en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (AGMK) is enhancing production capacity and accelerating technological renewal through large-scale investment projects, with the latest development being the new modern drilling rig equipped in its industrial water supply workshop.

Arabek Mavashev, acting senior foreman of the drilling section, stated that the newly introduced URB-50 Krantas drilling rig boasts high productivity, reliability, and extensive technical capabilities. Previous equipment could only drill to a depth of 50 meters, but the new rig extends this capability to 1,300 meters, significantly expanding the division's production boundaries.

The working principle of the new equipment has also changed markedly. The old rig operated using an impact method, producing a soil-rock mixture that required manual or additional mechanical removal. The new rig employs a rotary principle, reinforcing the wellbore with special mud during drilling to prevent collapse, while the drilled cuttings are automatically lifted to the surface.

This drilling rig can be used for various production tasks, including drilling and repairing industrial water supply wells, constructing technical wells for degassing, ventilation, and groundwater level reduction, laying communication pipelines to underground mine tunnels, and drilling boreholes for hydraulic mining and underground leaching of minerals.

The new rig will also play a role in the national project "Yashil Makon" ("Green Frontier"), drilling irrigation wells to supply water for new greening and afforestation areas. The equipment is produced in Uzbekistan under a localization plan, reflecting support for domestic industrial development and import substitution policies.

To ensure operators master the new equipment, 13 drilling rig operators from the workshop received specialized training at the AGMK training center according to a developed advanced training plan and obtained corresponding certificates. The division's technological renewal continues, with plans to introduce and commission another modern drilling rig—the URB-25 Krantas—in the future.

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