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Sandvik in Tunneling
Sandvik tunneling expertise covers a variety of
methods: Drill and blast, mechanical cutting and
breaking. The equipment range includes tunneling
jumbos, roadheaders and cutting units, bolters and bolts,
drilling and cutting tools, hydraulic breakers, loading and
hauling equipment, mobile crushers, and financing, parts
and consumables, training, technical support, and repair
and rebuild service.
The Sandvik DTi series of intelligent tunneling jumbos
are fast, accurate and user-friendly. The series is available
in four models for excavation of 12–211 m³ cross
sections, including face drilling, bolt hole drilling and
mechanized long-hole drilling.
Sandvik rock tools offer straight holes, high
penetration rate and low costs per meter. As the only
supplier with in-house resources for cemented carbide
production and R&D as well as drill steel production and
R&D, Sandvik can control the whole supply chain from
raw material to finished products.
Sandvik roadheaders are extremely powerful, robust
rock cutting machines that let you focus on the essential:
breaking on through to the other side. These roadheaders
are designed to excavate roadways, tunnels and
underground chambers without using explosives that can
cause harmful vibrations. This is highly valued for both
environmental and safety reasons, making roadheaders
extremely suitable for underground construction in urban
areas.
Research & Development
In order to ensure
the best solutions,
Sandvik has specialized
R&D centers for
different fields of
rock excavation.
Sandvik also works
in close cooperation
with universities,
research institutes and
specialist associations
everywhere in the world.
As results of these
R&D projects, Sandvik
now offers an energy
saving cutting system
for roadheaders, a new roadheader type equipped with
state-of-the-art profile control and automatic sequence
control systems, as well as the DTi jumbos with iSURE ®
process optimization tool software – just to name a few.
Sandvik Cutting Technology Center runs its own
in-house cutting test laboratory, addressing particular
customer requirements and offers the latest solutions
in mechanical cutting for all kinds of soil and rock. In
addition, Sandvik has specialized R&D centers for Drilling
Control, Rock Drill and Drilling Tools technologies.
Sandvik is also the only manufacturer in the industry
owning a unique test mine for practical testing in real life
conditions.
Cleaner and safer tunneling
Sandvik focuses on continuously developing novel
tunneling methods, making equipment safer, more
efficient and more productive, giving results of the
highest quality. As a key core value, Sandvik engineers
are committed to safety, constantly developing solutions
to offer a protective working environment, with efficient
ergonomics. All Sandvik production operations are
ISO14001 and ISO9001 certified.
Intelligent Solutions
Sandvik iSure ® tunneling excavation management
tool is designed for the people on site. Revolutionary
in its approach - iSure ® uses the most critical spot, the
blast plane, as basis for the whole planning process. As
a result, hole locations and blasting, are optimized. This
translates into excellent accuracy, fast process and largescale
savings.
Find out more about Sandvik Tunneling offering on
www.understandingunderground.com
Sandvik Construction
300 Technology Court
Smyrna, GA, 30082
Phone: +1-404-589-3800
Email: info.smc-us@sandvik.com
www.construction.sandvik.com
20 MARCH 2013 T&UC