Site Selector Advisor

Drill Fleet Services Matched to the Worksite, Not a Generic PM Menu

Highway anchors, quarry benches, urban demolition and underground development each stress rock drills differently. Epiroc packages field service, tooling kits and uptime riders around those duty cycles so procurement managers can compare apples to apples.

Field technician inspecting underground drill jumbo

Six Worksite Service Packages

Two-column icon cards covering the duty cycles most often written into Epiroc framework agreements.

Highway Anchor & Soil Nail Support

Anchor drill fleets get bit kits sized for mixed soils, daily collaring audits and standby breakers for rock lenses that stall production crews.

Quarry Bench Production Drilling

Surface drill rigs receive penetration-rate baselining, compressor air audits and rod-string wear surveys tied to blast pattern changes.

Underground Development Jumbo Care

Face rounds stay on schedule with hydraulic cleanliness sampling, rock-drill seal kits and ventilation-friendly electric trolley checks.

Urban Demolition Breaker Program

Hydraulic breaker for excavator packages include nitrogen charge intervals, chisel inventory and noise/vibration logging for city permits.

Bridge & Tunnel Rock Excavation

Rotary drilling equipment for portals and niches gets alignment verification, dust suppression checks and ATEX lighting inspections where required.

Dealer Contract Transition Desk

When fleets move between dealers, we reconcile serial histories, open warranty claims and restage consumable min/max levels without stopping shifts.

Service FAQ Embedded for Bid Reviewers

How do crane-style lift audits relate to drill-boom inspections?

Drill booms are not cranes, yet many EPC specs borrow AS 2550 / ASME B30 language for structural inspections. We translate those clauses into boom-pin, feed-rail and cylinder audits that actually fit rock-drill geometry.

When should a remote undercarriage rebuild be scheduled?

Quarry trams over blasted rock usually justify a mid-life undercarriage rebuild between 4,000 and 6,000 hours. We measure link wear and idler scalloping on site before recommending pull-out versus on-pad rebuild.

Do you train crews on Tier 4 Final / Stage V regeneration?

Yes. Operators learn when parked regenerations are mandatory so flushing air does not collapse mid-hole, and supervisors get a one-page decision tree for forced regen during night shifts.

How fast can attachment downtime be cut after a chisel failure?

Contracted breaker programs stage chisel sets and retainer pins at the nearest hub. Typical recoveries return the carrier to breaking within one shift when the failure is tooling-related rather than a hydraulic pump event.

What happens during a dealer-contract transition?

We freeze open work orders, map remaining warranty hours and ship a starter kit of high-turn rock-drill parts so the new dealer can resume without a cold start on critical SKUs.

Service Scope Boundaries (Written Into Riders Since 2018)

What the rider covers

Rock-drill seal kits, compressor air audits, breaker nitrogen intervals and undercarriage wear surveys tied to percussion hours and meters drilled — not unlimited on-call labor.

What stays out of scope

Structural boom rebuilds after collision, third-party attachment hydraulics without a carrier match sheet, and sites above ~2,500 m ASL without an altitude derate worksheet signed before the visit.

Top-hammer vs. DTH service skew

Top-hammer fleets skew toward rod/bit staging; DTH / rotary fleets skew toward air-end and hammer inspections. Riders list the skew so buyers are not billed for the wrong consumable mix.

Before / After a Structured Drill Service Rider

Before

  • Reactive bit orders arriving mid-blast window
  • Unlogged hydraulic samples after every stuck rod
  • Breaker nitrogen charges guessed by feel
  • Average MTTR exceeding 36 hours on priority SKUs

After

  • Rod and bit min/max tied to meters drilled
  • ISO 4406 sampling calendar on every drill circuit
  • Documented nitrogen charge sheets per breaker serial
  • Contracted MTTR under 18 hours for common failures

Schedule a fleet PM audit for your drill class

  • Share fleet size, haul-road kilometers and equipment class
  • Receive a worksite-specific service rider draft in five business days
  • Align parts staging with your next blast or development cycle

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