BBD 12 TS Sinker Drill

This air-powered drill is used in mines, quarries, and construction sites for making holes in hard materials. The BBD 12 TS is one of the top choices for drilling plug holes, anchor holes, and wedge holes for a hole depth of 2 metres.

Features of the BBD 12 TS Sinker Drill

The BBD 12 TS is built for workers who want a balance of power and portability. Here's what makes it special:

• Light and Handy: Weighing around 12 kg, it's still easy to carry and control.
• Standard Shank Size: It uses a 22 x 108 mm shank, so it works with most common drill rods and accessories available worldwide.
• Air-Powered Efficiency: It works on only a 22 l/s air requirement.
• Noise-Reducing Silencer: The "S" in 12TS stands for silenced. It features a rugged, integrated polyurethane silencer that reduces around 50% of the tool exhaust noise.
• Ergonomic T-Handle Design: The angled T-handle provides a comfortable, natural grip that maximises downward leverage during vertical drilling.
• Air-Cushioned Piston: To minimise tool and its critical spare parts wear and tear, the internal piston turns on air cushions at both ends of the cylinder. This eliminates metal-on-metal slamming, thus reducing the damage of the internal body and parts
• Fast Steel Changes: The BBD 12TS comes with an a heavy-duty kick-latch retainer that lets operators snap and lock drill steels in place within seconds, thus increasing the overall output of the tool.
• Precision Starting: Features a highly responsive, two-step throttle trigger. This allows operators to collar holes slowly and accurately without the drill bit slipping across the rock face before giving the full throttle.

This drill is perfect for medium-sized mining operations, quarry work, and construction projects where you need reliable drilling without the bulk.

Where is the BBD 12TS Rock Drill used?

The BBD 12TS (8311010298) is a highly versatile utility drill engineered for specific, high-precision tasks across three major industries.

1. Dimension Stone Quarrying & Mining
   • Plug and Feather Drilling: It is the industry-standard choice for drilling clean, straight-alignment holes to fit the feather wedges to split large granite, marble, or limestone blocks neatly without fracturing the stone.
   • Secondary Blasting: Perfect for drilling short-blast holes into oversized boulders that are too large for the primary crusher to process after a primary blast.
   • Shallow Production Drilling: Ideal for low-profile benches where using standard jackleg drills are impossible to use.
2. Construction, Civil Engineering & Infrastructure
   • Foundation Anchoring & Doweling: Engineered to drill vertical holes into cured concrete slabs, structural footings, or bridge decks to install tie bars, rebar dowels, and structural anchor bolts.
   • Wedge and Pin Holes: Extensively used by marine, road, and bridge contractors to drill shallow anchoring holes into rock faces or concrete barriers to secure temporary scaffolding, safety lines, and formwork.
   • Concrete Demolition Cracking: It drills neat holes into thick concrete foundations. Workers can then pour special cracking chemicals or use hydraulic splitters in those holes to break the concrete apart without making loud noise
3. Underground Support & Utility Installation
   • Light Roof Bolting & Seam Drilling: It may not be a replacement for a heavy stopper drill, but its 12 kg frame allows operators to stand on utility platforms and safely drill upward- or angled-angled holes for rock bolts in soft-to-medium rocks.
   • Utility Hanging Hooks: Used by underground crews to rapidly sink anchor holes along tunnel backs (ceilings) and ribs (walls) to hang air, water, and electrical conduit lines neatly out of the way of heavy haulage machinery.

Final Thoughts

The BBD 12 TS Sinker Drill is a dependable partner for tough drilling jobs. It's light, strong, and easy to use. If you want a drill that makes hard work feel easy, the BBD 12 TS is here to help.

Rama Mining Tools provides you the flexibility to select from a wide range of both aftermarket and original pneumatic rock drills from Atlas Copco and Chicago Pneumatics.