World’s First: Sunward & CGGC Launch Integrated Inclined Shaft Drilling-Shielding Equipment
📍 Changsha, China
01 Breaking Technical Bottlenecks
Inclined shaft construction has long faced the industry’s toughest challenges: extreme difficulty, low efficiency, and high safety risks[cite: 6]. On September 8, Sunward and CGGC officially unveiled a breakthrough solution that integrates excavation, drilling, and protection into a single intelligent platform[cite: 2].
The “National Team” Advantage:
- CGGC: Brings massive technical strength and experience from projects like the South-to-North Water Diversion[cite: 8].
- Sunward: Contributes leading R&D expertise in underground engineering and water conservancy equipment[cite: 9].
A “Steel Giant” designed for high-end energy and water conservancy projects. [cite: 22, 23]
Intelligent, Integrated & Highly Secure
5-in-1 Integration
Combines drilling, anchor support, slag removal, wet spraying, and aerial work. Features robotic arms for full cross-section operation[cite: 12, 13].
Uses multi-source heterogeneous data fusion to enable coordinated operation of multiple devices, moving toward “unmanned” operations[cite: 14, 15].
02 Industry Upgrading & Global Vision
This equipment is perfectly suited for pumped storage power stations, hydropower, and mining tunneling[cite: 21]. By replacing manual labor with mechanization, it significantly reduces safety risks and labor input[cite: 19, 20].
Chairman Fu Xiangdong noted that this launch is a new starting point for deepening research and industrial application in high-end equipment[cite: 18, 26].
Promoting “Chinese Wisdom” Worldwide
Sunward and CGGC are committed to enabling underground space to carry humanity’s better dreams through high-quality development[cite: 28, 29].
