The Simba Junior Lateral is a heavy-duty drilling machine preferred by professional miners for all kinds of underground drilling applications. It is designed for high-performance and precision drilling in a confined mining space where bigger drilling rigs can not operate. For uncompromised performance, even in restricted space, the Simba Junior Lateral is the perfect mining operations equipment for narrow vein mining, 360 Degree Drilling Requirement, Precision Drilling, and all types of Drilling Jobs.
Equipped with the RMT 120F Pneumatics Drifter and a robust design, the Simba Junior delivers consistent drilling with high occurrence and cost effectiveness, with the requirement of low maintenance and manual labour. This underground drill machine ensures reliable performance, even in the most challenging conditions.
• 360° drilling with Lateral movement, enabling parallel holes without the need to move the rig
• Compact design to work smoothly even in narrow metal mines
• Higher drilling accuracy helps in a cost-effective mining project
• Attached with 120F Pneumatic Drifter, the best pneumatic drilling machine for consistent drilling
• Low maintenance requirement and higher uptime
• Easy-to-operate controls for improved usability
• Low investment compared to hydraulic drilling rigs
RMT is among the very few mining equipment manufacturers, especially long hole drilling equipment, delivering mining solutions across global markets - from Peru to Russia, and France to Kazakhstan. The RMT Simba Junior Ring drilling machine is constantly performing in some if the toughest mining conditions and consistently delivering reliable performance and smiles in the face of the miners with its unparalleled drilling capacity.
Technical Specification
| Model | Simba Junior (Lateral) | |
| Weight | 1050 kg | 2315 lb |
| Pneumatic drifter | RMT 120F | |
| Hole diameter (Opt 1) | 48 – 57 mm | 2 - 2.24" |
| Hole diameter (Opt 2*) | 64 mm | 2.5" |
| Drill rod size | R32, R38, T38 | |
| Drill rod length | 1.20 metres | 4 ft |
| Drilling length | Opt 1 - 30 mtr / Opt 2* - 2 mtr | 98 ft / 6.56 ft |
| Air consumption | 400 cfm | 189 l/s |
| Drilling rate | 1 meter in 4 minutes | |
| Feed beam | Screw feed type RMT 46 (BMS 46) | |
| Rod catcher | Pneumatic Type RMT 10 (BSP 10) | |
| Ring size | 1500 mm | 59" |
| Skid frame | 4" Pipe | |
| Dimension (L x W x H) | 1780 x 1550 x 2600 mm | 70 X 61 X 102" |
| Column bar height | Closed – 2200 mm, Open – 3700 mm | Closed – 87″, Open – 146″ |