| 摘要 |
The present invention provides an ultrasonic and sonic mechanism of deep drilling (USMOD) that is driven by a vibrating actuator and operates in a similar manner to the gopher with regards to drilling debris removal. The actuator induces vibration in the form of a hammering actuation. The mechanism consists of a penetration bit with a diameter that is the same or larger than the actuator. The embodiment of the invention that is disclosed herein emulates a gopher. This ultrasonic gopher is lowered down into the produced borehole, cores the medium, breaks and holds the core, and finally extracts and deploys the core. A USMOD device consists of power drive and a drill-head. The power driver generates ultrasonic pulses to activate the USMOD mechanism and it allows optimized use of power by duty cycling the signal. The drill-head consists of an actuator, free mass and a penetration bit. The actuator consists of a vibration source and a horn that amplifies the amplitude of the vibration. The horn has a cylindrical cross-section to produce a drill-head that has cylindrical configuration and eliminate undesirable trapping of extracted soil and powdered cuttings. A cavity inside the tubular-shape horn provides space for packaging miniature instrumentation and sensors. The actuator activates an integrated free-mass that hammers the penetration bit, where the free-mass operates as a transformer to lower the vibration frequency to produce the hammering action. In one implementation of the USMOD it is designed to contain a trap for collection of upward traveling dust, debris and powdered cuttings.
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