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technology. The new generation of As an option, the rigs can be Common Automation
RCS rigs has taken a quantum leap equipped with Advanced Boom Control
forward with respect to logging capa- (ABC). There are three levels of ABC, All Rocket Boomer drillrigs can be
bilities, serviceability and drilling namely Basic, Regular and Total. equipped with a series of automation
accuracy. CAN-bus technology provides ABC Basic has the lowest level of options, which include Measure
the backbone of the new rig control automation, providing an operator- While Drilling (MWD), Mine Map
system, RCS. This system is flexible controlled, computer-supported drill Navigation (MMN), Drill Plan
and easily expandable, allowing new feed guidance tool for precise drill Generator (DPG), and Drill Rig
units to be added anywhere along the hole alignment. It includes: graphical Remote Access (RRA).
data bus, without adding another cable. operator-machine interface; all rig MWD logs several drill parameters
The electronic modules are all functionality electronically controlled during probe hole drilling, and data
developed solely for the rigs, and are from a single operator panel; system can be used for prediction of geolo-
ruggedized and protected from exter- monitoring and fault diagnostics; auto- gical and geomechanical variations
nal magnetic and electric influences. matic code loading procedure; angle ahead of the tunnel face, allowing
For face drilling rigs, the flexibility indication of feed position; hole appropriate measures to be taken
of the system is highly utilized, and length indication; basic logging; before reaching what might be diffi-
can be adapted and configured for all manual drill unit positioning; manual cult and dangerous formations. A stan-
different types of products. Customers rod handling functions; and basic drill dard Rocket Boomer equipped with
can start at a low level of automation functions, including RPCF and anti RCS can be upgraded for MWD appli-
and, as their requirements change, can jamming. cation, and will collect data from all
upgrade. New functionality can be ABC Regular provides a medium manner of probe holes, pregrout holes,
added, without major rebuilding of the level of automation, assisting the oper- and even normal blastholes. Eight
rigs. ator to accurately position, align and drilling parameters are recorded at pre-
drill holes to the required depth, and to determined intervals that can be set as
Flexible Computerization gather drilling data for office analysis. low as 2 cm. One, or all, of the booms
For a Rocket Boomer drillrig, ABC on the rig can be equipped, with the
Included in all Rocket Boomer RCS Regular includes the ABC basic func- data being recorded on a PC card,
systems is a standard level of automa- tionality, plus: computer guided posi- which can be immediately transferred
tion. It consists of computer controlled tioning of booms and feed according to the office for plotting and evaluation.
boom and feed movement allowing to pre-designed drill plan; boom posi- MMN eliminates navigation errors,
accurate proportional movement from tion feedback on operator’s display; and places the drillrig at the correct
the same set of joysticks on the panel, navigation to tunnel laser; logging of location in the tunnel. Reference
or, if there is more than one panel, then drilled hole on PC-card which can points and tunnel alignment are pre-
control of any boom from any panel. be analyzed in the office, using the sented on the operator’s display.
The unique RCS system also in- Tunnel Manager Lite software (see DPG is an option to ABC Regular
cludes precise control and supervision p.5). that generates a drill plan at the tunnel
of the drilling process for high produc- ABC Total enables a complete face to counter any roof or floor drill
tivity and longer life of drill steel and round to be drilled automatically, con- plan area misalignment. The drill plan
bits, using RPCF and anti-jamming func- verting the operator’s role to that of will always be correctly adapted to the
tions for straight holes, while virtually supervising the drillrig. For face actual face.
eliminating stuck steel, and active drilling applications, the number of The RRA option integrates the
supervision and diagnostic functions. operators can be reduced from three to drillrig to the customer’s site computer
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