• Title/Summary/Keyword: Down-the-Hole Drilling

Search Result 17, Processing Time 0.024 seconds

Experimental Study on the Performance Characteristics of Geothermal DTH Hammer with Foot Valve (풋 밸브가 적용된 지열 천공 DTH 해머의 성능 특성에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Cho, Min Jae;Sim, Jung-Bo;Kim, Young Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
    • /
    • v.17 no.1
    • /
    • pp.14-22
    • /
    • 2021
  • Drilling equipment is an essential part used in various fields such as construction, mining, etc., and it has drawn increasing attention in recent years. The drilling method is generally divided into three types. There are a top hammer method that strikes on the ground, a DTH (Down-The-Hole) method that directly strikes a bit in an underground area, and a rotary method that drills by using rotational force. Among them, the DTH method is most commonly used because it enables efficient drilling compared to other drilling methods. In the conventional DTH hammer, the valve between the piston and the bit is opened and closed using a face to face method. In order to improve the power of the DTH hammer, a DTH hammer with foot valve which is capable of instantaneous opening and closing is used in the drilling field. In this study, we designed a lab-scale DTH hammer with the foot valve, and manufactured an evaluation device for the experiment of the DTH hammer. In addition, we analyzed the performance of the DTH hammer adopted with foot valve according to the pressure range of 3-10 bar. As a result, the internal pressure distribution in the DTH hammer was experimentally analyzed, and then, the movement of the piston according to the pressure was predicted. We believe that this study provides the useful results to explain the performance characteristics of the DTH hammer with the foot valve.

A study on the characteristics of electrochemical deburring in the governor shaft cross hole (거버너샤프트 교차구멍 내경의 전해디버링 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, In-Hyu;Kim, Jeong-Du
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
    • /
    • v.21 no.12
    • /
    • pp.1984-1991
    • /
    • 1997
  • Recently burr technology is rising in the fields of the precision manufacturing and the high quality machining, deburring has treated as a difficult problem on going to the high efficiency, automation in the FMS. Removal of burr with various shapes, dimensions and properties couldn't be standardized and has depended on manual treatment. Especially, deburring for cross hole inside owing to passing through out perpendicular to a main hole is more difficult, the electrochemical method is proper as its solution at practical aspects. Burr elimination in the cross hole drilling of governor shaft used in the automobile engine so far has been worked by a manual post-processing by a skillful worker, which becomes a factor of productivity-down and cost-up so that improvement of machining process is needed. Therefore, for the high efficiency and automation of internal deburring in the cross hole, development of electrochemical deburring technology is needed. So, the new process in the burr treatment is supposed. In this study, characteristics of electrochemical deburring through experiments were identified and factors such as electrolytic gap and electorlytic fluid contributed to removal burr height were analyzed. Also, deburring efficiency and electrolytic performance for cross hole were examined according to electrolytic current and electrochemical deburring condition corresponding to acquired edge quality was found out.

Thermal-Structural Coupled Field Analysis of the Circumferential Pressing Type Brake Disc (원주가압형 브레이크 디스크의 열-구조 연성해석)

  • Kim, Hyeong-Hoon;Lee, Seong-Wook;Han, Dong-Seop;Han, Geun-Jo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
    • /
    • v.16 no.4
    • /
    • pp.69-74
    • /
    • 2008
  • The heat generated by the brake system of vehicles results in reduction of friction force on the brake surface and vibration during a braking. To solve these problems, extensive research for the brake shape has been conducted such as drilling cooling holes on the brake disc, accommodating ventilated holes and etc. In this study, we suggest the circumferential pressing type brake disc in order to improve its cooling performance. In order to compare the cooling-down efficiency between the conventional side-pressing type and the circumferential-pressing type, we adopted the FMVSS 105-77 as thermal analysis conditions and This newly proposed concept has been verified using Thermal-structure Coupled Field Analysis along with comparative analysis with the existing ventilated disk.

Optimization of Down-the-Hole Hammer Using Experimental Design Method (실험설계법을 이용한 다운더홀(DTH) 해머의 최적화)

  • Hwang, Un Kyoo;Lim, Jong Hyuk
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
    • /
    • v.40 no.6
    • /
    • pp.603-611
    • /
    • 2016
  • Research and development of mineral-resource-related products has progressed with the increased need to develop mineral resources. The DTH hammer is a resultant product. However, owing to particular work conditions of underground drilling, it is difficult to obtain direct data on the DTH hammer. A DTH drill rig requires a significant amount of money and time for actual testing. This thesis aimed to resolve this problem by using CAE. In a previous paper, the structure of the DTH hammer and its movement were analyzed, and a standard model based on simulation was proposed. Then, experimentation and comparison verification were conducted. In this paper, by using an experimental design method, we derived a control factor of the impact force and efficiency of the DTH hammer and attempted to optimize the design. As a result, the impact energy increased by 14.9%, and the efficiency increased by 3.3%.

A Pilot Study of Stiffness Mesurements for Tunnel-Face Materials Using In-hole Seismic Method (인홀 시험을 이용한 터널 막장의 암반강성 측정에 대한 적용성 연구)

  • Mok Young-Jin;Kim Young-Su
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
    • /
    • v.21 no.5
    • /
    • pp.133-142
    • /
    • 2005
  • The research concentrates on improving the in-hole seismic probe, which has been developed in past five years, to be used in stiffness measurements of tunnel-face materials. The size of probe was reduced to be fit in 45-mm diameter holes (or BX) drilled by a jumbo-drill, which is used to drill holes to install explosives for tunneling. Also trigger system was improved by using a down-speeding motor for operating convenience and air packing system was replaced with a set of plate-springs to eliminate supply of compressed air. These modifications are to adjust the probe for the unfavourable environment inside of tunnels and to test without any further drilling cost. The probe and testing procedure were successfully adopted with horizontal holes drilled by a jumbo-drill at a tunnel-face to evaluate the stiffness of rock mass. The measured shear wave velocities can be used to estimate deformation properties of rock mass for tunnel analyses.

A Study on Application and Stability Analysis of Spiral Pipe Nailing System (스파이럴 파이프 네일링 시스템의 안정해석 및 적용성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Si-Sam;Park, Sung-Chul;Jung, Sung-Pill;Kim, Hong-Taek
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
    • /
    • v.5 no.2
    • /
    • pp.41-49
    • /
    • 2004
  • In this study, a newly modified soil nailing technology named as the SPN (Spiral Pipe Nailing) system, is developed to self drilling method can apply to ground which is hard to keep shape of bore hole. And limit equilibrium analysis with simplified trial wedge method while length ratio and bond ratio being altered was performed to evaluate slope stability considered of tensile strength and bending stiffness. Also, using $FLAC^{2D}$ program, superiority of the SPN system was compared to the GSN (General Soil Nailing) system about an example section. And effects of various factors related to the design of the SPN system, such as the type of drilling method and the bit, are examined throughout a series of the displacement-controlled field pull-out tests. As a result, the SPN system is better than the GSN system in slope stability because of having larger bending stiffness, tensile strength and unit skin friction. And results of simplified trial wedge method are similar to results of TALREN 97 program, commercial limit equilibrium analysis computer software, about an example section. Consequently, it will find out of that the SPN system reduce displacements and settlements in down excavation process as well as to increase the global stability.

  • PDF