Drilling — AI-guided blasthole & exploration drilling
AI Autopilot tunes rotation, thrust and flushing air in real time to each rock domain, extends bit life, keeps holes within azimuth/dip tolerance, and feeds MWD/LWD data straight into the next blast design and ore-body model.
Overview
Drilling is the front door of every mine plan. Holes drilled off-spec — wrong depth, wrong angle, wrong diameter — cascade into every subsequent step. Bit and steel consumption alone makes drilling a meaningful cost line.
Operator skill variance is the dominant factor. A senior operator gets 40% more meters per bit than a junior — and the knowledge rarely transfers evenly across shifts.
BrainiAll AI Autopilot reads rotary head feedback, torque signatures, rod strain and flushing parameters. It adapts thrust and rotation to the rock it is actually cutting right now, and enforces deviation tolerances in real time. Every hole becomes a geotechnical sample that improves the next blast.
What Autopilot does
Continuous, multi-variable control — not single-loop PID. Advisory-layer architecture keeps safety untouched.
Adaptive MWD parameters
Thrust + rotation adjusted live per rock strength signature.
Bit life extension
Avoids brittle / bearing failure by detecting early-warning signatures.
Hole deviation control
Enforces dip/azimuth tolerances — holes end where the blast design assumes.
Geotech ingestion
Every hole updates the block model and feeds back to the next blast.
Operator shift-normalization
Best-shift performance becomes the plant standard — not the ceiling.
Variables continuously tuned
The AI reads every sensor on the circuit and solves the optimal setpoint combination in real time.
- Rotation (RPM)Cutting speed.
- Pull-down / thrust (kN)Weight on bit.
- Flushing air (m³/min)Cutting evacuation.
- Torque signatureRock hardness proxy.
- Hole deviation (°)Geometric compliance.
A 30% uplift in meters per bit on a fleet of 10 rigs drilling 2M meters/year saves approximately $2-4M annually in bit and steel alone — before fragmentation gains propagate downstream.
