Drilling Techniques for Mining Exploration Equipment
13/12/2018#0183;#32;With diamond core drilling, a pipe encrusted with industrial diamonds is used to drill through rock layers. A core of rock is left in the center of the pipe, which is then recovered as a sample. This core can then be analyzed to determine more about its composition as well as the relationship between rock layers. A high rpm of 300 to 1200 is required for diamond core drilling, with weight and