A raise borer is a specialised machine used in underground mining to excavate circular holes between two levels of a mine without relying on explosives.
RockSmith provides a comprehensive range of Raise Boring Machines designed to meet diverse mining needs. Our machines are self-propelled, utilising either traditional crawler tracks, rubber tyres or rail tracks for efficient and reliable operation.
Unlike traditional raise borers, our advanced machine is engineered to excel in hard rock operations. Through an integrated design approach, we’ve combined key components to develop cutting-edge technologies such as integrated walking, dynamic insert plates, proportional rod handling, and automatic rod transport.
These innovations eliminate the need for disassembly during transport, drastically reducing relocation time, boosting efficiency, and lowering operating costs.
For the excavation of gently inclined orebodies, which typically involve smaller raise diameters, shorter raise depths, and shorter construction cycles per raise, along with frequent equipment relocations, we have adopted a split type design approach. This design is compact in structure, offers good maneuverability, and incorporates an innovative hydraulic pillar stabilisation and positioning system. It is capable of safely and efficiently advancing tunneling construction in gently inclined raises under various complex conditions.
This heavy-duty machine is designed for challenging operational environments.
With a modular design, this machine is ideal for operations in confined, narrow, or low-clearance spaces due to its compact design.
Built for complex geological conditions, making it versatile for various applications.
Designed for easy relocation, it eliminates the need for complex dismantling during transport.
The rail wheel type raise borer is suitable for raise channeling in underground mines with rails, covering nominal raise diameters ranging from 1.5 to 4m and reaching a maximum raise depth of 400m.
Designed to meet the demands of medium and small underground mines, the RockSmith Tyre Type Raise Borer offers unparalleled adaptability for both track and trackless environments. Its innovative tyre-type travel design is powered by a diesel engine, ensuring convenient and efficient relocation, transportation, and construction operations.
For ultimate versatility, the borer can be equipped with a rail wheel switching device, enabling seamless transitions between track and trackless scenarios with the push of a button.
Elevate your mining efficiency with the RockSmith Tyre Type Raise Borer—where adaptability meets performance.
By developing the IDOS3.0 intelligent operating system, constructing mathematical models and optimization algorithms for the entire production process ("travel to site → vertical drilling and positioning → drill rod transportation → drill rod grasping → autonomous operation"), and building an expert database for various complex geological conditions, we achieve automatic optimisation of operational parameters and automatic selection of drilling modes. This enables unmanned operation for single-shift guide reaming, meeting operational requirements.
The entire machine adopts modular design, compact structure, and can adapt to more complex mining conditions. It can transition underground without complex dismantling, effectively reducing excavation costs for roadways, working chambers, etc., thereby reducing costs and increasing efficiency for mining enterprises.
Through innovative research and development of the drill rod loading and unloading structure, dynamic automatic positioning, chi-square positioning and detection technology, and automatic rod loading and unloading control module, we achieve adaptive dynamic zero-point control, high-precision automatic matching of propulsion/rotation parameters, and automatic loading and unloading of drill rods.
Through the drill rod automatic conveying device and manipulator, the automation and unmanned operation of the drill rod transport and handling process have been achieved.
Through hydraulic intelligent control systems, power head drive systems, and high load-bearing capacity drilling tool systems based on new composite materials, significant improvements have been made in high torque and axial pressure for large rotary operations. This enables large diameter, deep well, and full-rock breaking operations under various complex conditions.
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