WO1994024410A1 - Rod cartridge for a rock drilling equipment - Google Patents
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- WO1994024410A1 WO1994024410A1 PCT/FI1994/000100 FI9400100W WO9424410A1 WO 1994024410 A1 WO1994024410 A1 WO 1994024410A1 FI 9400100 W FI9400100 W FI 9400100W WO 9424410 A1 WO9424410 A1 WO 9424410A1
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- rod
- rod cartridge
- displaceable
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
- E21B19/14—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole
- E21B19/146—Carousel systems, i.e. rotating rack systems
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- the invention relates to a rod cartridge for a rock drilling equipment, the rod cartridge comprising a rotor with guide plates for rods; end covers having end surfaces, the rods being placeable between the end covers; and rotation means mounted in one end cover for rotating the rotor.
- Rod cartridges are used in rock drilling equip- ment for storing drill rods or drill pipes used in long-hole drilling and bolts used in rock bolting.
- the rod refers to drill rods and drill pipes used in long-hole drilling or to bolts used in rock bolting.
- the rock drilling equipment in turn refers in this patent application and claims both to a rock drilling equip ⁇ ment and to a bolting equipment used in rock bolting.
- Cartridge solutions known from the prior art typically utilize different kinds of rotating cart- ridges comprising end plates and usually two or three guide plates between the end plates. A rod is posi ⁇ tioned between the end plates into slots formed in the guide plates.
- the slots can be turned successively in align ⁇ ment with a cartridge feed opening or to a feeding position for placing rods into the cartridge and removing them from the cartridge.
- This type of cart ⁇ ridge is well-known and of a structure self-evident to one skilled in the art, so it will not be described more fully herein.
- a problem with the prior art cartridge solutions is that the cartridges are of such dimensions that they can accommodate only rods of a predetermined length. If such a cartridge is used for rods of a different length, it is necessary to change fixed cartridge structures in order that the cartridge would operate in a desired way. This is problematic especially when the rods are rock bolts having widely varying manufacturing tolerances. If the cartridge is designed for a certain rod length, rods of a greater length cannot be stored in it, and even a few tens of millimetres may render a rod lot unsuitable for the cartridge. Similarly, if it is necessary to use re- inforcing bolts and extension rods of different lengths e.g.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a rod cartridge which can be used for storing rods of different lengths according to the require- ments and which is easily and rapidly adjustable for different rod lengths.
- the rod cartridge according to the invention is characterized in that one of the end surfaces is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the rotor so that the distance of the end surface from the opposite end surface is adjustable according to the length of the rod to be used.
- An essential feature of the invention is that the end surface at one end of the rod cartridge and the guide plate close to it are displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the rod cartridge such that the distance between the end covers can be adjusted for the length of a rod to be used, and the guide plates can be positioned at suitable distances to facilitate the handling of the rod.
- An essential feature of a preferred embodiment of the invention is that one of the gripping/displacing arms needed for rod handling is similarly displaceable so that rods of different lengths can be gripped at an optimal point with respect to the guide plates.
- the displace ⁇ able end surface of the cartridge is mounted at the end close to the rock drill and the bolt feeding device, respectively.
- the cartridge rotation machinery and rotation motor are mounted in close proximity to the displace- able end cover, so that the dimensions of the cart ⁇ ridge will be as small as possible at the front end of the feeding beam of the rock drill and the rod will be fed in a desired way in alignment with either the drilling axis of the rock drill or the feeding axis of the bolting head.
- An advantage of the solution according to the invention is that the transition from one rod length to another takes places rapidly and simply merely by displacing the end cover and the guide plate to a desired position. Similarly, if the rod length varies from a predetermined value, the cartridge may also be adjusted to the wrong rod length without any laborious and expensive replacement of the parts. Moreover, the cartridge according to the invention allows a suitable bolt length to be used at the same working site according to the requirements, which involves savings in material costs.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a rock bolt ⁇ ing equipment
- Figure 2 shows the rock bolting equipment of Figure 1 in a direction A indicated in Figure 1;
- Figures 3a and 3b show a rod cartridge according to the invention in two positions adjusted for dif ⁇ ferent rod lengths
- Figure 4 is a schematic view of a gripping arm as seen in the direction of the turning axis
- Figure 5 is a schematic side view of another embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a rock bolting equipment.
- the equipment comprises one embodi ⁇ ment of the rod cartridge according to the invention, i.e. a bolt cartridge 1. It further comprises a bolt- ing head 2 movable along its own feeding beam 2a, and a rock drill 3 similarly movable along its own feeding beam 3a. It also comprises gripping arms 4 connected to a mounting beam 5 turnably about a shaft 6.
- the bolting head 2 and the rock drill 3 and the gripping arms 4 with their beams are connected as a single unit to a base 7 turnable about a vertical shaft 8. Both the base 7 and the cartridge 1 are connected to an equipment frame 9.
- Figure 2 shows the rock bolting equipment of Figure 1 as seen in a direction A indicated in Figure 1. It appears from Figure 2 that there are two gripping arms 4 spaced mutually so that rods (not shown in Figure 2) placed in the cartridge 1 can be gripped and withdrawn from the cartridge into align- ment with a hole to be bolted.
- the parts corresponding to those shown in Figure 1 are indicated with the same reference numerals with the exception of the gripping arms, which are indicated with the refer ⁇ ence numerals 4a and 4b for the sake of clarity.
- Figures 3a and 3b show a rod cartridge according to the invention adjusted for a short rod and a long rod, respectively.
- the rod cartridge is formed of a central tube or shaft 10 mounted for rotation with respect to an upper fixed end cover 11.
- a tubular support arm 12 formed of an outer tube 12a and an inner tube 12b disposed longitudinally movably within the outer tube is also attached to the upper end cover 11.
- the inner tube 12b can be secured immovable with respect to the outer tube 12a by a squeezer 12c.
- the inner tube 12b in turn is attached to another end cover 13 within which means for rotating the cart ⁇ ridge, i.e. a Maltese cross mechanism, is disposed and to which a rotation motor 14 is also connected.
- the other end cover 13 is positioned around the shaft 10, and it can be displaced longitudinally of the shaft.
- Guide plates 15a to 15c are also attached to the shaft 10. The guide plates are provided with slots into which rods 16 are placed in a manner known per se.
- the guide plates 15a to 15c are further provided with retainer springs 17a to 17c which keep the rods 16 in position in the slots.
- the rotation mechanism within the other end cover 13 is attached to the shaft 10 unrotatably by means of a friction connecting sleeve 18.
- the guide plate 15c closest to the end cover 13, i.e. the bottommost guide plate in the figure, is attached to the shaft 10 by a similar friction connecting sleeve 19.
- the squeezer 12c and the friction connect- ing sleeves 18 and 19 are opened.
- the lower end cover is thereafter displaced as shown in Figure 3a such that the rod 16 will be positioned between the end surfaces 11a and 13a of the end covers 11 and 13.
- the friction connecting sleeve 18 and 19, respectively, is then tightened so that the Maltese cross mechanism within the end cover 13 is connected unrotatably to the shaft 10, and the guide plate 15c is similarly connected unrotatably to the shaft 10.
- the guide plates 15a and 15b are preferably mounted fixedly to the shaft 10, as they need not be displaced when the length of the rod 16 varies.
- Figure 3b in turn shows a situation in which the cartridge has been adjusted for a long rod 16'.
- the squeezer 12c of the tubes 12a and 12b has correspondingly been opened first and then the friction connecting sleeves 18 and 19, whereafter it has been possible to displace the other end cover 13 and its motor and the guide plate 15c to the bottom end of the shaft 10.
- the friction connecting sleeves 18 and 19 and the squeezer 12c between the tubes 12a and 12b have thereafter been tightened.
- the rotation of the motor 14 rotates the Maltese cross, which rotates the shaft 10 via the friction connecting sleeve 18.
- the guide plates 15a to 15c thus also rotate, displacing the rod 16 or 16' to a position for withdrawing the rod from the cartridge; alternatively, in the case of long-hole drilling, for placing a detached extension rod into an empty slot in the guide plates 15a to 15c.
- Figures 3a and 3b further show how the lower gripping arm 4b has been displaced similarly as the cartridge end cover 13 so that it is at a suit ⁇ able distance from the ends of the rod 16.
- Both of the gripping arms 4a and 4b are connected to the shaft 6 (not shown in the figure) passing through them.
- the shaft 6 is hexagonal in cross-section, but it is mounted turnably to a stand 20 shown in Figure 4.
- the stand 20 comprises a slot 21 for an I-shaped beam 5.
- the stands 20 are attached to the beam 5 by mounting bolts 22 so as to fix the arm with respect to the beam 5.
- the arms 4 are turned by turning the shaft 6 by a power unit known per se (not shown), such as a hydraulic motor or cylinder.
- the mount- ing bolts 22 are opened so that the stand 20 is slid- able along the track 5.
- the gripping arms are con ⁇ nected to the shaft 6 shown in the figure by a hexa ⁇ gonal hole whereas they are not fixed to the shaft in any way, they are also able to slide with respect to the shaft 7, being thus easily and simply adjustable to a desired position.
- the mounting bolts 22 of the stand 20 are tightened so that the gripping arm will not move with respect to the stand.
- Figure 5 shows another embodiment of the inven ⁇ tion in which the cartridge itself is fixed in length, that is, the end covers 11 and 13 are interconnected by an integral supporting arm 12.
- the end surfaces 11a and 13a form part of separate end plates lib and 13b connected for rotation with the rotor shaft 10 so that the rods 16 contained in the cartridge will not chafe the end surfaces 11a and 13a.
- the end plate 13b is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the shaft 10 so as to adjust the distance between the end surfaces 13a and 11a in accordance with the length of the rod 16.
- the guide plate 15c close to the dis ⁇ placeable end plate 13b is displaceable in the longit ⁇ udinal direction of the shaft 10.
- the end plate 13b and the guide plate 15c may both be arranged to be separately attached unrotatably to the shaft either by a friction connecting sleeve mentioned above or other fixing means.
- the guide plate 15c and the end plate 13b may be fixed to each other, in which case a single fixing means will suffice, such as a friction connecting sleeve.
- the Maltese cross mechanism operated by the rotation motor may be connected fixedly to rotate the shaft 10.
- the rotation mechanism and the guide plate 15c may be connected to the shaft 10 unrotatably in dif- ferent ways e.g. by a wedge provided in the shaft 10 or in some other way. Also, they may be connected in the vertical direction of the shaft 10 by various screw fixing means and other similar means. Corre ⁇ spondingly, the tubes 12a and 12c may be inter- connected in various way, depending on the applica ⁇ tion. The outer tube 12a and the inner tube 12b may be interlocked immovably with respect to each other by the squeezer 12c at the free end of the outer tube 12a.
- the end of the outer tube 12a will be squeezed smaller than its diameter due to a transverse slit 12d formed in the outer tube 12a and a longitudinal slit starting from the transverse slit and extending through the squeezer 12c also starting from the transverse slit, thus fixing the inner tube 12b in position.
- rods of different diameters can be used merely by changing the springs 17a to 17c. In this way, it is possible to select the diameter as well as the length of the rods according to the requirements in each particular case.
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Priority Applications (5)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AU62595/94A AU678447B2 (en) | 1993-04-08 | 1994-03-17 | Rod cartridge for a rock drilling equipment |
PL94310974A PL172868B1 (en) | 1993-04-08 | 1994-03-17 | Drilling rod magazine for a rock drilling rig |
CA002159474A CA2159474C (en) | 1993-04-08 | 1994-03-17 | Rod cartridge for a rock drilling equipment |
EP94909945A EP0692064B1 (en) | 1993-04-08 | 1994-03-17 | Rod cartridge for a rock drilling equipment |
DE69412803T DE69412803T2 (en) | 1993-04-08 | 1994-03-17 | SUSPENSION TANK FOR ROCK BORING EQUIPMENT |
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FI931616A FI95621C (en) | 1993-04-08 | 1993-04-08 | Bar cage for a rock drill |
FI931616 | 1993-04-08 |
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PCT/FI1994/000100 WO1994024410A1 (en) | 1993-04-08 | 1994-03-17 | Rod cartridge for a rock drilling equipment |
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EP (1) | EP0692064B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE170256T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU678447B2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2159474C (en) |
DE (1) | DE69412803T2 (en) |
FI (1) | FI95621C (en) |
PL (1) | PL172868B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1994024410A1 (en) |
ZA (1) | ZA942205B (en) |
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US6543555B2 (en) | 2000-03-08 | 2003-04-08 | Casagrande Spa | Automatic loader for drill rods |
WO2019108119A1 (en) * | 2017-11-30 | 2019-06-06 | Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag | Rod feeding device and method at rod feeding device |
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WO1984001599A1 (en) * | 1982-10-13 | 1984-04-26 | Moss Rosenberg Verft As | Assembly for handling and racking drill pipe in a derrick |
WO1991019880A1 (en) * | 1990-06-15 | 1991-12-26 | Tamrock Oy | Apparatus for storing drill rods |
US5174389A (en) * | 1991-07-12 | 1992-12-29 | Hansen James E | Carousel well rig |
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- 1993-04-08 FI FI931616A patent/FI95621C/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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- 1994-03-17 PL PL94310974A patent/PL172868B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1994-03-17 AU AU62595/94A patent/AU678447B2/en not_active Expired
- 1994-03-17 AT AT94909945T patent/ATE170256T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1994-03-17 WO PCT/FI1994/000100 patent/WO1994024410A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1994-03-17 EP EP94909945A patent/EP0692064B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1994-03-29 ZA ZA942205A patent/ZA942205B/en unknown
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WO1984001599A1 (en) * | 1982-10-13 | 1984-04-26 | Moss Rosenberg Verft As | Assembly for handling and racking drill pipe in a derrick |
WO1991019880A1 (en) * | 1990-06-15 | 1991-12-26 | Tamrock Oy | Apparatus for storing drill rods |
US5174389A (en) * | 1991-07-12 | 1992-12-29 | Hansen James E | Carousel well rig |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US6543555B2 (en) | 2000-03-08 | 2003-04-08 | Casagrande Spa | Automatic loader for drill rods |
WO2019108119A1 (en) * | 2017-11-30 | 2019-06-06 | Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag | Rod feeding device and method at rod feeding device |
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FI95621C (en) | 1996-02-26 |
EP0692064B1 (en) | 1998-08-26 |
AU678447B2 (en) | 1997-05-29 |
ATE170256T1 (en) | 1998-09-15 |
EP0692064A1 (en) | 1996-01-17 |
FI931616A (en) | 1994-10-09 |
CA2159474C (en) | 2004-05-04 |
DE69412803D1 (en) | 1998-10-01 |
PL310974A1 (en) | 1996-01-22 |
DE69412803T2 (en) | 1999-04-29 |
FI931616A0 (en) | 1993-04-08 |
FI95621B (en) | 1995-11-15 |
CA2159474A1 (en) | 1994-10-27 |
PL172868B1 (en) | 1997-12-31 |
ZA942205B (en) | 1994-10-31 |
AU6259594A (en) | 1994-11-08 |
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