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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment Llc, Denison, TX (US);
Caterpillar Global Mining Hms Gmbh, Dortmund, DE;
Carl J. Moberg, Dunlap, IL (US);
Timo Diekmann, Castrop-Rauxel, DE;
Ross L. Hoult, Queensland, AU;
Cary Gist, Ravenna, TX (US);
Rajesh R. Gunda, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC, Denison, TX (US);
Abstract
An anti-jam control system for mobile drilling machines is disclosed. The anti-jam control system may include a method for automatically clearing a jam during an automatic drilling mode of a mobile drilling machine including a drill bit mounted on a drill string. The method may include: monitoring a feed rate of the drill bit during the automatic drilling mode; and automatically initiating an anti-jam operation when the feed rate is below a predetermined feed rate threshold.