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Cable-Suspended Electromechanical Auger Drills

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Abstract

The main feature of electromechanical cable-suspended drills is the use of an armored cable with a winch instead of a pipe string to provide power to the down-hole motor system and retrieve the down-hole unit. In some instances, a lighter weight reinforced tough-rubber or plastic-sheathed cable can be used for shallow drilling. The use of cable allows a significant reduction in power and material consumption, a decrease in the time of round-trip operations, and a simplification when the cleaning cuttings out of the hole.

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Talalay, P.G. (2016). Cable-Suspended Electromechanical Auger Drills. In: Mechanical Ice Drilling Technology. Springer Geophysics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0560-2_8

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