Hydro Fracture Packers
Hydro-Fracturing is a method of improving the yield of a water bore by opening and flushing out previously closed fractures with high pressure water.
IPI manufacture a range of high pressure inflatable packers suitable for this and similar applications such as stress testing.
Standard sizes are available for bores from 30mm (1”) to 200mm (8”) diameter with pressure rating up to 700 bar (10,000 psi).
As with all IPI products, special sizes, materials and pressure ratings are available on request and equipment is typically available for sale or rental.
Hydro fracture is now used as a preconditioning process in block caving, especially in hard rock formations. Block caving is potentially a more lower cost mining process than open pit mining.
