Atlas Copco Rotex

Product company for Overburden Drilling Tools

Atlas Copco Rotex

Atlas Copco Rotex is a Product Company for Overburden drilling
Atlas Copco Rotex designs, develops and manufactures all Atlas Copco overburden drilling tools Atlas Copco is a part of Atlas Copco Geotechnical Drilling and Exploration division

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Atlas Copco Overburden Drilling

Where casing drilling is used?
Overburden drilling systems are used for all casing advancing like: - Well drilling - Micro piling - Anchoring - Foundation drilling - Curtain grouting - Exploration drilling - Underpasses - Forepoling - Pipe roofs - Jetties, trestles - Conductor casings etc.
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Product range
ODEX G2 One model in different sizes SYMMETRIX Several models in different sizes

Atlas Copco Overburden Drilling

Atlas Copco can offer most complete solutions for all overburden drilling applications

Atlas Copco Overburden Drilling

Atlas Copco can offer most complete solutions for all overburden drilling applications

Atlas Copco Overburden Drilling

Atlas Copco can offer most complete solutions for all overburden drilling applications

Atlas Copco Overburden Drilling

Symmetrix
Symmetrix for all casing drilling, Casing sizes 76-1220 mm Symmetrix system drills - In any ground - Straight holes, also straight into sloping bed rock - In any angle - With high production speed

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SYMMETRIX Applications

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Micropiling /General Largest turnover 140-323 mm casings Equipment typically geotechnical drill rigs Mainly building foundations

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Micropiling/ SYMMETRIX advantages SYMMETRIX makes a straight pile
Engineering requirement

High production rate Drills through any ground Small torque requirement
Can be drilled with small machines

Especially for conditions with boulders and/or bed rock

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Micropiling references

King posts for Cut and Cover Metro line, India Foundation piles for Yankee Stadium annex, New York

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Micropiling references

Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall, USA

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Underpinning Underpinning is basically done to upgrade existing building foundations Casings are normally always left in hole When ground has boulders and, especially, when bottom rock socket is needed, ring bit system should be the way to go. Typically made with threaded casings if welding robot not available Most important matter is flushing control
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Underpinning As the flushing control (to avoid over drilling and danger of settlements) is very important in underpinning Atlas Copco Rotex has developed special bits for underpinning Atlas Copco Rotex offers special air control bits for standard air hammers. These bits minimize air escape and settlement hazard

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Underpinning

Casino basement deepening, Finland

Threaded joint and welding robot

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Underpinning Atlas Copco Rotex offers also special Outside Flushing bits for Water Hammers. Outside Flushing range requires much less water, creates no hazard to surrounding structures and is proven as a strong and reliable system also for very demanding ground conditions.

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Underpinning references

World Trade Center Metro station Underpinning (left), USA

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Large diameter foundations Largest future potential 406-1220 mm casings Only SYMMETRIX can drill in every ground condition Mainly modified drill rigs or cranes

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Large diameter foundations/ Requirements Two type piles
Skin friction piles
Load bearing capacity from bonding length in ground (typically no casing left to increase friction) or from rock socket without casing ID of ring bit often meaningful due to rock socket and installed load bearing elements!

End bearing piles

Casing drilled into the rock socket ID of ring bit seldom meaningful

Depths from10 to 60 meters

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Large diameter foundations When high productivity is an essence SYMMETRIX is the tool Pile can be reliably drilled through boulders and into sloping bed rock Pile straightness and place accuracy (especially when compared to driven piles) Crane option with rental leads, compressors etc

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Large diameter foundations references

Building foundations, Hong Kong

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Large diameter foundations references

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Large diameter foundations references

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Large diameter foundations references

Power plant foundation, New Caledonia

Highway upgrade project, France

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Large diameter foundations/ Crane drilling with work casing

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Large diameter foundations references

Using mobile crane as drill rig in Hong Kong (left) Drilling temporary bridge (trestle) foundations with crane but without lead in Japan, (top)
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Large diameter foundations /Secant pile walls

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Drilled pile vs other methods

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Well drilling
Every day basic business everywhere Drilling for water or thermal energy Also energy wells Starter (surface casings) for oil and gas industry

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Well drilling/ SYMMETRIX advantages Drilling speed SYMMETRIX drills through anything No need of telescoping Depths depend on ground conditions but even down to 300 meter deep casings are drilled e.g. in USA with SYMMETRIX

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Well drilling references

Water wells for mining operations, Chile

Water well deepening, Spain

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Well drilling references

Surface casings for oil drilling , Russia

Gas production surface casings, USA

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Well drilling references

Gas relief holes, Australia (left) In coal bed methane drilling you might need to use either water hammer or air DTH with nitrogen membrane extractors

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Anchoring Done everywhere all the time 89-273 mm casings Equipment typically geotechnical drill rigs Building sites and slope stabilization

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Anchoring/ Requirements Rock anchors
Take bonding from rock socket
ID of ring bit meaningful ! DT option if ID big enough Casings left in hole or retrieved

Ground anchors
Bonding from ground
Casings always retrieved ID of ring bit meaningful !

Lengths between 10-50 meters

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Anchoring references

Slope control, Hong Kong

Seismic retrofitting, Canada

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Curtain grouting Typical dam work Mainly done with geotechnical drill rigs Normally small sizes only, e.g. 89-140 mm casings Requires straight holes Drilling often in very bad ground

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Forepoling Casing sizes from 76 to 140 mm Used mainly with tunneling jumbo Casing manipulators coming as casing handling seen problematic Ring bit system/ casing packages possible

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Forepoling Tunneling jumbo drills typically 4 or 5 elements for a spile
Drifters have small torque so ring bit system is essential Casing cost forms 70 % of the package so casing supplier or specialist dealers ability to package plays key role

Long feed tunneling rig drills one spile as single pass, often Drifter/DTH rigs

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Forepoling Drilling speed, Overall productivity Also other casing materials than steel possible

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Forepoling references

Forepoling, France

Forepoling , Portugal

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Other tunneling applications

-Plug bits against high water pressures -For grouting and dewatering -Special projects and TBM

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Exploration Done everywhere Starter casings through overburden Typically for sizes from 102 mm to 140 mm Air DTH but also water hammer and RC hammers can be used for cased portion

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Exploration/ SYMMETRIX advantages SYMMETRIX goes through any ground Reliable Straight hole helps to get casings back intact Better hole bottom accuracy Fast

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Exploration In Bulk Sampling (of diamonds) our customers have been very successful and had multiple sample recovery in same time bracket than earlier due to the easiness of casing drilling with SYMMETRIX !!

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Horizontal drilling Coming more common as roads, streets and railways cannot be cut like before Also pipe roofing option Typically large sizes like from 323 mm to 1 meter Requires special machinery but we have the knowledge

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Horizontal drilling / Requirements Special horizontal feed required
We have drawings/specifications Rigs often locally made

Lengths typically from 15 to 150 meters, which is the limit Auger drill rods

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Horizontal drilling/ SYMMETRIX advantages High performance Straight holes We can drill interlocked casings Equipment and accessory backing

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Horizontal drilling/ New applications

Pipe roof for cut and cover metro line used later as flooring for elevated tree (Hong Kong)

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Horizontal drilling/ New applications

Interlocked casings used as walls, floor and roof for pedestrian underpass in Hong Kong.

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Marine High future potential 610 1220 mm casings Crane drilling Often done from barges High daily costs of operation

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Marine references

Port Elisabeth, New jersey

Kodiak Island, Alaska

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Marine references

Figueira da Foz, Portugal

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Marine references

Two first Bridge Builders were made for driven piles Third Bridge Builder will be made for Symmetrix system

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Special models

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RC rod systems with interchange

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DTH air control Foundation drilling and underpinning works are often done in conditions where existing, working foundations are sensitive to any kind of changes in its immediate surroundings. DTH drilling can provide straight high quality pile, it will not cause horizontal stress or deviate like driven pile, it can be drilled to any ground and into sloping bed rock but sometimes the use of air can be a concern

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Product development Atlas Copco Rotex has an own drill rig and we drill daily

To test new equipment To have all employees to understand drilling (and to know how to drill) To give hands on training To serve the customers and market we are in the best possible way

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Air control restrictions Atlas Copco Rotex has developed new line of bits for air sensitive conditions. Today they are field proven, efficient yet gentle to the environment

New Safe Flow system in a paper mill project, 508 mm casing

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Atlas Copco Rotex

Air control restrictions Atlas Copco Rotex has developed new line of bits for air sensitive conditions. Today they are field proven, efficient yet gentle to the environment

New OF system in Sdertlje with 219 mm casing drilled with water hammer

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Atlas Copco Rotex

Atlas Copco Rotex is a manufacturer of Overburden Equipment but

We can also assist you in setting up the rig (sheet piling rig, pile boring rig, pile driving rig)

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Atlas Copco Rotex

Atlas Copco Rotex is a manufacturer of Overburden Equipment but

We can also assist you to equip your crane e.g. With rental leads etc

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Atlas Copco Rotex

Atlas Copco Rotex is a manufacturer of Overburden Equipment but

We can also assist you with bit repairs, components and rental hammers etc..

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