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NEWPRODUCTS LATEST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS
each to give a better bite, even
rotation, and longer life. Surrounding
the base of each cutter tooth is an
additional carbide block that lines
high-impact areas, increasing its life
and improving steering capability in
harder ground conditions.
FastBack, Melfred Borzall's patented system for direct pullbacks without
removing the drillhead or installing
a backreamer, increases production,
minimizes excavation, and saves time
on bores. It's also ideal for installations in areas of limited access.
The speed of FastBack enables
the driller to do several bores a day,
and there's the option to enlarge the
hole up to 12 inches. The system
includes the FastReam housing
and cutters, Eagle Eye pullback
attachment, QuickSwivel and
QuickLink for Borzall blades.
Pit Bull is a solution for avoiding
the damage on production efficiency
when bolts shear. By adding dowel
pins to strategic areas of the blademating surface on Melfred Borzall's
side-load Pit Bull housings and bit
bodies, then aligning those with
drilled holes in blades, the shear
force is relieved from the bolts. As the
dowel pins take all the lateral shear
force, it increases the bolt's ability to
hold the blade in place by more than
100% percent.
Melfred Borzall is creating versions
of all its popular blade designs to
be Pit Bull-compatible. Each Pit Bull
transmitter housing design comes
standard with removable dowel pins,
so customers can use the housing
with other blades, as well.

Numa Hammers & Bits
numahammers.com
Numa's HDD product line and drilling experts provide the perfect com-

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bination for productive and efficient
drilling in hard rock and fractured
ground formations. This includes a
full arsenal of HDD hammers and
bits capable of drilling holes 4 inches
to 7.5 inches in diameter, and a variety of HDD components including
side load sonde housings, bent subs
and adaptors.
Some of the many benefits Numa
provides HDD drillers include: industry-leading steerability, outstanding
rate of penetration, simple design
allows for field maintenance, reduced
air requirement results in lower cost
per foot, more efficient and durable
internal design, and high-frequency
operation provides less vibration.
All Numa HDD hammers and bits
are constructed from USA-made,
premium steel, which allows for
longer use than competing brands.
Furthermore, the single bore design
allows for a maximum bore diameter
in conjunction with optimum life
against abrasion. Quite simply, the
Numa HDD product line provides
performance and dependability
without sacrificing tool life.

RIDGID
ridgid.com
RIDGID's new A-Frame Fault Locator
makes finding faults in buried
conductors easier for electrical contractors, utility repair, municipality and
facility maintenance professionals.
Designed for incredible accuracy
and operator safety, the locator
utilizes low voltage to find the exact
position of ground faults in direct buried insulated wire up to 2 megohms.
It's ideal for use in electrical service,
telecom, cable, railway, irrigation and
"invisible fence" applications, with
the ability to find faults up to 3 miles
away from the transmitter and up to
20 feet below the ground, depending
on conditions.
Made in the USA and backed by
the RIDGID Lifetime Warranty, the
A-Frame Fault Locator comes with
the AFrame receiver, transmitter,

ground stake, test leads, batteries
and carrying case.
The new line of RIDGID SeeSnake
cameras provides the first, true
data-enabled plumbing diagnostic
cameras. Powered by TruSense
technology, advanced sensors on
the camera head convey valuable
information about the in-pipe
environment.
A high dynamic range (HDR)
image sensor expands the camera's
dynamic range, allowing a greater
ratio of bright and dark areas to be
displayed in the same image at the
same time, without reducing visibility. This means fewer blown-out
areas and sections of the pipe that
are too dark to see, offering superior
clarity and detail.
TiltSense, an on-camera
inclinometer included on SeeSnake
cameras with TruSense technology,
measures the camera's angle,
giving a useful indicator of the
camera pitch in-pipe.
SeeSnake cameras with TruSense
technology are available in selfleveling models, which keep
the image upright, and non-selfleveling models.

"UtiliGuard 2 automatically
captures data without altering the
operator's normal workflow," said
Richard Fling, Utility Locating
Product Manager. "This data can be
used by operators to verify
their performance and demonstrate quality and process compliance
in the field. Supervisors can
also use this data to track performance, compare it with benchmarks
and enable actionable
outcomes to be implemented.
This reporting and auditing capability
helps increase quality,
reduce cable strikes and increase
productivity across multiple crews."
In addition to data-logging
capabilities, UtiliGuard 2 introduces
integrated GPS positioning to the
product line, offering improved
activity reporting to a system already
known for accurate performance.
Like the original, the UtiliGuard 2
Advanced model features Ambient
Interference Measurement
(AIM) technology that
automatically recommends the
best signal frequency. A 5-watt or
12-watt transmitter drives signals
farther down large, direct-buried
utilities. The system also provides
both the horizontal and vertical
distance (depth) to the utility,
enabling users to make accurate
locates of obstructed utilities.

Subsite Electronics
subsite.com; subsitegreenops.com
Subsite Electronics introduced
UtiliGuard 2, a new multi-frequency
utility locator based on the popular
UtiliGuard system. Available in
Standard and Advanced models,
UtiliGuard 2 takes all the proven
performance-boosting features
of the original UtiliGuard and
adds several important new
capabilities, such as an all-new
user interface, integrated data
capture, and GPS positioning.

The Toro Company
toro.com
The all-new Toro Dingo TXL 2000
consolidates the benefits of several
machines into one.
Thanks to telescoping loader arm
technology, operators can perform a
number of tasks previously unachievable with this class of equipment.
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