WorldWide Drilling Resource

Built on a Foundation of Experience Adapted from Information by SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment, Inc. Located in Osceola, Iowa, SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment, Inc. was formed as a company called Southern Iowa Manufacturing Company in 1969, to design and build small geotechnical drilling rigs. The first of what has become thousands of top-of-the-line, all-hydraulic drill rigs began to ship to customers around the world in 1971. By the mid- 1970s, hydrostatic pumps became available and the 5000 and 2800HS model rigs were added to the product line. These new rigs included wet rotary features and options, including the centrifugal mud pump, that allowed SIMCO ® to better serve the water well industry. Over the years, new models and variations of existing rigs were added to the com- pany's expanding list of multipurpose, versatile rigs. This growth has helped SIMCO ® meet the changing needs of many markets beyond the original geotechnical drilling industry. Today, you'll find SIMCO ® drill rigs on water well, geothermal, geotechnical, environmental, mineral exploration, and construction drilling sites. They have also developed specialty rigs for the pavement coring market, as well as rigs for the water and gas leak detection industry. Their rigs are used in a wide range of diverse applications in every continent of the world. It was 1994 when the com- pany of f icial ly changed i ts name t o S IMCO ® Dr i l l i ng Equipment. Known for rugged dependability and low maintenance, SIMCO ® machines are built on a foundation of experienced hydraulic engineering. The flexibility provided by the company’s hydraulics has led to the design of a wide range of drill rig models to satisfy a variety of needs, including auger drilling, wet rotary drilling, core drilling, and down-the-hole hammer drilling. In addition to rotary drill rigs, the company also manufactures hydraulic probing rigs for direct push soil sampling. These multipurpose drill rigs provide another example of SIMCO ® ’s commitment to meeting the diverse and changing needs of the drilling industry. SIMCO ® has earned a reputation for making one the best rigs on the market today. The company designs, engineers, manufacturers, sells, and services all of their own equipment in-house. With SIMCO ® you are not just buying a drill rig, you are getting unmatched service and support from the compa- ny’s team of qualified, experienced employees who are dedi- cated to providing customers with the tools necessary to suc- ceed. Want to learn more? Schedule a tour of the company’s plant so you can witness the attention to detail that goes into each and every drill rig in production. In addition to seeing completed drill rigs and the various kinds of equipment need- ed to bui ld each SIMCO ® dri l l rig system, you can also observe how the CNC - computer numerically controlled - machine shop turns each precise design into an integral part of the system. Contact SIMCO ® to set up an appointment to tour the manufacturing facility. An early SIMCO ® 2400 SK-1 from the 1970s. GEO 54 SEPTEMBER 2018 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little. ~T. Merton It may be that those who do most, dream most. ~Stephen Leacock