Accurate, efficient drilling system

Moba’s MDS-2000 Drilling System is being used for the first time in a South American quarry. Used over two shifts by operators since September 2011 to monitor and control drill blast holes at a granite quarry in Vacamonte, Panama, Moba has equipped an HCR-1200 EDII type drilling device from FRD Furukawa Rock Drill with the drilling system in collaboration with B-B-S Bohrsysteme. The MDS-2000 enables drill holes to be made parallel to each other and to the desired depth and pre-set angle.
April 13, 2012 Read time: 2 mins

Moba’s MDS-2000 Drilling System is being used for the first time in a South American quarry.

Used over two shifts by operators since September 2011 to monitor and control drill blast holes at a granite quarry in Vacamonte, Panama, 1228 MOBA has equipped an HCR-1200 EDII type drilling device from FRD Furukawa Rock Drill with the drilling system in collaboration with B-B-S Bohrsysteme.

The MDS-2000 enables drill holes to be made parallel to each other and to the desired depth and pre-set angle. As well as cost and time savings from not having to redrill faulty drill holes, Moba said the process also allows for blasting with smooth brims, making quarry work safer. Working with a two axis slope sensor with an angular range of ± 60° as well as three rotary sensors, the MDS-2000 records all drilling data such as drill hole depth, drill angle and time per drilling and forwards it to the controller, where it is processed and displayed.

With the MDS-2000’s integrated MTS-001 Telematics System, information can be efficiently exchanged between the drilling device and the office. All drilling and machine data is sent to a server via a GSM module. From the server, the data can be loaded and displayed onto a PC or a mobile device with Internet. This means the current status of the project and the machine can be called up from the office or anywhere else at any time. The position of the machine is displayed in a digital map. Meanwhile, the system allows a machine operator to see data in the cab on a five-inch HMI GD-320 display. A digital output can be switched on the MC-120 Controller via telematic data transfer through the remote control of the machine. Moba said this direct link to the system can be used to access the motor control and stop the motor via remote control, preventing a machine’s theft or misuse.

The MDS-2000 system has been praised by management at FRD Latin America.
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