Cable Percussion Drilling

Also known as shell and auger, cable percussion drilling is one of the most reliable, well tested and robust drilling techniques in the UK. A cutting tool (shell, clay cutter, etc.) is driven into the ground through percussive force. Casing, of a variety of diameters, can be installed to prevent the hole from collapsing, allowing good progress to be made. Cable percussion drilling is incredible versatile and can handle consolidated and unconsolidated soils. We currently own three cable percussion rigs.

Cable percussion drilling is a relatively simple concept when in capable hands, and the holes are progressed using an engine-powered cable winch to raise and lower a range of weighted tools that progress the borehole. Steel casing tubes are driven into the ground to support the borehole walls as the hole progresses.