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USING ROBIT TOOLS TO UPKEEP BRIDGES AND WILDLIFE IN THE NORTHEAST U.S.A.

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Replacing and repairing bridges improves mobility and can increase quality of life in communities. In the Northeast U.S.A., M.A. Bongiovanni, a General Contractor out of Syracuse, NY, is helping to maintain our beautiful roads by providing the foundation for safe, resilient and reliable infrastructure.

M.A. Bongiovanni specializes in the Water/Wastewater industry and in geotechnical work, including driven and sheet piles, retaining walls, piers and drilled shafts. When they were chosen to replace a bridge on New York State Route 8, they turned to OCI Division of Global Drilling Suppliers for drill tooling. As often occurs in geotechnical drilling, ground conditions require special accommodations. This job was no exception with piles needing to be placed in overburden consisting of cobbles and boulders. Drilling of overburden without casings could result in collapsed holes and tool loss.

Of Course, drilling in these environments calls for the right equipment. The job required the installation of 22 centerline soldier piles, 24” diameter, through 33’ of overburden and 7’ of rock as well as 11 wingwall soldier piles through 30’ of overburden and 9’ of rock. The Robit® Steel Fist wing bit system was the clear choice.

OCI Division of Global Drilling Suppliers is a manufacture of drill tools, drilling accessories, and design-built drilling equipment. As a distributor of Robit products, they assisted M.A. Bongiovanni with their first Steel Fist concentric overburden drilling system. The drilling process utilized the Robit® DTH SF (Steel Fist) and Robit® Hyper 181 18” hammer with a single rotary head duplex drilling operation. Robit was able to manufacture and deliver the Steel Fist pilot through OCI within the job’s 6 week window before drilling started. Drill tools utilized by M.A. Bongiovanni, manufactured by OCI Division of Global Drilling Suppliers were:

  • Dual Swivel having high-pressure air inlet and discharge to enable drilled spoils containment includes a J-slot driver for driving 24” OD casing.
  • Canister style drill rods, 20” OD
  • Vibration dampening equipment
  • Over the hammer stabilizer, 20” OD
  • Inline oil injection equipment
  • Inline water injection equipment

OCI Division’s onsite field consultant was present while tooling up and during initial drilling, and is pleased to report all expectations were met and exceeded with the Steel Fist’s performance. The solid construction of the wings held up very good with no carbide loss or trouble with opening or closing during loading or unloading of casing material
Speed to finish a project is very important when replacing a bridge, as the structure being repaired typically restricts traffic during the work. Using the Robit® Hyper 181 down-the-hole hammer with the Robit® DTH SF XL2 for use with 24” OD x.500 wall casing material all holes were successfully drilled on schedule and under budget.

Welcome to visit us at the booth #1624 in 48th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique

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Join nearly 1,600 blasters, manufacturers, government officials and industry leaders at the world’s largest conference on explosives engineering, sponsored by the International Society of Explosives Engineers in Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on 28 January – 2 February 2022. You will find us at the booth #1624.

We’ll introduce our leading solutions for drilling and deviation measuring of blast holes. Get familiar for our new Top Hammer Rbit series as well as tubeless DTH WH TL hammer family and DTH bits. Find also Robit® M Sense Systems – the easiest solution on the market brings borehole deviation measurement to the hands of everyone!

Warmly welcome, Robit Blasting Team

Arriving soon!

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We introduced the new Robit Superior Rbit™ Button Bit Series‘ bigger diameters a year ago.

Soon we are going to launch sizes from 32 mm (1¼”) up to 57 mm (2¼”) for bolting, drifting and tunneling.

With the Rbit™, our commitment is to help our customers to reduce the total drilling costs by achieving faster rate of penetration and the lowest cost-per-meter.

Stay tuned!

Robit supports Hilla’s skiing career

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Hilla Niemelä is one of the rising young stars in Finnish skiing. Her main target for the current season is the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Norway in February 2022. A corporate supporter of sports, Robit signed a sponsorship and cooperation agreement with Hilla in late summer 2021.

The collaboration between Robit and Hilla is based on shared values and jointly produced media content that gives glimpses into Hilla’s training, racing career, goals, current affairs and future expectations. Hilla kept a training diary for our readers in November 2021.

Monday, Nov 1
The competition season is knocking at the door, with races for the next three weekends. The autumn training has gone well and I am looking forward to the races. I have only one race in the Vuokatti Finnish Cup, the freestyle sprint. In previous years, I’ve been in pretty good shape at the season start. After easing up the last couple of weeks, we’re now training intensively, which might affect the upcoming sprint.

Whatever the race mood on Saturday, we have a good plan. On Friday I will do a preparatory training and it will indicate the race mood better. I’ve only skied outside a few times because the warm weather has made the track a bit softer and slower. In Vuokatti I can also ski on the tunnel, where the conditions are always the same. The track in the tunnel is a bit harder, which suits me better at the moment. However, the Saturday race will probably be quite soft and slow.

Saturday, Nov 6
The race was exactly as I thought it would be. Legs were insensitive and skiing felt like a chore. Yesterday’s power workout didn’t bode well, but I felt better than yesterday. My coach and I came to the conclusion that I just hadn’t done enough skiing in the mush to be successful today. However, so far so good, no need to make changes. Next up, more snow touch and aerobic training before the next race.

Saturday, Nov 13
Today, national competition in free style, 9 km distance. It was my first race with the new pair of skis I got yesterday. They worked perfectly, but my performance was a bit sluggish. The ground was quite soft and it’s the hardest for me to ski on. Still, first distance race of the season, and even with a weaker performance, I did alright compared to the others.

Sunday, Nov 14
Today was the classic style sprint. Three years ago, this distance was very good for me, but since then I haven’t been able to measure up my performance for lack of races. I was very nervous about the race, but in the end I really enjoyed it. It was great training for next week’s Finnish Cup, where I’m competing in the same distance. I managed to do all four starts and now I’m much more confident for next week!

Friday, Nov 19
Arrival in Taivalkoski. Tomorrow is my long awaited classic style sprint. This is also the qualifying weekend for the Ruka World Cup, so it’s going to be an exciting race. Feeling good and confident for tomorrow’s race.

Saturday, Nov 20
Taivalkoski Finnish Cup sprint. Disappointment. Even though I qualified 17th, the skiing felt stiff and phlegmatic. The heat was a bit better, but still the skiing felt and looked bad technically. I was 15th in the final results, my best so far in the Finnish Cup, but my goal was to reach the semi-finals. It irks me that I couldn’t give my everything the way I wanted. Tomorrow is another day though. I’m doing the classic style 10 km.

Monday, Nov 22
No start for me on Sunday. Today the doctor prescribed antibiotics for an ear infection. Maybe that was the reason for Saturday’s poor performance. Usually the body gives clear signals before getting sick. Now I’ll just try and get better; my next start will be in early December at the Ruka Winter Games, if I’m well by then. Luckily I got to see a doctor quickly and I’ll defeat this illness as quickly as possible. The season is still young and I’m not worried, although falling ill is never a good thing. It’s only after new year that I need to get up to full speed. Plenty of time to prepare! 😉

DISTRIBUTION DEAL CREATING SYNERGIES IN CENTRAL ASIA

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As far as mineral reserves go, Kazakhstan is in the top twenty in the world, and mining comprises almost one-third of the country’s export earnings. No wonder then that the competition in the sales of all mining-related goods, including drilling tools, is very tough. Robit secured a distribution deal with a key player in the region.

As a major global exporter of minerals, Kazakhstan benefits from its central geographical location between Europe and Asia. This is also reflected in the name of the largest company supplying machinery and equipment for mining and construction in the area: Eurasian Machinery LLP.

With more than 600 employees, Eurasian Machinery provides customers with high-quality technical services through ten centers in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Besides being the official distributor of Hitachi Construction Machinery – their spearhead product line – they also supply the industry with machinery and equipment from a host of other high prestige global brands. As of August 2021, these include Robit.

George Apostolopoulos, Robit’s VP, Global Sales, is thoroughly familiar with the Central Asian market and sees great synergies for Robit in the exclusive distributor agreement with Eurasian Machinery.

“Eurasian Machinery have a strong reputation in the Kazakh market. They have done an excellent job with the Hitachi Construction Machinery brand and have placed themselves among the preferred suppliers for the country’s mining industry. They are present with equipment and service contracts in most of the mines in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan”, George says.

“Customer satisfaction is driving their efforts and they are providing high-quality services to the industry. A high-tech Component Repair Center in Karaganda serves the purpose very well.”

“This is a very significant deal for Robit as the Kazakh mining market is among the biggest in the world. It’s the 2nd largest within our East sales area after Russia. It could provide significant leverage for our sales; big opportunities exist for our Top Hammer products both underground and surface, as well as our Down the Hole offering.”

“There is some tough competition in this market not only from the traditional players but also from low-cost suppliers. This makes it particularly important for us to have a renowned and well-represented distributor in this market”, George concludes.

Picture: A view over the steppes from a chalk mountain in northern Kazakhstan.

AUSDRILL AND ROBIT: A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP DOWN UNDER

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Mining has long been a key driver of the Australian economy. With more than 350 operating mines, it is one of the world’s leading producers of iron ore, lithium, gold, lead, bauxite, uranium, and zinc, to name but a few, making it a very attractive market for a company like Robit.

Thanks to the acquisition of Drilling Tools Australia (DTA) in 2016, the country is a domestic market for Robit, with customer relationships reaching back to the DTA days. One of these long-standing partners is Ausdrill, one of the largest drilling services providers in Australia, founded in 1987.

We talked to Mark Hercik‑Saul who started with Ausdrill in 2003 as an Offsider, worked his way to Driller to Supervisor to Superintendent and is currently Project Manager for RC regional, looking after some ten RC (Reverse Circulation) drill rigs for various clients in Western Australia and South Australia. Mark has been using Robit’s Down the Hole (DTH) hammers for years.

“Our preferred hammers of choice from Robit are the DR 55 and DR 53, mainly for their downhole reliability, performance, and durability to wear. We have continuous online and in-field support from Robit with any issues that may develop with any of their products. For quality products, the prices are also competitive”, Mark says.

In a busy market like Australia, availability must be a key issue when it comes to drilling consumables. How has Robit been performing on that front?
“We have been working closely with Robit to tailor our frequently ordered parts to meet the demand/ supply to all of our sites. This has been challenging over the last couple of years with Covid-19 restrictions in play, but having local manufacturing close by, I feel the communication has grown stronger through this time”, says Mark.

From your vantage point, what’s the future outlook for the Australian mining sector? What kind of role do you see Robit could play in it?
“Mining is definitely booming, and since the Australian economy is strong at the moment, the demand to keep up supply for all drilling products is high. I think Robit will have an important role in the future by keeping proactive with their site support, which to me is the key to having good relationships and trust between suppliers and companies. They also should be open to new innovations and designs combined with competitively priced products”, Mark concludes.

Picture: An Ausdrill RC drill rig at work at Woodie Woodie Manganese mine, Pilbara, Western Australia

NEW AFTON SWITCHED BACK TO ROBIT TOP HAMMER TOOLS

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Two branches of the Thompson River run through the ruggedly picturesque landscapes of south-central British Columbia, to meet at the eastern end of Kamloops Lake. The town of Kamloops was founded there as a fur trading post 200 years ago. Today, Kamloops is a thriving city with rich copper and gold deposits nearby.

Afton mine, situated 10 km west of Kamloops, was originally an open-pit gold and copper mine, in operation throughout the 1980s and 90s. New Gold,a Canadian mining company, acquired the mine and restarted production in 2012, now as an underground mine called New Afton. Last year, New Afton produced 64,000 ounces (some 1,800 kg) of gold and about
33,000 tons of copper.

New Gold had been using Robit’s Top Hammer (TH) tools in New Afton for years. However, in early 2019, through ownership changes at the supplier, New Afton switched to another brand of TH consumables. Over the course of the year, it became evident that the performance of the TH Tools did not meet the Mines expectations. In 2020, Ryley Renneberg and Cody
MacLeod from the Sales Division of Pinnacle Drilling Products (Pinnacle), Robit’s Canadian distributor, decided it was an opportune time to reach out to New Gold.

“We arranged an in-person meeting with New Gold’s production mine manager. We listened to their problems with their new brand of TH tooling and discussed how we might be able to help out. New Gold had been happy with Robit before and they knew the production performance well, so this really helped progress things forward. It turned out to be the start of a great relationship between Pinnacle and New Gold”, Ryley reminisces.

“We reassured we could have a seamless transition and were able to support New Gold through the ramp-up period, not to mention this pandemic situation and the global supply chain crisis.”

For Robit, the first purchase order in the spring of 2021 meant a need for a serious production ramp-up of TH tools.

Says Mikko Vuojolainen, Robit’s Vice President, North America: “It’s always a critical period when a customer switches supplier. The new supplier must be able to deliver 100% availability. In this case, our TH production lines were already fully booked so we needed to get creative. We divided the products into two groups: those we can start delivering two months post order, and those we can start delivering four months post order. It worked out perfectly.”

Since August 2021, New Afton is back to using Robit’s TH tools in their underground operations. The New Afton deal can also help propel the Pinnacle-Robit business partnership forward.

“It brings us leverage into the mining industry within North America. I believe it’s going to open many other opportunities for us to challenge the ‘big three’ in the market”, says Ryley Renneberg.

Picture: Kamloops Lake on a frosty winter day.

Robit’s equipment for environmentally friendly energy from the ground

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Today, the term energy well is used instead of the thermal well, as an energy well is increasingly used for both heating and cooling. Robit is strongly involved in developing increasingly better products for drilling energy and water wells. Each year, Robit’s products are used to drill more than 30,000 water and energy wells worldwide. Thus, the company is closely linked to the utilisation of emission-free green energy and sustainable development.

Robit’s product portfolio includes the necessary equipment for drilling from 4” diameter to 18” inch energy wells. Deeper energy well drilling has also begun worldwide for geothermal power plants. In Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland, for example, drilling has reached the depth of about 6.4 km. The temperature of water pumped from that depth is over 100 °C.

A modern efficient heat pump connected to an energy well can save over half the energy costs compared to, for example, oil and electricity. Compared to an oil boiler, for example, which must be replaced every 15 to 20 years, only moving parts must be replaced in the heat pump within the same period. The heat pump can simply be described as a device that utilises so-called free energy, which is present in ground and bedrock.

Warmly welcome to visit us at the biggest groundwater industry event – Groundwater Week in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, between 14th and 16th December 2021. You will find us at the booth #1027 on Wednesday and Thursday. Our team will introduce you the widest range of top quality well drilling tools.

Visit us at Groundwater Week 2021

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Navigate the future with us at the biggest groundwater industry event – Groundwater Week in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, between 14th and 16th December 2021. You will find us at the booth #1027 on Wednesday and Thursday.

Our team will introduce you the widest range of top quality well drilling tools: DTH hammers, pilot bits, ring bits (casing advanced and under reamer systems), DTH bits, rotary bits, drill pipes, shock absorbers, subs, check valves, hammer sleeves and accessories. See the new tubeless WH TL -hammer series for DTH drilling, which functions without the foot valve, often considered to be the most fragile part when drilling, thus eliminating the operational downtime needed to replace the valve. The hammer features improved strength and optimal performance, as well as adjustable airflow, to allow for increased efficiency. Please read more from Robit DTH WH TL Hammer Catalogue.

Robit products are specially designed to offer maximum reliability with cost-effective drilling in variable ground conditions.

Emission free sustainable green energy with Robit well drilling products!

Robit NGWA-team

A SIGNIFICANT DELIVERY AGREEMENT FOR ROBIT CONSUMABLES IN LAOS

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Robit’s distributor, Dong Loi Equipment & Service Corporation, has recently closed a significant delivery agreement for Robit drilling consumables – mainly Top Hammer products – with a gold mine operator in Hung Thinh Phat gold mine in Laos. The agreement is a result of decisive and seamless cooperation between Robit and its Vietnamese distributor, Dong Loi.

Hung Thinh Phat is a gold mine located in Central Laos. The mine itself is a sizeable one, currently operating an array of 11 machines, with a plan to increase the size of the fleet to 17. With a yearly production rate of around 30 million tons, the mine is a big client for Top Hammer drilling consumables.

Having convinced the customer of the quality of Robit products, Dong Loi recently closed a significant agreement with the gold mine operator. The delivery agreement guarantees the supply of Robit products of high-quality and good performance to the mine as well as supplements the agreement with Dong Loi’s after-sales, shipping, and technical services support for the valued customer.

Dong Loi Equipment & Services Corporation was established in 2002 with the Office in Ho Chi Minh City and branches in Ha Noi City and Dong Nai Province. At present, Dong Loi is an authorized distributor and provider of maintenance and warranty services for leading manufacturers of construction, mining, and industrial equipment in Vietnam.

Dong Loi:

“Robit has provided comprehensive training on rock drilling, Robit product range and applications to our sales and service team. On the other hand, we also have delivered some hundred Furukawa Rock Drilling machines to the customers in Vietnam. We, with well trained, dedicated sales and service people, well understanding about the rock conditions at each customer, have been delivered the highest productivity of Robit rock tools to our customers.”

Hung Thinh Phat:

“We have used rock tools provided by several brands for few years. Dong Loi has brought Robit and its services to our jobsite. It was a great result. We are happy that Robit drills faster and longer holes. Thanks for all.”

Welcome to stop by us at Conex Korea!

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You are warmly welcome to visit us at our booth booth no. J36 (Kintex hall 2,3), Conex Korea. The fair is going on until 13th November.

Come and get familiar with the new RbitTM button bit series for Top Hammer. Rbit features the fastest rate of penetration in any of our bits so far. It breaks the rock faster and with less effort, causing significant savings in fuel costs, and has the lowest cost per meter, which is still very helpful in bringing down the total costs.

Warmly welcome!

Robit Team

Meet us at Conex Korea 2021

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Welcome to the largest and most comprehensive exhibition specialized for construction machinery in Korea. The 11th time organized Conex Korea 2021 will be held between 10-13 November in Kintex exhibition center in Seoul. You will find us at the booth no. J36 (Kintex hall 2,3).

Robit will introduce its unbeatable solutions especially for underground construction and tunneling but also for other applications. We’ll bring You the latest knowledge of Forepoling technology, also known as tube umbrella, where tunnel roof is strengthened in broken rock conditions. Drilling system consists of casing tubes which are drilled through the overburden as an umbrella and filled with grouting. Robit® Casing System, known as patented Robit® RoX Casing Systems series for forepoling, allows easy driving of the casing tubes into the ground with low torque demand. In modern forepoling also fibreglass casings can be used for ultra-long face bolts.

Come and get familiar also for the new RbitTM button bit series for Top Hammer. Rbit features the fastest rate of penetration in any of our bits so far. It breaks the rock faster and with less effort, causing significant savings in fuel costs, and has the lowest cost per meter, which is still very helpful in bringing down the total costs.

Robit team will be delighted to tell you more about our tunneling products and also other drilling consumables in our offering.

Warmly welcome!

Robit Team

Meet professional skier Hilla Niemelä

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My name is Hilla Niemelä, and I’m a 20-years old cross-country skier from Lempäälä, Finland. For the past four years, however, I have been living in Northern Finland, Vuokatti. Having decided to pursue a career as a competitive skier, I came here to attend to the sports-oriented high school. And now, having concluded my studies, I am a full-time athlete.

I have had the opportunity to be a part of the youth national team, as well as to represent Finland twice in the youth World Championships and at the European Youth Olympic Festival. My main goal for the upcoming season is to attend the U23 World Championship.

Vuokatti has been an amazing environment for me to train and develop. And speaking of training, I do that for approximately 800-850 hours’ worth each year, which includes a variety of different sports. During the summers, I focus particularly on roller skiing and running, while in the winters I naturally mostly ski. In addition to these, I also do lots of strength practice and other trainings relevant for skiing, such as leaps.

On an average week, I have some 10-14 training sessions, for a total of 15-25 hours. During the summer and autumn, I of course train significantly more than during the competition season in the winter, because I need to be well-rested and energized for the competitions and can’t strain myself too much outside of them.

My father, Ville Niemelä, acts as my coach and is perfect for the job, considering he has some experience of his own from competitive skiing. It is wonderful to have a familiar and close person, who has gone through the same things I am now facing, next to me.

The competition season has already begun on my part in Vuokatti, with the Finnish Championship in roller skiing. The competition consisted of two races, a classic-style sprint and a free-style 12 km distance, and I took part in the open series in both. I’m delighted to share that I finished in the top 10 in both of the races.

The last month before the snow competition season is now about to begin now, with the start of October. This can be seen in my training as we aim to get adjusted to the feel of snow and focus on reaching higher speeds on skis.

The most important thing for an athlete is to keep healthy and maintain a balance between training and recovery. This will allow me to measure my optimal state for competition, after which I’ll do my best and see where my name will land on the rankings. However, my training in the summer and at the start of the autumn has been very successful and I have managed to land some personal records in different tests. So, I just need to keep everything together, and I’m certain I will be in my best condition yet by winter and more ready to take on the competition season than ever before.

I will return with more detailed reports from my training in October and my thoughts on the competition season before the start of the season in November.

– Hilla

Welcome to visit our stand #660, XXXIV International Mining Convention, Mundo Imperial, Acapulco!

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¡Bienvenido a visitar nuestro stand # 660, en la XXXIV Convención Internacional de Minería, Mundo Imperial, Acapulco!

Como cada dos años, la Asociación de Ingenieros de Minas, Metalurgistas y Geólogos de México será la encargada de iniciar los preparativos de la Convención Internacional de Minería, uno de los eventos mineros más importantes de América Latina.

La 34ª edición de la Convención se llevará a cabo del 19 al 22 de octubre de 2021, en el hermoso puerto de Acapulco Guerrero como su sede, un lugar que consideramos clúster de minería en México.

Las Convención se realizará en el recinto Mundo Imperial, sin duda uno de los mejores lugares de México por su belleza y eficiencia. Nos encontrará en el stand # 660.

A través de nuestras tecnologías, soporte y productos de primera calidad, nos complace ayudar al sector de minería y canteras con todas sus necesidades de perforación y ofrecer las soluciones incluso para los proyectos más difíciles. Venga y conozca a nuestros expertos para conocer más acerca de la oferta más amplia en consumibles de perforación y aceros de barrenación de alta calidad. Robit presenta, novedades de perforación:

La broca de botón Robit RbitTM para Martillo en Cabeza (Top Hammer TH) presenta la tasa de penetración más rápida en cualquiera de nuestras brocas hasta ahora. Rompe la roca más rápido y con menos esfuerzo, lo que genera ahorros significativos en los costos de combustible y tiene el costo por metro más bajo, lo que sigue siendo muy útil para reducir los costos totales.

As every two years, the Association of Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Geologists of Mexico will be in charge of initiating preparations for the International Mining Convention, one of the most important mining events in Latin America.

The 34th edition of the Convention will take place from 19 to 22 October 2021, at the beautiful port of Acapulco Guerrero as its headquarters, a place we consider home of the miners.

The works will be carried out in the exhibition center Mundo Imperial, undoubtedly one of the best places in Mexico for its beauty and efficiency. You will find us at the booth #660.

Through our technologies and support, we are pleased to help the major mining and quarrying sector with all their drilling needs and offer the solutions to even the toughest projects. Come and meet our experts to hear more about the widest offering in top quality drilling consumables. Robit is representing among other things drilling novelties:

The RbitTM button bit for Top Hammer features the fastest rate of penetration in any of our bits so far. It breaks the rock faster and with less effort, causing significant savings in fuel costs, and has the lowest cost per meter, which is still very helpful in bringing down the total costs.

La serie de martillos WH TL sin válvula de pie, para perforación Martillo de Fondo (Down The Hole DTH) funciona sin la válvula de pie, que a menudo se considera la parte más frágil al perforar, eliminando así el tiempo de inactividad operativo necesario para reemplazar la válvula. El martillo presenta una resistencia mejorada y un rendimiento óptimo, así como un flujo de aire ajustable, para permitir una mayor eficiencia.

The tubeless WH TL -hammer series for DTH drilling functions without the foot valve, which is often considered to be the most fragile part when drilling, thus eliminating the operational downtime needed to replace the valve. The hammer features improved strength and optimal performance, as well as adjustable airflow, to allow for increased efficiency.

Finalmente, el nuevo Carburo Extremo (Extreme Carbide) de Robit, para aplicaciones en terrenos abrasivos, está diseñado para resistir el desgaste, con una capa de carburo duradera de doble propiedad en el exterior. El Carburo de Grado Extremo no. 4 permanece afilado durante más tiempo, lo que mejora la productividad al reducir el tiempo de inactividad causado por el proceso de remolido. El Carburo también ha aumentado el rendimiento de más del 50% de la vida útil de la broca, lo que proporciona mayores beneficios también para aquellos que prefieren perforar hasta la destrucción de la broca.

Finally, Robit’s new Extreme Carbide, for applications in abrasive ground, is designed to resist wear, with a durable special carbide layer on the outside. The Extreme grade #4 carbide stays sharp for longer, thus improving productivity by reducing the downtime caused by the regrind process. The carbide also has increased performance of over 50% bit life, providing increased benefits also for those preferring to drill till the destruction of the bit.

Por lo tanto, si bien la durabilidad es clave para obtener el menor costo por metro, hay muchas cosas a considerar cuando se busca el menor costo total de perforación. Sin embargo, cada una de esas cosas llega con una gran cantidad de nuevas oportunidades de ahorro.

So, while durability is key for the lowest cost per meter, there are a lot of things to consider when aiming for the lowest total drilling cost. However, each of those things arrives with a whole host of new opportunities for savings.

¡Nos vemos en Acapulco!

See you in Acapulco!

Equipo Robit

Robit Team

Robit’s Capital Markets Day 2021 – Recording Available Now

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Robit’s CMD Team thanks you for your participation in the company’s Capital Markets Day on 23 September 2021!

Should you have missed the event or would like to watch it again, please visit our website https://www.robitgroup.com/investor/financial-information/ to find the recording.

If you have further questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact us via investors@robitgroup.com.

ROBIT PLC

Warmly welcome to visit us at Geofluid 2021!

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Don’t miss the most important international event for Drilling & Foundations – GEOFLUID 2021, Piacenza, Italy, 15-18 September 2021.

With focus on consumables, we continuously challenge and push the boundaries of the drilling industry. Still, we don’t lose sight of the reality of your local drilling operation. We know when to go further – into the details of the largest piles, deepest wells and straightest holes – and when to go faster to achieve the lowest cost per meter and the smoothest overall operation.

We know what drives your value and success. Together with our global distribution network, we go further than anyone else to answer all your consumables needs, support your drillers and design the total solution in drilling you need to excel in your work.

You will find our team at our booth in Pavillion 1, Aisle B, stand #126.

Warmly Welcome,
Robit Team

Robit Minexpo Team welcomes You to visit our booth at Minexpo, Las Vegas!

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Robit Minexpo Team is pleased to invite you to visit our booth at the MINEXPO 2021. The event will take place during September 13-15, 2021 in Las Vegas, USA. You will find our team at the booth #25151-S.

Through our technologies and support, we are pleased to help the major mining and quarrying sector with all their drilling needs and offer the solutions to even the toughest projects. Come and meet our experts to hear more about the widest offering in top quality drilling consumables. Robit is representing among other things drilling novelties:

The Rbit button bit for Top Hammer features the fastest rate of penetration in any of our bits so far. It breaks the rock faster and with less effort, causing significant savings in fuel costs, and has the lowest cost per meter, which is still very helpful in bringing down the total costs.

The tubeless WH TL -hammer series for DTH drilling functions without the foot valve, which is often considered to be the most fragile part when drilling, thus eliminating the operational downtime needed to replace the valve. The hammer features improved strength and optimal performance, as well as adjustable airflow, to allow for increased efficiency.

Finally, Robit’s new Extreme Carbide, for applications in abrasive ground, is designed to resist wear, with a durable special carbide layer on the outside. The Extreme grade #4 carbide stays sharp for longer, thus improving productivity by reducing the downtime caused by the regrind process. The carbide also has increased performance of over 50% bit life, providing increased benefits also for those preferring to drill till the destruction of the bit.

So, while durability is key for the lowest cost per meter, there are a lot of things to consider when aiming for the lowest total drilling cost. However, each of those things arrives with a whole host of new opportunities for savings.

Hope to see you in Las Vegas!