New Sandvik surface drill rig introduced at Steinexpo

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At the 10th Steinexpo held in Homberg / Nieder-Ofleiden, Germany, Sandvik previewed its latest Surface Drill Rig, a new member of the Ranger family. Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has worked with drilling solutions more than 50 years. Ranger DX top hammer drill rigs with counterweight revolving superstructure and ultimate stability enable excellent drilling coverage. These features make Sandvik a pioneer in getting the job done even in the most challenging conditions with lowest production costs.

New Ranger with 55 square meters drilling coverage area equipped with most powerful new rockdrill, Sandvik style intelligence and highest fuel efficiency makes this drill rig most powerful and efficient top hammer drill rig in its class. It represents totally a new revolutionary generation of Ranger product family.

Higher productivity is guaranteed with bunch of new features such as:
– 290 degrees revolving upper structure
– new rockdrill family with 21-27 kW
– Sandvik GT 60 tools enable higher productivity with straighter 92-127mm holes
– beat difficult rock with well-known iTorque control system

Operator ergonomics and low cabin noise has been the focus areas in developing this new iCab cabin. New user interface has been developed based on experience of several customer trials. Positive feedback has been received from good ergonomics and easy to use joysticks and control panels. In the new cabin, there is also room for a trainer behind the operator seat. Thanks to long and successful co-operation with VTT, Finnish Technical Research Center, Sandvik has been able to lower the noise emission into the level never seen before in this type of drill rigs.