Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC

Michael J Kresca

Rex Aaron Glover

Charles Taylor Hudson

Yagneshwar Natarajan

Roberto Garcia

A controller may receive sensor data from one or more sensor devices of the drilling machine. The sensor data indicates a vertical position of a drilling assembly of the drilling machine. The drilling assembly includes a drill string connected to a drill bit. The controller may determine, based on the sensor data, that the vertical position of the drilling assembly corresponds to a deck wrench engaging position. The controller may cause a deck wrench, of the drilling machine, to engage an engagement portion of the drill string based on determining that the vertical position of the drilling assembly corresponds to the deck wrench engaging position. The engagement portion of the drill string is adjacent to an end of the drill string connected to the drill bit.

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Peoria, IL, United States of America

Michael J Kresca