Boart Longyear www.BoartLongyear.com, the world’s leading provider of drilling equipment and performance tooling, will feature a broad range of innovative drilling solutions at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba, February 6-9, in Cape Town, South Africa.
 
Boart Longyear’s top priority is to partner with clients to achieve success by providing the highest-quality and most innovative drilling equipment and products. Equipment and product experts will be on hand at Boart Longyear’s stand, number 514, during Investing in African Mining Indaba, ready to assist with solutions for the African mining market.
 
Featured products include:
 
TruCoreTM Core Orientation System enables accurate data and results
Boart Longyear is proud to provide the market’s first alternative solution for core orientation – the TruCoreTM orientation system – which will be on display at the booth. TruCore enables drillers to provide accurate data and results while decreasing spend on consumables.
 
MDR700 Underground Coring Rig offers advanced mobility, wide drilling angles and engineered safety controls
The MDR700 is a powerful rig that utilizes proven Boart LongyearTM underground exploration technology, such as the LM™ 700 feed frame. This next-generation underground coring rig offers wide drilling angles; quick and easy setup, operation and maintenance; advanced mobility; and engineered safety controls.
 
LF™160 Drill Rig and FL262 FREEDOM™ Loader combine to make an ideal solution for sophisticated surface drilling  

 The LF™160 Drill Rig, which incorporates proven technology from Boart Longyear’s most popular surface coring drill rigs, combined with the FL262 FREEDOM™ Loader, creates an ideal solution for surface drilling exploration projects requiring the highest safety standards, without compromising on productivity.
 
Roller Latch™ Head Assemblies provide added strength and safety for consistent, extended performance
The Quick Descent™ Roller Latch™ head assembly and the Roller Latch Quick Pump-In underground head assembly provide reduced wear and increased positioning strength. Roller Latch technology eliminates the low strength, play and jamming associated with traditional swing-out latch mechanisms.
 
Top Hammer EL Threaded Rods, designed for excellent wear resistance
The EL (extended life) thread offers superior performance by enhancing energy transmission and distributing stress more evenly throughout the entire drill string. The innovative EL thread design offers longer rod life, easier uncoupling, excellent wear resistance, faster penetration, and straighter hole drilling.
 
Coring Rods and Casing expand drilling capacity while lowering costs
With market-leading strength and the innovative lightweight V-Wall™ body option, Boart Longyear’s drill rods help expand capacity while lowering costs in all ground conditions and drilling applications. RQ™ rods feature a combination of proprietary heat treatment processes and innovative engineering to provide the ultimate in performance and longevity.
 
RC Rods, Subs and Components maximize drilling economy and minimize downtime
For reverse circulation (RC) drilling, Boart Longyear offers a full range of drill rod threads that are compatible with other systems and designed to be easily replaced in the field, minimizing costly downtime. Boart Longyear RC subs feature precision-cut threads that ensure long life and compatibility. Components include swivels, auto blow-down units, deflector boxes and knock-on systems.
 
Parts and Service Solutions that minimize down-time
Critical to the success of any drilling operation, Boart Longyear provides genuine spare parts, repair, and rebuild services for major components to extend the life and improve the efficiency and reliability of existing equipment.
 
Boart Longyear’s new Nitro-Clamp utilizes the patented technology used with our Nitro ChuckTM and is available for up to PWT casing capacity. The Nitro-Clamp uses spring-closing jaws versus the wedge foot clamp and offers higher weight-holding capacity, full torque to break joints and eliminates the use of hand tools. The revolutionary Nitro-Clamp removes the risk of losing rods down the hole by holding full torque and rod string weight. 
 
About Boart Longyear
Established in 1890, Boart Longyear is the world’s leading provider of drilling services, drilling equipment and performance tooling for mining and drilling companies. It also has a substantial presence in aftermarket parts and service, energy, mine de-watering, oil sands exploration, production drilling, and down-hole instrumentation.
 
The Global Drilling Services division operates for a diverse mining customer base spanning a wide range of commodities, including copper, gold, nickel, zinc, uranium, and other metals and minerals. The Global Products division designs, manufactures and sells drilling equipment, performance tooling, down-hole instrumentation and parts and services.
 
Boart Longyear is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney, Australia. More information about Boart Longyear can be found at www.boartlongyear.com. To get Boart Longyear news direct, follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.