You want to improve your skills to the top hammer method in mining ?

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Top hammer drilling is widely used in quarries, especially for production blasting. It delivers high drilling rates, consistent blast holes and strong overall efficiency. To meet the extractive industry’s needs for performance, safety and profitability, Drill-i offers a complete, practical training course dedicated to top hammer drilling on carrier-mounted drilling rigs.

A specialist course to optimise your blasting operations

This Drill-i training programme is designed for quarry professionals who want to master blast hole drilling with top hammer drilling. You will go from understanding the equipment to optimising drilling settings in real conditions. Over 3 days, the course combines targeted theory with intensive hands-on practice, so you can build skills quickly and retain them long term.

Focused theory to build solid fundamentals

From the start of the course, you receive 3 hours of classroom theory. This phase helps you understand:

• How a blast hole drilling rig operates
• The mechanical and pneumatic principles of top hammer drilling
• Quarry-specific requirements for blast hole drilling
• How to choose the right tooling (rods and bits) based on rock type and production targets

These fundamentals let you approach the practical sessions with a clear view of technical and economic challenges.

Extensive field practice on a carrier-mounted rig

Most of the training is dedicated to practical work on a carrier-mounted drilling rig, which is essential to develop the right habits and improve performance on site. In particular, you will learn to:

• Drill blast holes in line with the blasting plan
• Set up the rig to achieve the best drilling efficiency
• Adjust key parameters (pressure, rotation and feed) to match ground conditions
• Reduce tool wear and minimise downtime
• Improve blast hole straightness and consistency for more accurate, effective blasting

This hands-on approach builds autonomy, improves safety and increases overall productivity at the face.

Training built for quarry environments

The drilling method covered in this programme applies exclusively to carrier-mounted quarry rigs used for blast hole drilling. It is aimed at operators, quarry managers and technicians who want to strengthen their expertise in top hammer drilling within a demanding production setting.

If your need involves top hammer drilling on construction or geotechnical drill rig , Drill-i also offers a dedicated programme: “Top Hammer Drilling – Drill Rigs in construction.”