{"id":23475,"date":"2018-01-10T11:22:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T18:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boartlongyear.com\/?p=23475"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:10:11","slug":"the-boart-longyear-lr500-a-rig-that-rivals-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boartlongyear.com\/es\/insite\/the-boart-longyear-lr500-a-rig-that-rivals-them-all\/","title":{"rendered":"El Boart Longyear LR \u2122 500: una plataforma que rivaliza con todos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rig Length<\/td>\n125 feet<\/td>\nRig Width<\/td>\n12 feet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rig Height<\/td>\n16.5 feet<\/td>\nGross Weight<\/td>\n313,000 pounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mast Height<\/td>\n98 feet<\/td>\nHydraulic Pullback<\/td>\n500,000 pounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rotary Torque<\/td>\n29,000 pounds<\/td>\nRotary Speed<\/td>\n0 - 120 RPM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Generator Horse Power<\/td>\n1,300<\/td>\nPad Dimensions<\/td>\n200 x 250 feet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Since 1890, Boart Longyear has been transforming the drilling industry with innovations like the wireline<\/a> for faster core retrieval, dual-tube flooded reverse circulation drilling<\/a>, and sonic drilling for mining applications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/section>

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A global and dedicated engineering department works tirelessly to improve safety, increase productivity, and solve drilling challenges in collaboration with drillers and operations. Both Boart Longyear\u2122 Drilling Services<\/a> and Boart Longyear Products<\/a> divisions benefit from the opportunity to collaborate on equipment design and prototype development with a global team of engineers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/section>

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For the Large Rotary Drilling Services<\/a> division, the engineering team makes incredibly powerful and advanced rigs like the LR\u2122500 possible. Recognizing Boart Longyear\u2019s LR\u2122300 had depth and pullback limitations, the engineering team built the significant and incredibly powerful LR500. Completely designed and developed internally, the LR500 was built specifically to meet the increasing needs for deeper dewatering wells for Nevada mining.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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While there are deep hole drill rigs in the market, not all can achieve a 60 inch (152 centimeter) diameter hole for dewatering wells for mines. The LR500 can drill hole sizes large enough to accommodate 20 inch (50 centimeter) casing down to 5,000 feet (1,524 meters). While there are rigs in the oil and gas market that are capable of more pullback, these slim hole rigs are not capable of drilling the diameters achievable by the LR500 while also being able to install the casing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/section>

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The size and weight of the casing is what sets the LR500 apart from other large rotary drill rigs in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/section>

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The size and weight of the casing is what sets the LR500 apart from other large rotary drill rigs in the industry. The LR500 can drill deeper with 500,000 lbs (35714 stones) of pull-back. This capability allows the rig to set the casing without having to move the rig off the hole and use a crane to set the casing. This is an all-around savings in time, labor, and equipment mobilization and demobilization costs.<\/p>\n

Another significant benefit of the LR500 is that it is electrically powered. It seamlessly connects into the power grid source. This technology provides a considerable benefit for emissions reduction and fuel savings. Decreasing emissions was extremely important to the Nevada mining client that commissioned the LR500.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/section>

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The LR500 is equipped with sensors and provides the driller with constant real-time feedback about ground conditions being encountered down the hole. The driller sets up drilling parameters and the rig will set off alarms or shut down depending on those set parameters. When drilling conditions change as the hole progresses, for example, if the tri-cone drill bit hits a void, the rig will throw an alarm or shut down and allow the driller to make the proper adjustments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/section>

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