Halco America Open House 2014
Halco America hosted an open house at their Sherman, Texas, facility in early June, and The Driller was there. The company unveiled their Superior range of down-the-hole hammers, but also treated attendees to a plant tour and lots of technical information. For more on Halco, visit their website. All photos by editor Jeremy Verdusco.
Rolling Out the (Halco) Red Carpet
The company made all the attendees feel welcome as soon as they walked into the plant.
Touring the Facility
A crowd of attendees takes a tour of the company’s facility. In the foreground are raw materials for DTH hammers.
Blanks Waiting for Their Time
Halco turns raw components like these into their popular DTH hammer lines.
Milling About
This high-tech millturn, one of two at the facility, provides a one-step manufacturing process for components.
One of Two M35-Gs
The millturns Halco uses are actually among the smaller products put out by WFL, which is based in Austria.
Bit Parts
The M35-Gs turn, size and bore components like bits.
Off to Quality Assurance
Halco employees, including Derek Anderson, the company’s oil and gas manager, discuss product development in the company’s air-conditioned quality assurance room.
Awaiting Testing
Components await testing. The machine in the background does quality checks of tolerances measured in microns.
Demo Time
The tour also included a demo of a DTH hammer breakdown and build.
Putting Together the Pieces
The piston is lowered into place.
Question Time
Contractors and suppliers got a chance to ask questions after the demo.
Halco Expertise
Halco employees took the time to offer thorough answers.
The Main Event
Derek Anderson makes a presentation leading up to the unveiling of the companyâ??s new DTH hammer range.
Halco's Superior Range
Anderson shows off Halco’s Superior range of hammers, which specifically target the oil and gas market.
Halco America Open House 2014
Halco America Open House 2014