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Mincon's first 'Greenhammer' system performing in line with expectations

By Josh White

Date: Tuesday 11 Dec 2018

Mincon's first 'Greenhammer' system performing in line with expectations

(Sharecast News) - Irish engineering company Mincon Group updated the market on the ongoing development project for its hydraulic DTH hammer system, Greenhammer, on Tuesday, reporting that a 12-inch size system has been installed on its first rig with a customer in Australia.
The AIM-traded firm said that installation was working in line with expectations during the engineering commissioning phase.

It anticipated that the commissioning phase could take several months, while the integrity and robustness of the system in use was trialled and improved.

It also said that initial speeds and ground penetration levels to date had been in line with its expectations, and the firm had started to gather the data sets from each drilling hole.

That process would continue for a further week, following which it expected to finish the complete physical breakdown of the components to examine and test wear throughout the system.

All data and the system components would then be brought off-site to be analysed over the Christmas period.

"We have begun the tuning of the system elements in situ, with positive results, and we are drilling full holes to their required depth even in these initial days," the Mincon board said in its statement.

"We expect there will be some engineering refinements required in relation to component tolerances and system integrity that will require minor rework to continue the process of building reliability and sustainability."

Mincon said that, after the current programme of drilling, it would return to the rig in the new year for the next stage of the engineering commissioning in the field.

"In light of the engineering commissioning completed to date, our confidence is growing that the system is viable, commercially practicable, and will represent a significant step forward for Mincon when it is released for commercial deployment."

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