ROCK DRILLING DEVICE

Abstract: Rock drilling device comprising a feed beam (1) and a rock drilling machine (2) movable along the feed beam. The rock drilling machine is fed along the feed beam (1) by means of a feed line (7) which is routed over a sheave (6) arranged at the movable end (5) of a pressure medium cylinder (3). A further line (8) is arranged between two points (9, 10) which are fixed relative to the movable end (5) of the pressure medium cylinder (3). The further line (8) is connected with a measuring device (11) which is fixedly arranged on the feed beam (1) for measuring the displacement of the rock drilling machine (2) along the feed beam.

Description: Rock drilling device The present invention relates to a rock drilling device. More particularly the invention relates to a rock drilling device provided with a measuring device for measuring the movement of a rock drilling machine along a feed beam. In a previously known device of the above mentioned kind, see WO 94/06999, fig 4, the movement of the rock drilling machine along the feed beam is sensed by a measuring means which is arranged on the rock drilling machine. A drawback with this device is that the measuring means moves with the rock drilling machine in its movement along the feed beam. The measuring cables therefore must be lead away via the usual hose reel. This means that the measuring cables must be placed among the pressure medium conduits which supply driving medium to the rock drilling machine. Since these conduits contain fluid of pulsating pressure the conduits will vibrate which can damage the measuring cables. The present invention, which is defined in the subsequent claim, aims at achieving a rock drilling device where the above mentioned problems with damages on the measuring cables are avoided through arranging the measuring device stationary on the feed beam, through which the measuring cables need not be arranged together with the pressure medium conduits. An embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawing in which fig 1 shows a rock drilling device according to the invention. Fig 2 shows schematically a part of the device according to fig 1 with certain parts taken away for increased clarity. The device shown in the drawing comprises a feed beam 1 intended to be carried by a not shown drill rig in the usual manner. A rock drilling machine 2 is arranged on a slide 21 which is movable along the feed beam 1. A drill string 18 including a drill bit 19 is connected to the rock drilling machine 2. The rock drilling machine is displaced by means of a pressure medium cylinder 3 and a feed line 7. In practice, not shown in fig 2, there is also a feed line for the return feed of the rock drilling machine. The pressure medium cylinder 3 has a first end 4 which is fixed relative to the feed beam 1 and a second end 5 which is movable relative to the feed beam 1. In the shown example it is the piston rod 12 of the pressure medium cylinder 3 which is fixed relative to the feed beam 1. It is also possible to turn the pressure medium cylinder 3 such that the movable end 5 is arranged on the piston rod 12. The movable end 5 of the pressure medium cylinder 3 carries a sheave 6. The feed line 7 which is routed over the sheave 6 is with its one end fixed to the feed beam I and with its other end connected with the slide 21 of the rock drilling machine 2. With this arrangement the rock drilling machine 2 is driven along the feed beam 1 with twice as high speed as the movable end 5 on the pressure medium cylinder 3. The rock drilling device is provided with a hose reel 15 and a drill support 16 at the middle of the drill string 18. The hose reel 15 is in fig 2 marked by the support 13 and the drill support 16 by the support 14. This means that the hose reel 15 and the drill support 16 are driven along the feed beam 1 with the same speed as the movable end 5 of the pressure medium cylinder 3 in the usual way. The supports 13,14 are provided with points 9,10 between which a further line 8 is arranged. This further line is routed, one or more turns, about a wheel 17 on a measuring device 11 which is fixed on the feed beam 1. The measuring device 11 delivers pulses corresponding to the displacement of the rock drilling machine 2 along the feed beam 1. Since the measuring cables are connected to a socket 22 on the measuring device I I the measuring cables are fixed relative to the feed beam 1 and are thus not exerted to the loads which vibrating pressure medium hoses cause. The position of the rock drilling machine 2 along the feed beam 1 is measured by counting the pulses from the measuring device 11.

Claims: Claim: 1. Rock drilling device comprising a feed beam (1), a rock drilling machine movable to-and-fro along the feed beam, a pressure medium cylinder (3) of which one end (4) is fixed relative to the feed beam (1) and the other end (5) is movable relative to the feed beam and carries a sheave (6) over which a feed line (7) is routed, and that said feed line (7) is connected with the feed beam (1) and with the rock drilling machine (2), c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that a further line (8) is arranged between two points (9,10) which are fixed relative to the movable end (5) of the pressure medium cylinder (3) and that said further line (8) is connected with a measuring device (11) which is fixedly arranged on the feed beam (1).

Inventors: SAF FREDRIK, SAF, FREDRIK
Applicants: ATLAS COPCO ROCK DRILLS AB, SAF FREDRIK, SAF, FREDRIK
Application year: 1999
Main classification: E21B19
IPC codes: E21B19