Innovation

Skelair gets on track to deliver mobile power pack

Klemm PP-95-DS tracked power pack

Ground engineering and rock drilling equipment supplier Skelair has added a Klemm PP-95-DS tracked power pack to its rental fleet. The machine is the first to be delivered to the UK market.Skelair invested in the new power pack to work with the Klemm 702-2 drilling rigs that it already offers…

Kobelco responds to demand with new heavyweight crawler crane

Kobelco Cranes has responded to demand

Kobelco Cranes has responded to demand from customers for equipment to meet ever more challenging foundation projects around the world with the launch of the new 120t BMS1200HD heavy duct foundation crawler crane with lattice boom.The company says the machine is the successor to the BM1200, which was first introduced…

Tunnelling regeneration reliability improved

tunnel boring machines (TBMs) from Herrenknecht as a cost effective solution to equipment investment on smaller diameter tunnelling schemes will now receive a higher level of assurance on reliability. Herrenknecht is offering an approval certificate for AVN TBMs that have undergone its checking and restoration process to restore the equipment…

Bauma exhibition in Germany gave the ground engineering sector a boost

More than half a million people visited Bauma

High numbers of vsitors numbers attending Germany’s tri-annual Bauma construction equipment exhibition have helped boost confidence that demand is returning to some areas of the foundations industry. The event - which is the largest exhibition in the world, was held in Munich in April - attracted more than 530,000 visitors…

Dando adds sonic capability to line up

The Sonic S D C 3 7 5

Dando Drilling International has joined forces with Canada-based Sonic Drill Corporation to develop a new compact sonic drilling rig for the UK market.The Sonic SDC375 features the Sonic drill head which Dando says is unrivalled in terms of performance and reliability. The rig has been designed to have a small…

Atlas Copco rig widens its appeal

The Boyles C8C is equipped with a 133kN main hoist

Atlas Copco has announced that its Boyles C8C exploration rig is now available internationally following its debut at the China Mining exhibition in November last year. According to Atlas Copco, the new surface core drilling rig’s design focuses on power and simplicity to make exploration operations available to the broadest…