APPARATUS FOR ROCK HANDLING, ROCK DRILLING UNIT AND METHOD
An apparatus for handling drilling rods, a rock drilling unit and a method of handling drilling rods. The apparatus (36) comprises a rod feeder (13) and a swing device (11) which co-operate and move drilling rods (2) between a pick-up position (14) and a drill- ing center (10) defined by a rock drilling machine (7) of the drilling unit (1). The rod feeder and the swing device are separate devices which are independently controllable.