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New T-thread system ‘toughest on market’
ATLAS Copco has introduced a patented T-thread drilling system
called T-WiZ, which has been designed to be the toughest (trapezoidal)
T-thread system on the market. It features a stronger thread
surface and other proprietary improvements to provide less wear on
the threads and faster rod changes, with results indicating up to a
30% longer service life.
The T-WiZ was designed to work in the toughest rock formations,
including fractured rock that could result in off-line drilling or overstressed
threads. The T-WiZ drilling system provides better thread efficiency
and greater thread stability for quicker rod changes. The
company says all drilling applications, including underground, construction
and surface mining will benefit from this new design.
Keeping the standard T-threaded profiles allows T-WiZ components
to be operated with standard T-threaded components, however, the
longer service life can only be achieved when the complete drill string
is made up of Atlas Copco T-WiZ products. The company says the
‘secret’ is hidden in a stronger thread surface and other proprietary
improvements to the T-WiZ drill rods and striking bars.
Atlas Copco T-WiZ components are provided in three dimensions:
T-38, T-45, and T-51 threaded (M/F) Speedrods and shank adapters.
Meanwhile, Atlas Copco Fluidcon has opened a new, 6300 square
metre building in Balikpapan, Indonesia, including one of the largest
Atlas Copco Mining and Rock Excavation workshops in Asia. Atlas
Copco Fluidcon director Robin Stephens says, “This new parts and
service distribution centre should make it possible for us to exceed
our customers’ expectations. We believe this new building will contribute
to sustainable productivity for our customers.”
The new facility, known officially as the Atlas Copco Mining and Rock
Excavation Kalimantan Parts Distribution, Remanufacturing & Training
Centre, is also a sign of the progress achieved after the integration of
Atlas Copco with Fluidcon in early 2011.
The new T-WiZ drilling system from Atlas Copco is designed to be the ‘toughest on
the market’.
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