Epiroc drill assembly hall with rock drill test benches
Foundry Heritage

Decades of Rock Excavation Discipline, Not Slide-Deck Claims.

From early underground drill programs in 1993 to today’s 380,000 m² production footprint, Epiroc publishes feed-force and torque numbers we can reproduce on the test bench.

Company Story Along the Drill Timeline

Epiroc’s modern OEM era began with a clear brief for mining and civil buyers: rock drills and drill rigs whose penetration-rate claims survive audit. Over three decades we expanded to 4,200 specialists, shipped roughly 5,600 units per year, and built service coverage across 85 countries — with the standing rule that a torque curve we cannot reproduce does not leave the factory.

  1. 1993

    Underground drill program charter

    Serial production of face-drill packages opens with ISO 9001 process control and documented percussion-hour logging from day one.

  2. 1998

    Surface bench fleets standardized

    Quarry drill rigs adopt common rod systems and compressor envelopes so operators can move between pads without relearning controls.

  3. 2006

    Hydraulic breaker attachment line

    Excavator-mounted breakers join the catalog with carrier oil-flow match sheets that prevent overheating on long urban shifts.

  4. 2012

    Global rock-tool hub network

    Regional warehouses stock bits, rods, shank adapters and breaker chisels for contracted MTTR under 18 hours on priority sites.

  5. 2018

    Tier 4 Final / Stage V transition

    Powerplants upgrade without starving flush air during regeneration — addressing a frequent complaint from quarry supervisors.

  6. 2024

    Connected feed-force telemetry

    Optional logging of feed spikes and stuck-rod events feeds reliability reports for equipment managers of record.

Values That Survive Shutdown Audits

Specification Honesty

Torque curves you can verify, feed-force envelopes you can recalibrate, and hole-diameter claims that match the bits we ship in the crate.

Rock-Tool Reliability

Long service life targets for chucks, seals and undercarriage components, with rebuild kits staged before percussion hours expire.

Operator Clarity

Cab layouts, anti-jam recoveries and daily cleanliness checks written so a new jumbo crew can learn them in one supervised shift.

People Behind the Spec Sheets

Chief applications engineer reviewing drill data
Mara LindqvistChief Applications Engineer
Hydraulic systems specialist at test bench
Jonas BergHydraulic Systems Specialist
Global parts director in regional hub
Elena RochaGlobal Parts Director
CE Marking ISO 9001 ISO 14001 ISO 45001 EPA Tier 4 Final EU Stage V ATEX Packages

Talk with the engineering desk about your next drill fleet

Share rock class, hole diameter and annual drilled meters — we will respond with a scoped configuration path.

Contact Epiroc Engineering