The shank adapters are designed to withstand the high impact power of modern rock drills and made from specially selected material which also is hardened through cauterizing. Around 300 different shank adapters suitable for different rock drills are currently available from Atlas Copco series drifters, Furukawa drifters, Ingersoll-Rand drifters, Montabert drifters, Secoma Hydrastar drifters, Toyo drifters, Tam rock series drifters, Garden Diver series drifters etc.Male shank adapters are ideal for drifting, tunneling & extension application where high bending stresses are present, Female shank adapters are used when the drilling space is limited and the total feed length is important.
