WO2019116330A1 - Capture de données - Google Patents

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WO2019116330A1
WO2019116330A1 PCT/IB2018/060084 IB2018060084W WO2019116330A1 WO 2019116330 A1 WO2019116330 A1 WO 2019116330A1 IB 2018060084 W IB2018060084 W IB 2018060084W WO 2019116330 A1 WO2019116330 A1 WO 2019116330A1
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Jan Daniël VAN DER WALT
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Van Der Walt Jan Daniel
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B44/00—Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions

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  • This invention relates to data capturing.
  • the invention relates to a method of capturing drilling data and to a data capturing device.
  • rock drill is used to refer to a handheld rock drill as well as a drill rig.
  • rock drills are then serviced and indiscriminately overhauled.
  • a method of capturing drilling data from a rock drill which includes
  • the rock drill may be any one of a pneumatic and hydraulic rock drill, or a drill rig.
  • the sensor may be any one of an impact, noise and inclination sensor.
  • the physical effect generated by the rock drill may be any one of an impact, a noise, and an inclination, depending on the sensor being used.
  • the recorded series of input signals and the usage data derived therefrom may be time stamped with the use of a Real-Time Clock circuit.
  • the method may include measuring the impact generated by the rock drill in terms of impact force and frequency.
  • the impact force and frequency may directly be measured or derived from vibration-; noise-; shock-; inductive-; acceleration sensors or any sensor which can sense drilling or drilling movement.
  • vibration-; noise-; shock-; inductive-; acceleration sensors or any sensor which can sense drilling or drilling movement In this document the different sensors/methods which can be used is merely referred to by the term“sensor”.
  • the method may include the prior step of associating a unique equipment identity number with any one of a rock drill, rock drill location and rock drill operator.
  • the method may include measuring the time for which the rock drill is operational, such as the time from where the rock drill starts to operate, until when the rock drill stops operating.
  • the method may include using this data to determine the total operational time and the total non-operational time of the rock drill. From the sensor data the method may include using this data to determine“on-collar” drilling time and“off- collar” drilling time.
  • the method may include measuring the angle at which the rock drill is being used and the time for which it is used at a particular angle.
  • the angle at which the drill is being used is measured with an inclination sensor or a micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer and gyro and can measure this under vibration and shock conditions typical of the rock drilling operation.
  • the angle data is time stamped by using the start and end time of drilling obtained from a signal present from the sensor.
  • the method may include measuring the operational efficiency of the rock drill in terms of the number of holes that were drilled per panel/stope/per section and per shift/operational time.
  • the method may include measuring the operation cycle times, such as on- collar drilling and off-collar drilling times.
  • the on- and off collar drilling operation is determined by the difference in frequency and amplitude being read from the sensor.
  • the method may include measuring the rock drill performance in terms of rate of penetration per hole drilled.
  • the rate of penetration is determined by the difference in start time of the drill operation and the end time of the operation for each hole drilled.
  • the start time is confirmed by a signal present from the sensor and a signal absent from the sensor.
  • a better resolution of rate of penetration may be obtained by using the time stamped“on-collar” frequency and amplitude data to determine the drill has started and the end time is determined by the time stamped off-collar frequency and amplitude data.
  • the on-collar frequency and amplitude differ from each other in magnitude and order.
  • the method may include monitoring the rock drill status by measuring the vibration generated by the rock drill and the operational temperature of the rock drill.
  • the method may include measurement of air and water- flow and pressure to determine the drill deterioration and drill condition.
  • the method may include measuring the Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) of the rock drill by reading data from a real time clock and calculating the MTBF and MTTR values.
  • the method may include calculating when the rock drill is due for service by accumulating the operational time of the rock drill.
  • the method may then include providing an audio/visual indication of when the rock drill is due for a service.
  • MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
  • MTTR Mean Time To Repair
  • the invention extends to a data capturing device, which includes a sensor, operable to generate an input signal representative of an operational parameter of a pneumatic rock drill;
  • a processor operable to record a series of impact signals from the sensor and to derive usage date from the recorded series of input signals
  • a unique identification device which is associated with a particular rock drill; a communication interface, connected to the processor, operable wirelessly to transmit usage data to a remote receiver.
  • the sensor may be an impact sensor, operable to generate an input signal representative of the impact of a pneumatic rock drill.
  • the sensor may be an inclinometer operable to determine the angle at which the rock drill is being operated.
  • the sensor may be a vibration sensor, operable to sense vibration of the rock drill to determine when the rock drill is being operated.
  • the sensor may be acoustic sensor to determine when the drill is being operated.
  • the data capturing device may include a real time clock, operable to measure the time for which the rock drill is being operated.
  • the processor of the data capturing device may include calculation means operable to calculate any one or more of an accumulated operational time of the rock drill; an“on-collar” drilling time and“off-collar” drilling time; a time for which the rock drill is operated at a particular angle; an operational efficiency of the rock drill in terms of drilling cycles per time interval; the number of holes drilled by each drill and operator; the rate of penetration per hole drilled; the Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Mean Time To Repairs (MTTR) of the rock drill and when the rock drill is due for service.
  • MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
  • MTTR Mean Time To Repairs
  • Figure 1 shows a functional block diagram of a data capturing device in accordance with one aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS 2 to 5 show presentations of operational data collected in terms of the method of the invention.
  • Figure 1 shows a functional block diagram of a data capturing device (10) in accordance with the invention.
  • the data capturing device (10) is a stand-alone unit with its own power supply in the form of a battery (12) or air/water driven generator for pneumatic/hydraulic drills respectively to power the electronic components of the data capturing device (10). It is to be appreciated that the generator may include any other generator such as induction; piezo or movement energy harvesting generator.
  • the data capturing device (10) includes a sensor (14), operable to generate an input signal representative of a physical characteristic of a pneumatic/hydraulic rock drill.
  • sensors (14), or other type of sensor can be installed into the device (10) to measure the required physical characteristics:
  • Vibration sensor- providing frequency and amplitude of vibration of the drill
  • Acceleration sensor providing linear movement data of the drill in one to three axes (usually MEMS type)
  • Gyro sensor providing rotational movement data on one to three axes (usually MEMS type)
  • Temperature measuring drill temperature can be indication of abnormal friction of parts and that the condition of the drill deteriorates
  • the above sensors may have digital or analogue outputs.
  • the sensor (14) is connected to a processor (16), which is operable to record a series of signals from the sensor and to derive usage data from the recorded series of input signals.
  • the processor (16) is connected to a non-volatile memory device (18) for storing data, to a real time clock (20) which is operable to keep time and to record the duration for which the rock drill is used or not used.
  • the data capturing device (10) includes a universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (22) (UART), a generic communication interface (24), such as a Wi- Fi-, optical-, blue tooth-, Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN), such as the LoRa WAN or Ethernet interface and an optical transceiver (28) connected to the processor (16) through which the processor (16) can communicate with an external processing device (26) and to other external devices (not shown).
  • a universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART)
  • LPWAN Low Power Wide Area Network
  • LPWAN Low Power Wide Area Network
  • an optical transceiver connected to the processor (16) through which the processor (16) can communicate with an external processing device (26) and to other external devices (not shown).
  • the data capturing device (10) includes a unique identification code contained in the firmware, which is re-programmable, which is associated with a particular rock drill, in use.
  • the identification device is in the form of the memory (18) on which is stored a unique identity code.
  • the data capturing device (10) provides a method of capturing time stamped drilling data from a pneumatic/hydraulic rock drill.
  • the method includes the steps of receiving an input signal from the sensor (14).
  • the input signal is proportional to a physical characteristic of the rock drill in terms of impact force and frequency.
  • the method includes recording a series of input signals from the sensor (14).
  • the data capturing device (10), and its usage data, being the series of input signals are associated with a particular rock drill.
  • the unique identification code or equipment number is transferred to the device by means of external communication from an external programmer (such as a personal computer or handheld programming device) (not shown) to the device (10) through a communication interface (22, 24, 28) before operational deployment or through the wireless communication interface during or after operational deployment from the external programmer.
  • the unique identifier code is part of the firmware (software code) programmed into non-volatile memory on the device and can be read back together with the time stamped sensor data collected during drill operation.
  • the equipment location is transferred by the same means as the unique identifier and also stored in memory on the device (10) and can also be re-programmed through a communication interface (22, 24, 28) by the externa programmer.
  • the operator code is transferred by the same means as above unique identifier and equipment location as described above.
  • the real time clock is set initially (to start keeping real time e.g. year; month; day; hour; minute; second) through a communication interface (22, 24, 28) and will keep time as long as the power source /battery is present and powered.
  • the real time clock is read as soon as data is obtained and the data is then“time stamped” and stored in memory together with the time when the data was captured.
  • Angle at which the equipment operates e.g drilling angle against drilling time).
  • the angle at which the drill is being used is measured with an inclination sensor or a micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer and gyro and can measure this under vibration and shock conditions typical of the rock drilling operation.
  • the angle data is time stamped by using the start and end time of drilling obtained from a signal present from the sensor.
  • MEMS micro electro-mechanical systems
  • Drills are allocated (per unique equipment number) to a panel/stope and section- the time stamped data per unique equipment number then provides information of which shift it was in operational use, in which section it was operated and what the operational time of the drill was.
  • Equipment performance monitoring e.g. (rate of penetration per hole drilled)
  • Equipment health monitoring (vibration; temperature over against operated)
  • Equipment reliability monitoring such as Drill Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF); Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) and other reliability parameters
  • the data capturing device (10) is loaded with executable code, which, when executed stores a unique drill/equipment ID number, the location of equipment deployment, the operator or any other required data related to the equipment.
  • the device will record shock and vibration, inclination, acceleration or any data required to monitor the performance of the equipment or the operator through digital and analogue sensors to monitor starting of the operational process and ending of the operational process.
  • the data capturing device (10) will also store equipment and operator performance data or any data that may be required to monitor the operation or the equipment and or operator under use. Operator performance will be measured by assessing off collar drill time- if the off collar drill time exceeds the average of all operators off collar drill time- the drill is running without drilling. Further the total drilling time and rate of penetration will give an indication of operator efficiency.
  • the data is stored in the non-volatile Flash memory (18) to be exported through different communication interfaces, such as serial communication interfaces (RS 232, RS 422, RS 485) or through wireless communication interfaces such as WiFi, Near Field Communication, Blue Tooth; Lora or Optic communication to a remote receiver.
  • serial communication interfaces RS 232, RS 422, RS 485
  • wireless communication interfaces such as WiFi, Near Field Communication, Blue Tooth; Lora or Optic communication to a remote receiver.
  • the data capturing device (10) can include an optical interface such as a visible spectrum LED to provide an indication of the rock drill operational data and service due date.
  • Figure 2 shows operational data including a graph of the drill angle, the shaft, section and stope at which the drill was operated and the operator and drill identification data. The average angle at which the drill was operated, the rate of penetration, the hole number, drill run time and drill off time.
  • Figure 3 shows a graph of the number of holes drilled per panel.
  • Figure 4 shows the rate of penetration per hole.
  • Figure 5 shows a spreadsheet of the drill rig numbers and the visits to a customer, the workshop and the stores. The total days in operation of each drill rig is also shown.
  • the present invention provides a novel method of capturing drilling data and a novel data capturing device, which is unique in its application as an electronic hour meter and performance monitoring device.
  • the application to monitor a rock drill or rock drill rig and to monitor operator performance provides a unique application to underground equipment and works.
  • the method provides a unique application to track drilling equipment and their operational data.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de capture de données de forage à partir d'un foret de roche ou d'un appareil de forage, lequel procédé consiste : à recevoir un signal d'entrée provenant d'un capteur (14), le signal d'entrée étant proportionnel à l'effet physique généré par le foret ; à enregistrer une série de signaux d'entrée provenant du capteur (14) ; à associer la série enregistrée de signaux d'entrée avec un foret particulier ; à déduire des données d'utilisation de la série enregistrée de signaux d'entrée ; et à rendre les données d'utilisation disponibles pour un utilisateur. L'invention concerne également un dispositif de capture de données, qui comprend un capteur (14), permettant de générer un signal d'entrée représentatif d'un paramètre de fonctionnement d'un foret ; un processeur conçu pour enregistrer une série de signaux d'impact provenant du capteur et pour déduire une date d'utilisation à partir des signaux d'entrée ; et une interface de communication (22, 24, 28), connectée au processeur, permettant de transmettre des données d'utilisation à un récepteur distant.
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WO2009002306A1 (fr) * 2007-06-26 2008-12-31 Atlas Copco Rock Drills Ab Procédé et dispositif de commande d'une installation de forage de roche
WO2010039342A1 (fr) * 2008-10-03 2010-04-08 Halliburton Energy Services Inc. Procédé et système de prédiction de performance d'un système de forage
US20150083493A1 (en) * 2013-09-25 2015-03-26 Mark Ellsworth Wassell Drilling System and Associated System and Method for Monitoring, Controlling, and Predicting Vibration in an Underground Drilling Operation
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WO2009002306A1 (fr) * 2007-06-26 2008-12-31 Atlas Copco Rock Drills Ab Procédé et dispositif de commande d'une installation de forage de roche
WO2010039342A1 (fr) * 2008-10-03 2010-04-08 Halliburton Energy Services Inc. Procédé et système de prédiction de performance d'un système de forage
US20150083493A1 (en) * 2013-09-25 2015-03-26 Mark Ellsworth Wassell Drilling System and Associated System and Method for Monitoring, Controlling, and Predicting Vibration in an Underground Drilling Operation
WO2017214316A1 (fr) * 2016-06-07 2017-12-14 Fracture ID, Inc. Appareil et procédé utilisant des mesures effectuées pendant le forage de ciment pour obtenir des valeurs absolues de propriétés mécaniques de roche le long d'un trou de forage
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