Embedded Drilling System using Rotary-percussion Drilling

Abstract

The drilling technology is widely used in various fields. This technology has been developed explosively by large companies. However, conventional drilling system requires large equipment such as a rig and mud systems. This makes it difficult for drilling in polar or space environments where large equipment is hard to enter or carry. To solve this problem, we propose an embedded drilling system which does not requires the rig, mud system, and pipes. In this paper, the concept of embedded drilling system will be proposed and introduce a locomotion and rotary-percussion drilling mechanism of this system. Two simulations were performed to show efficiency of the proposed system compared to conventional rotary drilling system.