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The Multi-Platform ADB48 is the first green trenchless multitool

Phoenix has the first remote controlled electric-powered trenchless multi-tool capable of boring utility tunnels in all geologies, at a variety of diameters, providing the cheapest, fastest, and greenest tunneling service in the utility construction market. 

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The Multi-Platform

The Multi-Platform ADB48 handles the unexpected

Our Platform is a single modular trenchless equipment that can address all geologies, at a range of diameters. Because of our flexible design, we're able to provide a vastly simpler, more mobilizable and cheaper service to general contractors and project owners.

Because we can bore through all geologies, our goal is to eliminate change orders. This can only be achieved because of our  our innovation: one machine to rule them all.

The mULTI-Platform Frame
JET BORETM MoDULE 
Pilot Bore Method (aka GBM)

Piloting, the process of creating a small diameter borehole using a guidance system and steerable drill head, can be utilized to accurately establish the path and depth of installation before enlarging it in combination with other techniques like auger boring (most commonly used), Assisted Dynamic Boring (proprietary technique for unstable and heterogeneous ground), and pipe ramming. Sometimes can be also used for pulling a pipe, such as High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, through the pilot borehole via the pilot pullback technique.

Applicable Geologies
All < SPT 35
Power Sources
Electric
Specifications

Diameters
4.5" -> enlarged later

Max Drive
400+ feet

Accuracy
+/- 0.02%

Auger Boring

Auger and Guided Boring is a trenchless method that can combines the use of a piloting system (if high precision is needed) with Auger boring, which involves jacking a casing pipe into the ground while helical augers rotate to remove the excavated spoil.

Applicable Geologies
Soil
Clay
Consolidated and Stable Ground
Cobbles < 1/3 of pipe diameter
Power Sources
Electric
Specifications

Diameters
12" - 48"

Max Drive
600 feet

Accuracy
+/- 0.02% - 0.5%

Assisted Dynamic Boring (ADB)

Assisted Dynamic Boring is our proprietary trenchless method that combines hydraulic force and high-frequency percussive impacts to install underground utilities with significantly increased penetration force. Specially advantageous when dealing with very unstable ground like flowing sands, or waterlogged  soils, where highly expensive Slurry mTBMs (microtunelling) were the only available option, matching their same level of precision at a fraction of the cost.

Applicable Geologies
Soil
Cobbles
< 1/2 of pipe diameter
Clay
Water-logged
Silt
Sand
Power Sources
Electric
Specifications

Diameters
8" - 48"

Max Drive
400+ feet

Accuracy
+/- 0.02% - 1%

Pilot Pullback

Piloting, the process of creating a small diameter borehole using a guidance system and steerable drill head, can be utilized to accurately establish the path and depth of installation before pulling a final product pipe, such as High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, through the pilot borehole via the pilot pullback technique.

Applicable Geologies
All < SPT 35
Power Sources
Electric
Specifications

Diameters
6" - 12"

Max Drive
400+ feet

Accuracy
+/- 0.02%

Pipe Bursting

It is used to replace deteriorated pipes with new ones, by bursting them while pulling a new high density polyethylene pipe, in a fast and safe way. Our machines can also perform Slip Lining, which is the oldest and also the simplest trenchless pipeline rehabilitation methodology. Inserts slightly smaller new pipes inside the old pipe using the machine as a pipe jacking station.

Applicable Geologies
N/A
Existing pipe
Power Sources
Electric
Specifications

Diameters
4" - 48"

Max Drive
400+ feet

Accuracy
N/A

Jet BoreTM

Jet Boring is a proprietary trenchless method that uses a non-contact cutterhead to bore hard rock for installing underground utilities, making it the only economically viable method, even for small diameter pipelines in such conditions. In contrast, the only -extremely expensive- conventional trenchless methodology for drilling trough hard rock is microtunneling (when properly equipped), often requiring to upsize the tunnel diameter bigger than 48" to be able to accommodate a person for regularly replacing the expensive rock-fracturing tools when they wear out.

Applicable Geologies
Sedimentary Rock
Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Roock
Mixed Face
Granite
Power Sources
Renewable
Diesel
Diesel
Specifications

Diameters
18" - 48"

Max Drive
100 feet

Accuracy
+/- 0.5%

Phoenix boring'S Jet BoreTM module IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND

Groundbreaking innovation to blast rock without touching it

Phoenix's semi-autonomous non-contact tunneling robot utilizes a thermal drilling method that minimizes surface disruption while dramatically lowering the cost of boring hard rock. The hard rock module is inserted into the Multi-Platform to bore the hardest geologies - like 44,000 PSI Sioux Quartzite - faster and more reliably than conventional methods. When combined with the other modules in the Multi-Platform, we can uniquely excavate all geologies, even the most difficult ones.

HyBRID POWER SYSTEM

Flexible enough to be powered electrically, with the local grid or a clean diesel gen-set or conventional diesel generator

We started Phoenix Boring to protect communities from the effects of a changing climate. While it's not always possible to deliver clean energy to the most remote parts of the world, we wanted to design a trenchless system that had the flexibility to be powered by either clean energy or conventional diesel.

- 6/7 modules can be powered electrically (All but our thermal spallation based module for hard rock)
- Our hard rock module can use Propel clean diesel, yielding 66% reduction in GHG emissions
- Our hard rock module focuses nearly all thermal energy for boring, and is therefore highly fuel efficient. It is remotely operated from a control panel hundreds of feet away.
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THE MANY Benefits driven by our innovation
Up to 6x faster in difficult geologies

When boring through hard geologies, Phoenix Boring outperforms other methods, especially in hard abrasive rock.

Up to 90% cheaper than conventional

When conventional machines encounter difficult geologies, expensive "change orders" ensue. Phoenix Boring's systems shine when boring through difficult geologies and can up to 90% cheaper in the grounds no one else likes.

Normalized pricing in all geologies

Delivering overall lower projects costs.
No change orders because we can get through all geologies.

Greenest trenchless machine

Unlike other conventional systems, there are no emissions in the pit. Ever. In fact, the Multi-Platform is the first hybrid-powered multi-tool on the market.

minutes to swap modules
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Instead of taking hours-to-days to swap in other conventional boring machines/methods.

1 machine, many modules, endless applications

The Multi-Platform is modular by design and has six modules, each of which replace an entire trenchless machine.

Small footprint

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The entire system ships in a 40-ft flatbed truck and its footprint is small enough to be deployed on small streets.

Millimeter installation precision

Phoenix's simplified and integrated piloting module can ensure millimeter accuracy when installing pipeline.

Multiple safety features

The Multi-Platform has multiple industry leading safety features like  anti-rollover protection and safe muck-handling.

Smaller shaft sizes
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Our footprint is smaller than conventional machines leading to smaller shafts, and greater cost savings.

Pit flood protection
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System is fully sealed and water-tight with an out-of-pit power pack.

Workstation for jobsite productivity

The Multi-Platform fits within a proprietary containerized workstation to easily mobilize and increase productivity.

safety features

Protecting our greatest asset: our crews

Safety is in our DNA. We know that crews are the most important asset on the job and so everything we build is designed to put safety first. From anti-rollover protection to safe muck-handling to emission-less pits to remote out-of-pit steering, the Multi-Platform is one of the safest trenchless solution on the job site.

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Introducing the Multi-Platform ADB48: The World’s First Hybrid Powered All-Geology Trenchless Multi-tool
April 3, 2023
Introducing the Multi-Platform ADB48: The World’s First Hybrid Powered All-Geology Trenchless Multi-tool

This blog post introduces the Multi-Platform, the worlds first all-in-one trenchless solution capable of boring through all geologies using multiple boring modules using green power. This modular, flexible system revolutionizes underground utility construction, offering six boring methods or modules (two of them proprietary) embedded in just one machine, for various ground conditions.

What is the difference between “trenchless tunneling” and “tunneling”, anyway?
March 2, 2023
What is the difference between “trenchless tunneling” and “tunneling”, anyway?

Trenchless technology and tunneling technology are often used interchangeably, but they have very different applications and require different construction technologies. We describe these differences between trenchless and tunneling in this post.

Trenchless 101: The History of Trenchless Technology
February 17, 2023
Trenchless 101: The History of Trenchless Technology

Trenchless tunneling technology has been a game changer for utilities, allowing them to be installed quickly and cheaply, even in complex urban environments. In this blog post we delve into the history of trenchless tunneling technology, which goes as far back as the early 19th century.

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