Engineering R&D Center

Drilling Engineering, Verified on the Test Bench

Hydraulic flow rigs · rock-drill endurance tunnels · ROPS / FOPS drop-pin lab · Tier 4 Final emissions chamber — the laboratory stack behind every Atlas Copco torque and FAD claim.

We will not publish a rotary torque or compressor free-air-delivery figure we cannot reproduce on our instrumented test benches. — Chief Engineer, Atlas Copco

Founded in 1873 and scaled into a global drilling and compressor organization, Atlas Copco now operates more than 580,000 m² of production area with roughly 4,200 specialists supporting fleets in 180 countries. Annual output exceeds 12,000 units across rotary drill platforms, rock drills and portable compressor packages serving foundation piling, quarry pre-split and mining development crews.

Procurement managers and reliability engineers visit the R&D campus to witness ISO 4406 cleanliness sampling, percussion energy mapping and cab certification — not marketing slides. That discipline is why our rotary drilling torque and free-air-delivery charts survive third-party audit on foundation and quarry projects where operating weight, ground pressure and hydraulic system pressure must match the geotechnical report.

Advantages that buyers repeatedly verify include documented rotary drilling torque, CE and EPA Tier 4 Final / EU Stage V compliance packs, global parts supply with serial-linked kits, comprehensive aftersales with under-18-hour MTTR targets on contracted sites, hydraulic engineering labs that publish pilot-pressure and cleanliness data, and energy-efficiency work on compressor idle maps. Certifications spanning ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 sit beside machinery-directive CE marking so bid appendices are not assembled from scattered PDFs.

Laboratory Facilities

Six instrumented cells where drill-string and compressor subsystems are stressed before serial production release.

Hydraulic flow and pressure test rig
Hydraulic flow rig — 450 LPM
Rock drill endurance tunnel
Rock-drill endurance tunnel
ROPS FOPS drop-pin certification lab
ROPS / FOPS drop-pin lab
Tier 4 Final emissions chamber
Tier 4 emissions chamber
Kelly bar structural load lab
Mast & kelly structural load lab
Track shoe wear track for drill carriers
Track-shoe wear track

Whitepapers from the Atlas Copco Engineering Office

Tour the R&D center — by appointment, NDA recommended.

Bring your project EOR and reliability leads. We will walk the hydraulic, emissions and endurance cells that underpin published drill and compressor charts.

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