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Cable and Gripping Products

Carbide Inserts

Fordia provides a wide selection of carbide inserts to fit different jaws and grippers. Choose from popular brands such as Longyear, Boyles and Christensen.

Carbide Grippers

Fordia carbide grippers have an excellent grip and feature a long product life to make your job easier.

Oval Sleeves and Pliers

Fordia has all necessary sizes of copper and aluminum oval sleeves, as well as the appropriate pliers.

Cables

Fordia distributes different types of cables available in lengths of up to 6,000 feet (1,800 metres), including wireline cables and hoisting cables.

Most popular products

PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION

Whether you are looking for specific technical insights on one of our products, or whether you are looking for general information on how to make the best configuration selection, we offer a wide array of documents to support you.

Drilling Solutions Catalogue

An overview of our portfolio

Technical Book

The diamond drillers' handbook

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Ridgid Straight Pipe Wrench

Whether it is a heavy-duty cast-iron version or one made with a 40% lighter aluminium I-beam handle, these wrenches come with a full floating forged hook jaw and easy spin knurled adjustment nut for quick one-handed operation.

EXCORE II Safety Overshot

In today’s drilling operations, safety is not an option; it is a critical component of every successful drilling project.

Matex Core Drilling Additives

Fordia distributes products from Matex, the leader in environmentally safe drilling additives.

Casing

Drillers know to depend on Fordia Powered by Epiroc casing to provide a tight mechanical seal that can improve drilling performance.

Looking for a Drill Rig in Canada

August 2, 2021

We are happy to announce that as of August 2, 2021, all Canadian Fordia offices will be making drill rigs available to their customers. In an earlier blog this year, we announced that drill rigs would be available for sale in the USA and that proved to be successful, so Canada will now join the USA in adding drill rigs to their portfolio of drilling equipment for the mineral exploration industry.

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Back to the Basics of Core Drilling

July 22, 2021

The mineral exploration industry has seen a lot of change in the last few years. One of the most common challenges is finding employees. Between the cyclic nature of the industry and the recent pandemic, many experienced drillers have left and replacing them has been difficult for many companies.

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Our Free Guide to Core Bit Configurations Has Been Updated

June 29, 2021

At the beginning of the year, we decided to update our popular eGuides so our customers would have the latest and greatest information. We started with our most popular guide on choosing the right core bit and are now in the process of taking each guide and updating its information to represent the many changes that have occurred over the last few years.

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Related Solutions

Tools for Underground Drilling

Mineral Exploration

While underground drilling is similar to surface drilling, there are still important differences. Our underground solution includes products that offer optimum performance in underground conditions.

Stuck in the hole

Mineral Exploration

Nothing is as discouraging as becoming “stuck in the hole”, yet is it not uncommon in drilling. While there are many ways you can be stuck in the hole, they all have the potential to stall operations and result in lost productivity.

Extending Bit Life

Mineral Exploration

Getting the longest life possible for your core matrix is a key consideration if you want to run a productive and profitable drilling operation. Changing a drill bit takes time especially the farther down the hole it is, and the time spent replacing a bit is not productive.

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