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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2013
Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment Llc, South Milwaukee, WI (US);
Ross L. Hoult, Eight Mile Plains, AU;
Samuel C. Taylor, Bungendore, AU;
Andrew Wright, Newcastle, AU;
Timo Diekmann, Castrop-Rauxel, DE;
Chinpei Tang, McKinney, TX (US);
Marcus U. Bähtz, Duisburg, DE;
Vin J. Varghese, McKinney, TX (US);
Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC, Denison, TX (US);
Abstract
A control system for an automatic drilling tool changer apparatus for use with a drilling rig includes a drilling control device programmed with a control scheme for controlling the automatic drilling tool changer apparatus, and a user interface coupled to the drilling control device for initiating actions of the automatic drilling tool changer apparatus and for interactively monitoring a status of the automatic drilling tool changer apparatus. The control scheme includes steps for an automatic drilling tool change-out operation, and the drilling control device and the user interface are configured to communicate with the automatic drilling tool changer apparatus over a network.