Boring or penetrating the earth – Automatic control – Of advance or applied tool weight
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-25
2005-10-25
Tsay, Frank S. (Department: 3672)
Boring or penetrating the earth
Automatic control
Of advance or applied tool weight
C175S038000, C175S113000, C173S011000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06957707
ABSTRACT:
A method and a computer program for controlling a drilling cycle in a rock drilling apparatus, and a rock drilling apparatus. In accordance with the invention, each drilling unit in the rock drilling apparatus is monitored during a drilling period, and a drilling sequence of a control unit in the rock drilling apparatus is updated at predetermined intervals during the drilling period. The total time of the drilling and the time elapsed for different operations can be registered. In addition, according to an embodiment, the drilling sequence is changed during updating, if changes occur in the drilling conditions during the drilling period.
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Koivunen Pertti
Salminen Pekka
Drinker Biddle & Reath
Grudziecki Ronald L.
Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
Tsay Frank S.
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