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This section provides an overview for drill jumbos as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 17 drill jumbo manufacturers and their company rankings.
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A drill jumbo is a sophisticated piece of machinery designed for the excavation of hard rock or soil, utilized extensively in large-scale construction and mining endeavors, both underground and on the surface.
This equipment is pivotal in a range of operations, including mining, tunneling, constructing underground railways and roadways, and laying pipes and cables beneath the earth. It achieves its purpose by employing high pressure and rotational force to penetrate underground rock formations or soil. Drill jumbos come equipped with rotating drills or hammers to fragment large ore or rock masses, support mechanisms to fortify rock structures, and control panels that allow operators to steer the machinery effectively.
With their robust construction, drill jumbos enable access to geological layers of significant depths and hardness, surpassing the capabilities of manual labor. They are instrumental in alleviating the physical demands on workers and significantly reducing the duration of construction and mining projects.
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Furukawa Rock Drill Co. Ltd., part of the Furukawa Company Group, established in 1961 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a manufacturer of drilling equipment and accessories. The company's products include down-the-hole drills, hydraulic breakers, drill jumbos, and BTO products. Its down-the-hole drills excel in surface construction and mining, efficiently penetrating hard rock formations, and hammer drills are preferred for surface mining and quarrying operations. Its hydraulic breakers, designed for demolition, provide robust and controlled breaking of concrete and rock structures. The company's products are used by surface construction, tunnel construction, and demolition industries.
Herrenknecht, founded by Martin Herrenknecht in 1975 and headquartered in Schwanau, Germany, is a manufacturer and supplier of tunnel boring machinery. The company designs, manufactures, and supplies logistics and tunnel equipment, navigation, tunnel lining, and monitoring solutions. Its products include single-shield turning boring equipment, earth pressure-shield, double-shield, mix-shield, and gripper tunnel boring machines. It also offers auger boring machines, excavation machines, horizontal drilling rigs, vertical shaft boring machines, and direct pipe sinking machines. The company serves road, railway, hydropower, exploration, and mining projects.
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