Patent ID: 11970908
Assignee: ELEMENT SIX (UK) LIMITED
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B  H | IPC B  E  H

Claim 16:
17. A method of using the sensor system of claim 1, the cutter element and interrogation transceiver being attached to a drill bit for boring into the earth; the cutter element comprising a super-hard portion; the method including:
using the drill bit to bore into the earth;
the interrogation transceiver transmitting an RF interrogation signal (IS);
the sensor transceiver system transducing between the RF interrogation signal (IS), a respective guided signal in the signal guide medium, and a respective RF response signal (RS);
the interrogation transceiver receiving the RF response signal (RS);
a signal processor device processing the RF response signal (RS) and generating an indication of the condition of the cutter element.