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2, 000 - foot hole bored by a drill made by center rock of berlin, pa .
at center rock, our priority is to get you down the hole safely, productively, and efficiently .
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rudy lyon, lead product designer for center rock, drives our rock drilling research, design, development, marketing, and operations activities. he holds numerous downhole and water - powered rock drilling patents .
breakthrough innovation, superior products and services. outstanding technical support. genuine drilling expertise. delivery ultimate impact: center rock !
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center rock has a full range of face designs, button configurations, and shank styles in many sizes up to a 20″ (508 mm) head to match the application and rock they are drilling in .
tom foy, 61, who still lives in berlin, was one of the quecreek miners but has worked for center rock for nearly five years .
center rock owner brandon fisher, just back tuesday night from chile, fielded dozens of interview requests — and hoped to sneak away for some sleep .
center rock manufacturers a full line of air rock drilling tolls and accessories including our down the hole (dth) hammers and bits from 3. 5″ to 36″ (89 - 914 mm) diameter, casing advancing overburden drilling systems, and are a leading global manufacturer / supplier of the cri standard, revers circulation, hdd and utility multi - hammer lp canister drills. coupled with outstanding service, center rock is a one stop rock drilling shop capable of supplying the tools for your rock drilling requirements .
center rock’s drill used advanced drilling technology to break through to the chilean miners trapped 2, 070 feet underground at the san jose mine in copiapo, chile .
although quecreek helped put center rock on the map, it was the company' s lp drill — or low - profile drill — developed five years ago that has seen the company grow from 16 to 75 employees and put the company at the center of the chilean rescue, dorcon said .
center rock inc, berlin, pa back in pennsylvania, center rock inc, a small company in berlin, heard that the mine rescue could take until christmas. brandon fisher, president and ceo, and richard soppe, manager of dhd sales & product development, knew that center rock’s technology could help aid in the rescue of the 33 miners, and return them to their families long before the projected date of christmas. julie fisher, director of sales, immediately contacted the southern alleghenies planning and development commission. this agency helps to connect pennsylvania manufacturing companies with trade representatives throughout the world in order to grow international trade. there was currently a representative in chile to help center rock make contact with the proper people to present their ideas and technology. concurrently, one of center rock’s distributors, drillers supply international, owner greg hall, cypress, texas, and drillers supply s. a. , owner mijali proestakis, antofagosta, chile, reached out to center rock about the availability of their tools. drillers supply was an integral part in convincing the chilean officials to accept their plan. their team virtually eliminated the language barriers. igor proestakis, a field engineer for drillers supply, picked the center rock crew up from the airport when they arrived in chile, dropped them off when they left, and every day in between. igor, along with greg and mijali were on the rescue site the entire time with center rock. this was the creation of what the world came to know as “plan b” .
schramm inc. of west chester, pa. , makes the t - 130 drill used to make the hole; center rock makes the 28 - inch wide canisters that function as the bit. each canister contains four air hammers and four drill bits that move in tandem to dig through rock .
nothing is more important to drilling success than drill bits that cut straight and fast through all types of rock. that’s why we offer our customers the best value in rock drilling bits .
foy said center rock volunteered to help in chile after officials there confirmed the miners were still alive aug. 22, but said soon afterward that they expected it would take until christmas to dig a rescue shaft .
center rock offers one of the most complete lines of down the hole drills and downhole bits ranging from 3. 5” – 36” (89mm – 914mm) which are designed for peak performance in all rock drilling applications including but not limited to; foundation & geotechnical drilling, blasthole drilling in quarries & mines, waterwell & geothermal boreholes, oil & gas underbalanced drilling, horizontal directional drilling, and utility transmission & distribution rock sockets .
at the colorado school of mines rock physics lab we research rock and fluid properties for exploration and reservoir monitoring. much of our work relates to energy exploration and ground water reservoir monitoring. our most current projects center on fluid distributions in rocks and how these distributions affect characteristics such as wave attenuation, velocity dispersion, and seismic signature .
center rock force ® (rf) hammers feature a high efficiency and tunable valved air cycle to optimize performance on your compressor. many models also feature a heat resistant steel valve which keeps on working even in the most demanding quarry and mining applications .
brandon fisher, left, president of center rock, the pennsylvania company whose hammer - style drill heads created the hole that reached the 33 trapped miners in chile, poses for the press with colleague richard soppe at the san jose mine near copiapo, chile .
roto loc® is an overburden rock drilling system for casing advancement, developed by center rock, inc. with wings that lock in place and are easily retractable, roto loc® is able to drill straight, full diameter holes through any formation, including pinnacle limestone and karst. roto loc® saves you money because there isn’t any expensive starter casing j - teeth or ring bits needed .
the arthur rock center for entrepreneurship is a vital resource to hbs students and a champion for entrepreneurship at hbs. our goal is to help you navigate the multitude of programs and resources available to students and alumni in the hbs and harvard ecosystem and in locations around the globe .
center rock has a brief, but storied, history. founded in 1998, the company' s profile rose appreciably in july 2002, when it pitched in during a similar rescue to free nine miners trapped underground for more than three days in the flooded quecreek mine a few miles away .
center rock was founded in 1998 by brandon fisher, a former ingersoll - rand sales rep for the east coast. fisher knew the drilling industry lacked a product provider that could also quickly react to customer on - site needs. in other words, he built us as a servicing manufacturer .
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they said,' well, heck, they ain' t getting out till christmastime, and i know and brandon knows and we all knew we could get down to them faster than that ,
foy said .
we proved that center rock is a little company, but they do big things .
in the next few days, the first 40 meters of the rescue shaft was cased to reduce the danger of any falling rock. center rock’s now three person crew in chile, brandon, richard, and julie fisher, who had flown to chile two weeks before the break through, came home on tuesday, october 12th. they watched the rescue unfold with many of their fellow employees at the berlin, pa office, feeling an enormous sense of pride and teamwork .
underground construction technology / utility / horizontal drilling can be a challenge and the low profile (lp) drill series from center rock is up to the task. the advanced engineering of the drills provides a cost effective solution for rock drilling and excavation requirements up to 144″ (3657. 6 mm) in diameter. our drills have been used by some of the nation’s largest building, roadway, and mining contractors to quickly drill holes to the exact size required by their specifications .
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as rescuers brought 33 chilean miners one by one in a metal capsule through a 2, 000 - foot hole bored by drill bits made by center rock inc. of berlin, pa. , workers in the small southwestern pennsylvania community occasionally paused their daily routines to follow computer news feeds. lunch was brought in to help them celebrate .
october 9, 2010 (the san jose mine in copiapo, chile) – the center rock drill being used to reach trapped miners more than 2, 000 feet underground, often referred to as “plan b” by the media, has broken through to the miners today, far ahead of the earlier projections that drilling might take until christmas .
center rock’s cr line of down - the - hole drills are reliable drilling workhorses that stand up to the most demanding conditions you can find. a valveless air cycle provides consistent drilling performance and reliability foot after foot and year after year. some models are available with integrated jetted backheads as well as bit retainer systems for deep - hole drilling applications .
president & ceo dave pietrzykowski (dave p) says; “challenge us and you will be pleasantly surprised with how rapidly we can respond when it comes to designing, manufacturing, and delivering quality drill bits, downhole drills, accessories, and other specialty drilling products. more and more drillers are choosing center rock products to help get the job done right. ”
center rock is an exclusive north american distributor for wassara water hammers. wassara technology uses water to power the hammer. this makes it the ideal choice for most drilling applications in ground engineering – for drilling in sensitive areas as well as for drilling long straight holes. the water - powered dth hammer is capable of penetrating any formation such as; hard rock, boulders, concrete, limestone, granite, till, water - rich formations and dense clay while maintaining speed and straightness. the jet grouting hammer also enables jet grouting in one single pass .
proud employees of a small drilling company too remote to have cable television found themselves wednesday at the center of the world' s biggest news story — but they still had to get the day' s work done .
cri’s rock xtreme ® (rx) line of dhd’s represent the cutting edge of rock drilling and technology. high performance, outstanding reliability, simplicity, and low operating cost are the primary features of the rx line. the low cost, tube - free, and robust rx bit will deliver unmatched reliability and life to keep you in the hole .
rock summer fellowship is for the students who are exploring their entrepreneurial paths as either founders starting a new venture or those joining early - stage start - ups, during the summer .
once the 26″ lp drill broke through to the miners on october 9th, center rock’s and the entire worlds’ prayers had been answered. richard soppe stated, “it was the greatest moment of my life when we broke into that mine ahead of time and knew that those 33 guys were going to come out alive. ” brandon fisher, agreeing with richard, said, “i think it was the most amazing feeling that anyone who was out there will feel their entire life. ”
1200 or 2400 series breakout / make - up systems, water and oil injection systems, hammer honey and hammer honey eco rock drill oil, customized mobile work shops, soap houses, dog houses and mist houses .
as we broaden our search for new energy sources and as our geophysical data and resolution continue to improve, we will also need to be concerned with issues such as phase changes, fluid - rock interaction, compositional heterogeneity, and thermal effects .
from the beginning on august 5, 2010, there was a major mine collapse at the san jose mine in the atacama desert near copiapo, chile. to the world’s disbelief, 17 days later, the 33 miners that signed into the mine that day had all survived the collapse of 700, 000 tons of rock and had made their way to a safe room .
richard soppe, our sales and r & d manager for downhole drilling products, has more than 35 years of genuine drilling experience, including major projects such as the world’s first and second live lake taps (20’ - diameter shafts, 100’ - deep under 250’ of water). he also worked extensively on the alaskan pipeline and the beaver dam in arkansas, overcoming the longest, deepest, hardest rock overlapping pile secant wall ever undertaken .
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but machines still needed to be oiled, floors still needed to be swept — and somebody still had to answer the phones, which were ringing off the hook .
we still have customers who still need products today, so we' re working and we' re celebrating ,
inside sales manager becky dorcon told the associated press .
the kids won' t let me go back ,
said foy, a married father referring to his four children, ages 34 to 38 .
i gave the mining up. i wasn' t about to put them through that again .
in an exclusive interview with the daily american of somerset, fisher said he and wife, sales director julie fisher, were back in berlin in time to watch on television as the first miner was pulled from the hole where he and his colleagues had been trapped since aug. 5 .
fisher, 38, and richard soppe, 58, his director of construction and mining tools, spent 37 days with scant sleep drilling the rescue shaft. julie fisher joined them about two weeks ago, and relatives and friends gathered to welcome them home tuesday .
when i saw the first guy looking healthy, that' s what it' s all about ,
fisher told the newspaper .
but the mission is not over until the last guy is out .
fisher was especially drawn to miner mario sepulveda espina, with whom fisher interacted by video during the drilling process .
espina, the second miner pulled from the shaft, made made a bizarre request while still underground: wigs. officials granted espina' s request, fisher told the daily american, and the miner wore one in front of a video monitor, joking about what shampoo did to his hair — perhaps a reference to a commercial in which a wig - clad troy polamalu blames his big hair on shampoo .
he was a practical joker; he used humor to keep the morale up ,
fisher told the newspaper .
everybody here has been giving 110 percent since the day brandon got in contact with the people of chile and it was thought he was going and our tools were going to be used ,
she said .
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we make and distribute a complete line of air - drilling tools, services, and accessories. leading global drilling, oil - and - gas, construction, mining, and foundation contractors trust us for optimum performance, even in the most challenging operating conditions .
“we’re always looking for the next best way to drill into the earth – and that ongoing search fuels my excitement, ” claims fisher .
warren lay, our design engineer, has more than a quarter of a century of actual drilling expertise. dan stoner is our key point of contact for product innovations and sales for the oil - and - gas market. both of these men are highly skilled at solving the toughest customer problems – right in the field .
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the 33 miners were rescued flawlessly, approximately one miner every 25 minutes, beginning late night october 12th and all day on october 13th .
33 chilean miners, found to be alive in the 33rd week of the year, 33 days of drilling, rescued on 10 / 13 / 10, which equals 33 when added together .
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detecting pore fluids and their effects are the ultimate goals of almost all geophysical and petrophysical investigations. we strive to identify fluid types, extract their properties, predict pore pressures, and detect fluid motion. the important aspects of fluids are as much a function of their chemistry, distribution, and mobility as well as their simple bulk properties. common pore fluids include hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, drilling mud filtrates, water, and brines. properties can be quite diverse. hydrocarbons can range from light gases to semi - solid heavy oils. heavy oils are of particular interest recently because of their new significance as a dominant hydrocarbon resource. seismic properties of these fluids, such as bulk and shear moduli (yes, heavy oils have a shear modulus) are dominated by the content of high - molecular - weight components .
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center rock , inc. is a manufacturer of drilling equipment headquartered in berlin , pennsylvania . the company was founded in 1998 by brandon w. fisher . center rock made headlines in 2002 when its equipment was instrumental in the quecreek mine rescue in pennsylvania , in which nine miners were rescued after being trapped for 78 hours in a flooded mine . in 2010 , center rock assisted in the rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days as a result of the copiapó mining accident in chile . the company provided a special hammer bit for the drill that enabled a rescue shaft to be completed much faster than originally anticipated . 
center rock, inc. is a manufacturer of drilling equipment headquartered in berlin, pennsylvania. the company was founded in 1998 by brandon w. fisher. center rock made headlines in 2002 when its equipment was instrumental in the quecreek mine rescue in pennsylvania, in which nine miners were rescued after being trapped for 78 hours in a flooded mine. in 2010, center rock assisted in the rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days as a result of the copiapó mining accident in chile. the company provided a special hammer bit for the drill that enabled a rescue shaft to be completed much faster than originally anticipated.
center rock, inc. is a manufacturer of drilling equipment headquartered in berlin, pennsylvania. the company was founded in 1998 by brandon w. fisher. center rock made headlines in 2002 when its equipment was instrumental in the quecreek mine rescue in pennsylvania, in which nine miners were rescued after being trapped for 78 hours in a flooded mine. in 2010, center rock assisted in the rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days as a result of the copiapó mining accident in chile. the company provided a special hammer bit for the drill that enabled a rescue shaft to be completed much faster than originally anticipated.