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Blog articles cover a wide array of technical topics specialized in the field of exploration tooling, namely core drilling and reverse circulation drilling. The Fordia Powered by Epiroc brand is a promise to keep the focus on the specific needs of the mineral exploration industry. We develop and provide innovative and safe equipment, such as drill rigs, rock excavation, and construction..
Fordia Blog
3w ago
It has been a while since we did a blog on matrix troubleshooting where we examine the different wear patterns on a bit crown. By looking at the wear profile, you can get clues as to why your core bit may be underperforming ..read more
Fordia Blog
3w ago
I often remind our readers that our technical team does onsite visits, but I’ve had a few questions about what they can do while on an onsite visit. There are many types of onsite visits ..read more
Fordia Blog
3w ago
Most of our blogs focus on diamond drilling, but occasionally we will delve into topics related to geotechnical or other types of drilling. In this blog, we are going to look at reverse circulation drilling, known as RC drilling ..read more
Fordia Blog
3w ago
Many of our blog topics come from real-life situations, either from reports on onsite visits or directly from our customers. They represent the types of issues that many of our customers are facing so we use these opportunities to explore possible so ..read more
Fordia Blog
3w ago
The launch of the DiscovOre system generated a lot of buzz in the drilling world. Drilling companies are all happy to hear about a new product that claimed to improve safety at the same time as productivity ..read more
Fordia Blog
3w ago
While many diamond drillers enjoy fishing in their spare time, no one wants to go fishing on the job. Fishing is the process of removing down-hole equipment that has become stuck, lost, or broken off in the hole. It means that operations have ground ..read more
Fordia Blog
2M ago
Who wouldn’t want a safer and more reliable way to release the overshot? For years, drillers used the standard release sleeve and experienced varying degrees of success. Sometimes, it would release reliably and sometimes there would be issues ..read more
Fordia Blog
4M ago
Finding reliable staff in the diamond drilling industry has always been a challenge. Many of the challenges we hear about from our customers involve problems with training. Some prominent drilling companies are investing in training of upwards of 100 employees per month and only end up with 10% of them moving the next phase of training ..read more
Fordia Blog
4M ago
Picking the right diamond tool for your drilling project is a topic we’ve covered before in a lot of detail. We’ve written blogs and guides on how to choose the right core bit and the right configuration for that core bit ..read more
Fordia Blog
4M ago
In order to accomplish our corporate goal of improving drilling performance, our engineering team develops new core bits that address particular drilling challenges. Rock abrasiveness is a common challenge faced by many diamond drillers ..read more