1. AUTOMATED DRILLING IN UNDERGROUND MINES
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2. INDEX:
Introduction about Drilling
Types of Drill
Automated Long Hole Drilling
Diarot
Case Study
References

3. INTRODUCTION: Drilling: Means of placing a directed hole in rock.
Two common reasons for drilling:
Exploration
Blasting

4. Types Of Rock Drill: Percussive Drill: 2. Rotary Drill:
Delivers blow against the bottom of a blast hole and during intervals of blows it rotates through a certain angle.
2. Rotary Drill:
The rotating tool advances towards the hole bottom by removing layer by layer.
3. Percussive-Rotary Drill:
Combines the principal of percussion and rotary drilling.

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An electric Drill
A schematic diagram showing a
man operating a Drill
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6. Components of a Drill:
Drill: Prime mover converting input energy into mechanical energy.
Rod: Transmits mechanical energy from drill to bit.
Bit: Mechanically attack the rock to achieve penetration.
Circulating Fluid: It cleans the hole, keeps the bit cool and stabilizes the wall of the hole.

7. Functional Diagram of Drill
Circulating Fluid
Drill Steel (Rod)
Drill Bit
Primary Mover
Functional Diagram of Drill
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8. “Production Drilling”, First Edition, Atlas Copco
Automated Drill Jumbo
“Production Drilling”, First Edition, Atlas Copco

9. Automated Long Hole Drilling (Simba)
Introduction:
Fully computerized drill rigs with much improved productivity, accuracy and serviceability.
Equipped with Atlas Copco’s Rig Control System.
Along with RCS options like Advanced Boom Control (ABC) Regular, ABC Total, Drill Plan Handling, Full Drill Data Handling (FDDH) are available.

10. Levels Of Automation Three different levels of Automation:
ABC Basic: It includes:
Computer controlled boom and feed movement
System monitoring and fault diagnostics.
Data loading procedures.
Hole length indication
Manual drill unit positioning.

11. Levels Of Automation
2. ABC Regular: Includes ABC Basic functionality plus
Assistance in accurate positioning of boom.
Automatic rod handling and one-hole automatic drilling.
Boom position feedback on operator’s display.
Drill plan handling without full fan automation, but with automatic positioning help.
ABC Total: Includes ABC Regular functionality plus
Complete fan drilling automatically to a pre-selected fan plan.
Automatic collaring and drilling.

12. Features: Drill Rig Operation: Rod handling System:
Common to all automation level
Displays different functions for drilling control such as rig angle, current drilling parameters, rig monitoring and fault detection.
Rod handling System:
The RHS, which incorporates pre-programmed interlocks to prevent the rock drill and rod handling arms from hitting each other, can be operated manually with the position lever and buttons on the operator's panel.
Operators need only to key in the required depth to intiate automatic collaring and drilling of a hole, including automatic addition of rods.

13. 3. Rig Remote Access (RRA)
specification Rig Remote Access
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14. Specifications: DIMENSIONS Length 9,460 mm Height 2,960 mm
Width   2,350 mm  
Weight   Total: 17,800 kg Boom Side: 12,300 kg Engine Side: 5,500 kg  
ENGINE & DRIVETRAIN
Engine Make  Deutz  
Horsepower  163 hp (120 kW)  
Fuel Tank Capacity  110l  

15. Specifications(Contd.):
 BATTERY  
Battery  2  
Voltage  24V  
HYDRAULICS  
Pump  Hydraulic driven water booster
Boom Positiong Specifications:
Reach: 3.5 – 5.1 m
Rotation: 360 degree
Boom Up: 55.5 degree
Boom Down: 46.5 degree
Sideways: +35 to -35 degree
Forwards: 90 degree
Backwards: 24 degree

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Atlas Copco Simba
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17. Drilling With Diarot Analysis:

18. Diarot..? A rock Drilling Simulation Program by Atlas Copco.
Diarot assists in choosing the right parameters for rig before the first hole is even drilled.
Database of:
All Atlas Copco’s rock drills
Rock data from various areas throughout the world.
It provides information of:
Rotation Pressure
Percussion Pressure
Rotation Speed
Drill steel dimensions and so on.

19. Advantages:
Better Performance: Different rotation speed and feed force settings can be adjusted depending upon the strata.
Improved Penetration Rate
Increased Bit Life

20. Single Boomed Drill Jumbo Installed with Diarot
“Face Drilling”, Third Edition, Atlas Copco

21. Automated Longhole Drilling with Simba At LKAB
Case Study:
Automated Longhole Drilling with Simba At LKAB

22. About LKAB
LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) – Swedish Mining Company.
One of the world’s leading producer of Iron Ore.
Mines at Kiruna and Malmberget are models of modern mining methods.
The no. of drill meters to be achieved is 1 million per annum in 2007.
High capacity drill rigs were used.

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24. Kiruna Ore Body Single enormous slice of magnetite.
About 4 km long and an average width of 80m.
Extended to a depth of 2000m.
Ore body inclination is 60 degrees roughly.
Mining Method Employed: Sub-level Caving.

25. Drilling Requirements In Sublevel Caving
Slices of ore are drilled upward.
Remote controlled production drilling rigs (SIMBA W6 C) are used equipped with fan automation.
Several drills are operated simultaneously from the control room.
Rig drills upward at 80 degree front inclination in fan shaped pattern.
Drill Hole Length: 15m to 58m.
Drill Hole Diametre: 165mm

26. SIMBA W6 C
Equipped with Rig Remote Access via standard WLAN systems which enables Remote Supervision in full fan automation.
The drilling accuracy achieved with a hole deviation of less than 1%.
Automation Level: ABC Total.
Rig Remote Access (RRA):
Every rig is given a specific IP address.
Data from the rig is stored in a server and can be viewed by a laptop or PC connected with the network system.
Conclusion:
LKAB demands high productivity, efficiency and accuracy from its mine production drill rigs. Automation and the ability to remotely control the drill rigs assisted in achieving the target to drill 1 million m drill holes in Kiruna mine.

27. Slot drilled and ready as a free face for blasting
Simba Drilling a hole upward at 80’.
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28. REFERENCES:
Bhandari S.K., “Engineering Rock Blasting Operations”, 1997, pp 36 – 45.
“Production Drilling” Atlas Copco, First Edition 2008, pp & pp
“Face Drilling” Atlas Copco, Third Edition 2008, pp & pp
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specification Rig Remote Access a_tcm Date of Visit: 24/8/11