handheld drill

Caption: Company bills the Dust Collection Cart as the industry's first such device for handheld drills.

While a hydraulic rock bolting jumbo had been purchased to help reduce risk to drillers, management determined that handheld drills would still be required in the shafts.

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"While some bigger tools couldn't have been used as there were people under the debris, but we did feel the shortage of certain smaller, mobile equipment like handheld drills, cutters and precision- impact devices because of the locality, structure and space constraints," the official said.

The third, a flip-down metal bin, has ample room for bulkier items like handheld drills and coiled heavy duty extension cords.

Handheld drills are smaller and less powerful than the jumbos, but the operating principles are the same.

It uses a quarter-inch drill adapter, so it's compatible with most handheld drills, and .22, 6mm, 6.5mm and .30 caliber mandrels are included.

Until recently all longwall development (retreat faces) has been undertaken with handheld drills and slusher winches.