Monitoring of Drill System Behavior for Water-Powered In-The-Hole (ITH) Drilling

A detailed understanding of the drilling system and the drilling control is required to correctly interpret rock mass conditions based on monitored drilling data. This paper analyses data from hydraulic in-the-hole (ITH) drills used in LKAB’s Malmberget mine in Sweden. Drill parameters, including pe...

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Main Authors: Rajib Ghosh, Håkan Schunnesson, Anna Gustafson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/7/7/121