Drill Rigs – Man Portable
Drilling where machines can't go.
A range of light, hydraulically-driven rigs that break down into hand-carried components — for diamond drilling, core sampling, earthing and augering on sites no conventional machine can access.
306 Nm
MR160 spindle
Max torque at 140 bar, two speeds (385 / 770 rpm) and a 350 kg winch. The MR160 disassembles, hand-carries and reassembles for diamond drilling and core sampling.
820 Nm
Mini Auger
The Mini Auger 9 delivers 820 Nm at 70 rpm from a 9 hp engine (144 kg) for post holes and tree planting — and drives a hand drill that bores 50 mm holes in Australian hardwood at 25 mm/second.
30 m
Mini Rig 153
The lightest of the power-feed rigs: diamond holes (NMLC) to 20 and 30 m, 200 kg push/pull, from components as light as a 20 kg mast base — the mast even lays flat to reach in.
320 kg
MR160 rig weight
Without power pack or water pump. Sets up to 4.83 m high fully extended, with built-in safety: emergency stop, stabiliser legs, hydraulic hose covers and a movable console.
Features
- Breaks down into hand-carried components for sites conventional rigs can't reach
- MR160: 306 Nm spindle, two speeds, diamond drilling and core sampling
- Mini Auger: up to 820 Nm for post holes, tree planting and a 50 mm hardwood hand drill
- Mini Rig 153: diamond holes to 30 m from components as light as 20 kg
- Built-in safety — emergency stop, stabiliser legs, hydraulic hose covers, movable console
- Australian made, 25+ years of portable drilling design
- Breaks down to be hand-carried into sites conventional rigs can't reach
- MR160: 306 Nm spindle, diamond drilling and core sampling
- Mini Auger: up to 820 Nm for post holes and tree planting
- Mini Rig 153: diamond holes to 30 m, from 20 kg components
- Australian made, 25+ years of portable drilling design
Model code — quote this in your enquiry
FP-160-AATechnical specifications
MR160 — light drilling rig
- Spindle torque (max)
- 306 Nm @ 140 bar (2,030 psi)
- Rotation speed
- 385 rpm standard / 770 rpm 2nd speed
- Spindle flow (max)
- 50 L/min
- Feed — insertion
- 0 – 100 bar variable
- Feed — removal torque (max)
- 782 Nm
- Winch
- 350 kg lift, 12 V, 27 m/min
- Dimensions (set up, extended)
- 4,833 H × 3,000 W × 1,700 D mm
- Weight
- 320 kg (no power pack or water pump)
Mini Auger
- Mini Auger 5
- 5 hp, 60 rpm, 430 Nm — 142 kg
- Mini Auger 9
- 9 hp, 70 rpm, 820 Nm — 144 kg
- Oil reservoir
- 8 L aluminium, finned for cooling, cartridge-filtered
- Hand drill
- Up to 50 mm holes in hardwood at ~25 mm/second
Mini Rig 153-2
- Drill heads
- RD121E (1,500 rpm), RD193E (900 rpm), RD244E (600 rpm)
- Depth (NMLC)
- To 20 and 30 m
- Push / pull
- 200 kg, fully variable feed speed
- Torque range
- 30 – 200 Nm
- Power packs
- 6.5 – 18 hp petrol or diesel
- Mast base weight
- 20 kg (carriage 38 kg, hand drill head 10 kg)
For Australian networks
- Designed and built by Melvelle in Newcastle — over 25 years of portable drilling design, Australian owned and Australian made.
- Optional flotation tyres and a hand brake let the Mini Auger work on hills and over soft sand or ground.
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