Surveyor peg installation – underground
Impala platinum mine in North West province of South Africa owned by Impala Platinum made their daily installation of survey pegs safer, faster and longer lasting by using the Hilti cordless solution since 2017. We have summarized the application description, the challenge, the solution and the customer benefit below.
Application description “Installation of survey pegs by surveyors” Application done daily
as this is a critical procedure of all underground mining operations Surveyor drills 10mm hole into hang wall and inserts small wooden block Spade is driven into wooden block while keeping ‘tally ‘in place | The “challenge” Need to drill multiple holes, overhead – excessive dust exposure Spades get pulled out
of wooden block by miners' loco’s or machinery - which forces surveyor to
reinstall survey pegs Waste of time/
productivity and mining production is affected , |
The “solution” TE 4-A22 / TE 6-A22 Drill TE DRS-4-A / TE DRS-6-A Dust Removal system TE CX insert selection for all needs and the application on hand Tie Wire Anchor (M6 x 30 HHDCA) . | Customer “benefits” Drilling 6mm hole instead of 10mm hole as well as shallower embedment depth reduces installation time Hilti anchor solution
ensures the peg is very difficult to remove making a much more long-term
installation A much safer, faster
and reliable method for surveyors |
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