mounted on crossbeams attached to the temporary support.
• Stope roofbolters with remote operation
• T bar roofbolters for drilling in gullies etc.
• Small end development rigs for gullies, raises, etc.
• Large end development rigs
• Raise mining system – twin boom

Custom designs have included: 

• Shaft sinking stage with 4 pneumatic drills
• Excavator mounted feed drills
• Roofbolting rig mounted on a scissor lift for a utility vehicle
• Portable large end bolter.
• Hanging stope rigs