DESIGN OF A DRILLING

RIG
To meet customer
requirements.

A high standard Diamond drill

rig for Mineral Exploration

FOOT CLAMP FOR A MULTIPURPOSE DRILL RIG

FOOT CLAMP

MAST STRUCTURE OF A
MULTIPURPOSE DRILL RIG

FOPS and Control Panel of

a Diamond (Core) drill Rig
FOPS

CONTROL
PANEL

FORMATION OF THE
IDEA

The CEO or Chairperson of a

firm Designs and Markets a
product to satisfy his needs.
His / Her needs can be
Psychological, Social, Financial,
and many more
First sell the product then
design.

DESIGN OF A PRODUCT
Whatever Design, Creation, or Idea of
a Product or Service should satisfy
the customer requirements.
Customer requirements are generally
Financial, Psychological, Social, etc
Whatever design we do must be
competitive also. Because
Monopoly is a rare case.

PRODUCT DESIGN Contd

When customer is satisfied
he can come with us for a
long distance.
We can harvest customer
satisfaction as per our
requirements.

BASIC DESIGN OF A DRILL

RIG
The drill rig can include following
features.
I). Right type of Kinematics
(Mechanisms) to Perform different
functions, the customer needs.
When we call RIGHT TYPE it should
satisfy many requirements. Such as,
A). Ease and Safe to operate
B). To meet statutory requirements of the
situation

SAFETY WARNINGS

A Simple & Compact Drill

Rig

Continuation.

Basic Design of a Drill Rig

C). Optimum cost (To be decided in discussion
with customer)
D). Compactness (Space is more than
money in some situations)
E). Durability (Sufficient strength and
Resistance to environment and surrounding
conditions)
F). Ease of Maintenance
G). Light in weight and high in Elegance,
etc

Continuation.

Basic Design of Drill Rig

II). Right type of Hydraulics. The
hydraulic logics are equally important
as Mechanical Logics. Gone are the days
of simple pumps, valves and motors.
Present day pumps are load sensingvariable displacement types, with various
logical controls to suit the requirements.
The cartridge valves and Manifold Blocks
are used to prop-up the actuator control
logics.

A variable displacement
pump

Hydraulic Logics,
continued

CONTROL PANEL OF A
MODERN DRILL RIG

Hydraulic Motors &

Cylinders

The present day hydraulic motors

can operate at high pressures and
deliver high speeds and torques.
Bent axis variable displacement
motors are of infinitely variable
speeds and torques.
Many hydraulic cylinders come
with in built counter-balance
cartridge valves for better safety.

HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT OF A
DRILL RIG

HOSES and PIPING ON

MAST

SAFE
SPIRAL
FOR
HOSES

HYDRAULICS CONTD
PRESENT DAY HYDRAULIC HOSES ARE
MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE AND CAN HANDLE
HIGHER PRESSURES THAN OLDER TYPES.
CONTROL LEVERS ARE MORE
SOPHISTICATED, JOY STICK TYPES IN MANY
CASES.
DIGITAL GAUGES ARE REPLACING OLDER
AND LESS ACCURATE ANALOGUE TYPE
GAUGES OF THE PAST.
ADVANCED CIRCUITS WITH CARTDRIDGE
MANIFOLDS ARE BECOMING VERY POPULAR.

STATUTORY and SAFETY

requirements
As with technology advances, the legal
and safety standards are also higher
than in the past.
The Falling Object Protection
System (FOPS) at control panel
protects the drill-rig operator.
The Safety Decals and their
placement is made compulsory by
some legal terms.

Statutory requirements
Contd
Pollution and effluent emissions
should be within the legal limits.
The Drill-rig and accessories we
design should meet the
environmental norms. Such as the
paints we use should be safe to
environment.
Oils and Lubricants we recommend
should be safe to environment and
degradable.

AESTHETICS
The shape and external appearance
of a rig should be attractive to sight.
The paints to be used should be not
only protect the machine from
corrosion but also should meet the
customers visual taste.
Such external appearance
requirements can be decided in
discussion with customer.

TIME FRAME
One should not take too much
time to design a product, at
the same time he should not
be too hasty.
Time frame should be
decided in discussion with
customer.

OTHER THINGS
A designer should develop right vendor
to optimize cost and quality of the rig
Recruit right personnel and train
them
He should develop right processes and
procedures to manufacture the
product.
Develop other infrastructure as per
requirement.

THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION