New Automation Software Optimizes Excavation Accuracy
Norway Project Sees Increased Precision from Dynamic
Atlas Copco’s Dynamic tunneling package is new automation software for face drilling rigs, designed to improve excavation accuracy. The software allows drilling rigs to create their own drill plans directly at the face of the tunnel; no more going back and forth with drill plans is needed, Atlas Copco says.
“Today, in tunneling projects, especially large ones in urban areas, there are differences in the cross section. You go up and down with your drill plans”, says Johan Jonsson, product manager boomer, Atlas Copco. “The Dynamic tunneling package helps you so you don't have to go up and down anymore. The drill plan is made on the drill rig and at the face.”
Atlas Copco’s customer Veidekke used the Dynamic tunneling package for its RV80 project in Bodø, Norway. The project involves work on a state highway.