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Jaakko Kuusento

Hannu I Paasonen

Unto Ahtola

Eero Hartiala

Increased efficiency percussion piston and method for operating same

In a method of and device for adjusting the feed movement of a drill rod for drilling a rock, the drill rod is rotated by a pressure-medium-operated rotary motor and fed in a drilling direction and in the opposite direction by a pressure-medium-operated feed motor. A pressure change on the pressure side of the rotary motor due to a change in the rotation resistance on the rotary motor acts oppositely on the pressure and outlet sides of the feed motor toward reversing the feed force of the feed motor, i.e. in inverse and direct dependence on the pressure change, respectively. The pressures on the pressure side and the outlet side of the feed motor are, therefore, controlled so that, when the pressure on one side increases because of the pressure change, the pressure on the other side decreases and vice versa.

Method of and device for adjusting the feed movement of a drill rod for

Pressure fluid operated percussion drilling machine comprising a frame (1) forming a cylinder space (2) for an axially movable percussion piston (3). The frame is provided with channels (4,7) connectable to a pressure fluid source (5) and to a pressure fluid container (8) respectively for pressurizing the cylinder space alternately on each side of the percussion piston in order to move it back and forth. The frame is also provided with means (12) for connection of a drilling rod (13) to the frame for directing strokes on the drilling rod by means of the percussion piston. A pressure fluid operated rotation mechanism (18) is mounted on the frame for rotating the drilling rod, which mechanism is connected to said channels for rotating the mechanism by means of a pressure fluid. The frame is provided with two outlet channels (7,19) terminating in the cylinder space at a distance from each other in the direction of movement of the percussion piston. One of said outlet channels is connected to the rotation mechanism and the other to the pressure fluid container so that the percussion piston distributes the pressure fluid displaced out from the cylinder space in a desired proportion between the fluid container and the rotation mechanism.

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Tampere, Finland

Jaakko Kuusento