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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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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Japan | 1 | 100.0% |