CORE SAMPLING

A licence to drill — the next major improvements in core drilling

With core bit reaching the limit of improvements, IMDEX concentrates on other aspects of technology

Kelvin Brown
 IMDEX’s COREVIBE uses high-frequency, energy pulse-assisted drilling for wireline coring to provide significant advancements in productivity

IMDEX’s COREVIBE uses high-frequency, energy pulse-assisted drilling for wireline coring to provide significant advancements in productivity

Unlike the James Bond theme song by Shirley Bassey, diamonds are not forever when it comes to diamond drilling. For the most part, surface-set diamond core bits have long since been replaced by synthetic...

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