About
DrillTMS — Drilling Tools Test Management System
DrillTMS stands for Drilling Tools Test Management System. It is software for planning, running and reporting field tests of rock drilling tools — bits, rods, couplings, shank adapters, DTH hammers and rotary tricones — so that results from different tests and sites can be compared on the same terms.
Drilling performance depends on many things at once: the rock type and its condition, the tool, the rig and rock drill, and the parameters used on the day. A result recorded without them can't be compared with any other. DrillTMS records them with every test, so the choice of which tool to use in which ground, how to run it, and how to design the next one rests on evidence rather than impressions. Gathered at scale, that field-test data can become shared knowledge and AI models built for drilling — and that is how we aim to transform the rock drilling industry: a lower cost per metre, with less steel, energy and rig time for every metre drilled.
How it works
Three steps, one record.
The same workflow covers top hammer, down-the-hole (DTH) and rotary drilling, on surface and underground.
- 1. Design the test. Choose the tools to be tested, the rig, the rock types and the drill locations, and set the instructions and parameters before the test starts, so every tool is measured the same way.
- 2. Run it in the field. Each hole is recorded on a tablet that works offline at mine sites, quarries and construction sites with no signal — drilling parameters, ground conditions, failure modes and much more, captured at the face.
- 3. Get the reports. A Daily report follows the test as it runs. A Component summary shows how each tool performed and how long it lasted. The Final Test Report brings the results together and compares the tools like-for-like, with bit results normalised for the rock they met.
Who builds it
Developed by Phronix AI.
DrillTMS, the Drilling Tools Test Management System, is developed by Phronix AI Inc., a Canadian company building domain-specific software and AI systems. DrillTMS is its platform for rock drilling tools testing, built for mining operators and drilling contractors. Find out more about the company at phronix.ai, and on the DrillTMS project page.
Questions? Write to [email protected] — every message goes to a person, not a queue.