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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026

Filed:

May. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Technological Resources Pty Limited, Melbourne, AU;

Inventors:

Chris Innes, Melbourne, AU;

Joshua Leeman, Melbourne, AU;

Ross Hennessy, Budgewoi, AU;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/02 (2006.01); E21B 4/06 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/02 (2013.01); E21B 4/06 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are a method and system for controlling a drill rig by utilising a drill control module. A drill control module for controlling functionality of a drill rig comprises: a processor; a storage medium for storing a computer program having instructions that when executed on the processor perform the method steps of: drilling a hole by repeatedly: activating a hammer drilling mode for a predefined interval parameter, said activated hammer drilling mode causing a drill bit of said drill rig to impact a surface using a hammer drilling technique; and activating a pause interval for a predefined interval time, during which said drill bit reduces engagement with said surface.


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