Product Category: Tricone Hole Openers / HDD Rock Reamers
Body Type: Multi-Cone Welded Assembly (Solid Steel Mandrel)
Cutter Types: TCI (Tungsten Carbide Inserts) or Steel Milled Teeth (Hardfaced)
Pilot Hole Adaptation: 8-1/2" or 12-1/4" standard pilot hole guiding
Reaming Range: 12 inches up to 48 inches (Custom diameter builds available)
Thread Connection: API Regular Pin & Box (API 7-1 Standard)
Mud Nozzles: Integrated fluid ports for high-flow cutter cleaning
Heavy-Duty Tricone Hole Openers: Engineered for Trenchless HDD & Large Borehole Widening
Widening pre-drilled pilot holes in complex rocky formations requires substantial torque resistance and exceptional cutter durability. Bloom Machinery’s Tricone Hole Openers (HDD Rock Reamers) are engineered specifically for horizontal directional drilling (HDD), municipal pipeline crossings, and deep, large-diameter water well construction.
Built on a massive, heavy-wall alloy steel mandrel, our hole openers feature high-performance tricone cutter segments securely welded or pocket-mounted to the body. This structural layout provides optimal load distribution and eliminates the risk of losing a cutter section downhole. Depending on your strata, choose between high-grade TCI cutters for crushing abrasive hard sandstones and granite, or Steel Tooth cutters with tungsten carbide weld-overlay (hardfacing) for fast, cost-effective runs in soft clays and shales. Featuring replaceable fluid jet nozzles, our reamers ensure efficient cutting evacuation and keep torque spikes to an absolute minimum.

Reaming Diameter (Inch) | Reaming Diameter (mm) | Recommended Pilot Size | API Standard Connection (Thread) | Cutter Stage (Cone Qty) | Primary Field Applications |
12" | 304.8 mm | 6-1/4" or 8-1/2" | 3-1/2" / 4-1/2" API Reg | 3 Cones | Trenchless pipe pulling, utilities. |
18" | 457.2 mm | 8-1/2" or 12-1/4" | 4-1/2" API Regular | 3 or 4 Cones | Standard municipal HDD crossings. |
24" | 609.6 mm | 12-1/4" | 6-5/8" API Regular | 4 Cones | Medium water wells, pipeline reaming. |
30" | 762.0 mm | 12-1/4" | 6-5/8" API Regular | 4 or 5 Cones | Water intake wells, large utility runs. |
36" | 914.4 mm | 12-1/4" or 17-1/2" | 6-5/8" / 7-5/8" API Reg | 5 Cones | Heavy civil engineering, infrastructure. |
48" | 1219.2 mm | 17-1/2" | 7-5/8" API Regular | 6 Cones | Large-diameter municipal sewage & oil pipelines. |
Contact: Kevin Dai
Phone: 13605749661
E-mail: sales@bloommachinery.com
Whatsapp:+86 13605749661
Add: Hehua Bridge, Yunlong Town, Yinzhou Distric, Ningbo City, ZheJiang Province