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Core Drill - VEDC Series
Wireline diamond-core exploration rigs, 300 m to 1500 m.
Crawler-mounted wireline diamond-core drilling rigs for mineral exploration, built as a four-model family. The VEDC 30 reaches 300 m, the VEDC 50 to 600 m, the VEDC 100 to 1000 m, and the VEDC 150 to 1500 m - each powered from a deck engine driving a variable-displacement piston pump, with a two-speed rotation head, main and wireline winches, four-corner levelling and a Velson self-energising rod clamp. NQ, HQ, PQ and BQ core sizes across the range.
- Max Depth
- 1500m
- Max Pull-up
- 19000kgf
- Drill Type
- Wireline core
- Platform
- crawler
Full spec sheet
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Application
- Type
- Wireline diamond-core exploration drill
- Core sizes
- NQ, HQ, PQ, BQ
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Model range
- VEDC 30
- NQ 300 m / HQ 200 m100 HP @ 1,900 RPM10-ton box mastL 7 m
- VEDC 50
- BQ 600 / NQ 500 / HQ 340 m120 HP @ 2,300 RPM15-ton box mastL 6.2 m
- VEDC 100
- NQ 1000 / HQ 800 / PQ 600 m180 HP @ 2,300 RPM30-ton box mastL 7 m
- VEDC 150
- NQ 1500 / HQ 800 / PQ 600 m200 HP @ 2,300 RPM30-ton box mast15,300 kg
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Prime mover
- Chassis
- Crawler-mounted rig, power from deck engineTravel 2.5 km/hr
- Control system
- Direct hydraulic12 V DC (VEDC 30/50) / 24 V DC (VEDC 100/150)
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Mast & feed
- Mast
- Box-type structure - 10 to 30 ton capacity by model
- Mast length
- 9.5 m (31.2 ft)
- Mast dumping
- Up/down stroke 1–1.4 m
- Hoisting length
- 6.09 m (20 ft)
- Max pull-up force
- 6,000 kgf (59 kN) - VEDC 3019,000 kgf (186 kN) - VEDC 150
- Max pull-up speed
- 20–24 m/min
- Max pull-down force
- 3,900 kgf (38 kN) to 11,500 kgf (113 kN) by model
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Rotary head
- Configuration
- Two-speed head (variable-speed on VEDC 150)
- Max torque
- 1,800 N·m (VEDC 30) to 2,900 N·m (VEDC 150) @ 1,200 RPM
- Head travel length
- 1.8 m (chuck) to 3.66 m (threaded spindle)
06
Rod handling
- Rod clamp
- Velson self-energising hydraulic rod holderJaws NQ, HQ
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Hydraulics
- Main pump
- Variable-displacement piston pump, direct-coupled to engine
- Auxiliary pump
- Gear pump
- Hose lines
- Main 5,080 psi (350 bar)Auxiliary 2,900 psi (200 bar)
- Hydraulic valve
- Pilot-operated
- Hydraulic oil cooler
- High-efficiency cooler
08
Water & dust suppression
- Water pump
- 140 LPM @ 1,020 psi (70 bar)
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Winches
- Main winch
- Hoisting 3,500–15,500 kgSpeed 36–60 m/min
- Wireline winch
- Hoisting 750–2,000 kgSpeed 130–275 m/min
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Safety & stabilisation
- Stabiliser jacks
- Hydraulic cylinders at four corners
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Dimensions & weight
- Length
- 6.2–7 m
- Width
- 2.4–2.45 m
- Height
- 2.7 m (VEDC 30/50) to 3.16 m (VEDC 100/150)
- Total weight
- 15,300 kg (VEDC 150)
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