Drilling Plugs
TIME Limited (short for Temiskaming Industrial Mining Equipment Limited) is a manufacturer and global distributor of consumable products to the mining, drilling and industrial sectors. TIME Limited is a full line Gates Hydraulics distributor, with on-site hose assembly and repairs.
Displacement plugs are used in diamond wireline drill rods and casings for placing cement plugs or casing pack fluid.
Graphite Plugs are used with drill rods.
Manufactured in Haileybury, Ontario Canada, TIME’s Drill hole plugs are primarily used to plug a diamond drill hole.
The Margo type plug is arranged in single and double pack designs in various lengths. It is mechanically operated from outside the hole, and is generally used for controlling water flows from drill holes. The plug is inserted into the collar of the hole and the rubbers are expanded by simply tightening the nut. A valve may be screwed onto the protruding end of the plug to control the flow of water.
Constructed of zinc and rubber with mild steel pipe in the center. This allows the grout plug to be drilled out. The VK grout plug can be adapted to drill rods by a left hand pipe thread which allows them to be removed after cementing.