Ingersoll Rand OEM Solutions leads the way in the construction and mining industries by providing a crucial part for powerful machines: compressed air. Our OEM air compressors, including the high-performance compressor air ends for hard rock drilling, are designed to ensure peak performance of equipment in the most demanding conditions.
Our construction and mining equipment face extreme temperatures, high humidity, constant vibration, and abrasive elements. Ingersoll Rand OEM Solutions compressors, including those with a robust compressor air end for drilling rigs, are engineered to overcome these challenges. They deliver operational reliability from deep underground to high in the mountains.
Ingersoll Rand's OEM Solutions offer a range of compressors that cater to applications requiring specific needs while incorporating high-performance features:
Rock Drilling Rigs: Our compressors are key for surface drilling and underground mining. They give the right high pressure air needed to drill through even the hardest rock. They're also used for drilling into the earth for heat (geothermal) and for making water wells. Our compressors provide steady and continuous airflow for all kinds of drilling works.
Tunneling Equipment: Our compressors play an important part in the construction industry helping tunnel machines spray wet concrete to cover a wide range of tunnel and cavern profiles. They also run the ANFO (ammonium nitrate-fuel oil) charging devices that carefully place explosives in mines and tunnels.
Shotcrete spraying and explosives charging: Compressed air is the perfect medium for spraying shotcrete onto the surfaces of mined tunnels. Equipment for ANFO or emulsion explosives charging benefits significantly from an onboard compressor, eliminating the need for an external pressure airline and making the process more agile and cost-efficient.
End of borehole air flushing: After a borehole is drilled into a substrate, air flushing is recommended to remove debris with compressed air. End of the borehole air flushing is accomplished utilizing the same Tamrotor CT-series compressor used for shank lubrication and air mist flushing.
Down the hole (DTH): Down the hole (DTH) and In the hole (ITH) applications require pressured air flow to run the hammer. Pressured air is medium for energy transfer for the rock drill. Pressure and air flow in typical DTH applications is from 24bar and 18m3 /min to 28m3 /min and 30 bar. Water well drilling requires even higher pressures.