Rodded Boretrak's unique method of deployment ensures accuracy where other systems would let you down.
Rodded Boretrak gives unique capabilities to measure borehole deviation uphole and downhole in situations where other systems won't work, including underground mines and areas of ferrous materials.
What makes Rodded Boretrak unique?
Rodded Boretrak
Rodded Boretrak measures borehole deviation in situations where other systems won't work. It's a unique, accurate, reliable and versatile probe system that offers significant advantages over cabled systems for many applications.
Other laser probes used to measure borehole deviation, including our Cabled Boretrak, rely on compasses to help measure borehole angles.
While these systems work well in some applications, Rodded Boretrak can be used in many more situations to achieve far more accurate measurement. Rodded Boretrak uses specially designed rods to guide and locate the probe in place of a compass. The probe can be deployed uphole as well as downhole, and can be used in areas of ferrous material, areas with cabling or metal works, or other areas where magnetic inteference is experienced.
Rodded Boretrak improves the safety and efficiency of underground mines
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Underground mining techniques will often require holes to be drilled in planned patterns and loaded with explosives. Using Rodded Boretrak to obtain accurate data on the depth and angle of holes drilled delivers a range of benefits, including the following:
Plan blasting using live, accurate data: Boreholes drilled don't always match the drilling plan, due to a range of factors. With Boretrak, the blast can be designed, taking into account the true deviation of the holes rather than the intended, theoretical hole design.
Reduce the risk of unsafe or inefficient blasts: With Boretrak, any problems in the drilling can be flagged up quickly.
Use one system for a wide range of projects: Rodded Boretrak allows uphole and downhole borehole measurement with a single tool.
Work accurately, without the interference associated with compass-based systems: Rodded Boretrak does not use a magnetic compass so will not be affected by the heavy machinery, generators, ferrous metals in the rock, steel reinforcements and cabling found in an underground environment.
Get a complete picture of underground structures: Boretrak data can be georeferenced and fitted into the mine's local co-ordinate system. This allows data to be viewed in mine-planning packages alongside other surveyed data.
Deploy personnel more effectively: A 20 m hole can be surveyed in a matter of minutes. The speed of the survey frees up underground personnel for other work.