APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BLAST HOLE IN A ROCK FACE DURING A MINING OPERATION
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Oct 24, 2019
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Dec 1, 2017
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Dec 2, 2016
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Apparatus and methods for preparing a blast hole in a rock face during a mining operation are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: deploying a first tool toward the blast hole in the rock face via a common tool outlet of a feed unit using a first tool station of the feed unit; retracting the first tool from the common tool outlet using the first tool station of the feed unit and retaining the first tool in the first tool station; and while the first tool is retained in the first tool station, deploying a second tool toward the blast hole in the rock face through the common tool outlet of the feed unit using a second tool station of the feed unit.
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