Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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Top of 2017 by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief HOW WE MADE OUR CHOICES When we ask readers how we can best help them keep track of changes in the products and services they use to produce aggregates, almost everyone wants an annual short list of the really important stuff. No wonder. The sheer volume of introductions is overwhelming. Aggregates Manager covers numerous products each year in RollOuts and Supply Lines, and offers even more product coverage through newsletters and online products of the week. So each year, our staff reviews all the product introductions we've covered for the past year to pick out 25 that we believe are worth further review. Our priorities are new concept products, which are rare; new series/new generation products in categories that relate to the aggregates industry; and other rollouts which serve our readers' interests by increasing competition in a product category. We also consider reader engagement through website and social media traffic. Inevitably, we omit deserving products, either because we just didn't understand the significance of the product or because the announcing company didn't communicate what was special about the product, or both. In either case, we apologize in advance for these omissions. SANDVIK DRILL RIG OFFERS ENHANCED EFFICIENCY, TECHNOLOGY Sandvik's Pantera DP11000i top hammer drill rig is an intelligent, self-propelled, crawler based surface rig designed for hole sizes of 3.5 to 5.5 inches. Engine options include Tier 3 and Tier 4 Final engines. It is available with a high-frequency RD1635CF rock drill, which is designed to ensure hole straightness, and the Circulating Shank Lubrication System, which is said to reduce shank lubrica- tion oil consumption by up to 70 percent compared to the old system. Both Driller's Office and Driller's Notes software come with the rig, with an option for one-hole automatics. Sandvik | www.construction.sandvik.com ATLAS COPCO UNDERGROUND DRILLING AUTOMATION SOFTWARE Atlas Copco's Dynamic tunneling package is an automation software for face drilling rigs. Previously, an operator imported a 3D model into software used for planning and reporting of drill rig data and information and would then complete drill plans manually. With the automation software, the 3D model is imported and a set of rules is established in the planning and reporting software. The rules and model are then sent to the drill rig via USB or WiFi connection, and the drill rig will make its own drill plans based on location and the model, allowing drill plans to be adapted precisely to the size and section to be excavated. Atlas Copco | www.atlascopcogroup.com Drilling and Blasting Rollouts 20 AGGREGATES MANAGER / December 2017 Capacity, efficiency & technology are common traits among introductions. 25