MINING

The Yorkshire Italian job

An insight into how an Italian-made drill rig was put to use at the base of a UK mine shaft

 With a 56Kn pull-up, 5.20m stroke and a rotary head that can reach 650rpm and 9630Nm of torque, the MI6 rig was easily able to drill a 200mm diameter well to a depth of 75m

With a 56Kn pull-up, 5.20m stroke and a rotary head that can reach 650rpm and 9630Nm of torque, the MI6 rig was easily able to drill a 200mm diameter well to a depth of 75m

Specialist drilling contractor Welltherm Drilling Ltd has used a Massenza MI6 rig to drill a 200mm diameter well to a depth of 75m at the Woodsmith polyhalite mine project in Yorkshire, UK, one of the...

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