Method and equipment for aligning the feeding beam of a rock drilling equipment
First Claim
1. A method of aligning a feeding beam component of a rock drilling apparatus with a hole to be drilled wherein the inclination of the feeding beam is measured in two mutually perpendicular vertical measuring planes extending from a first common vertical axis by means of a pair of gravity operated sensors responsive to the position of the feeding beam, each sensor indicating the inclination of the feeding beam in the direction of one of the two mutually perpendicular planes, comprising the steps of:
- a) measuring an angle of inclination of the feeding beam in the first vertical measuring plane by a first sensor responsive to movement of the feeding beam in said first vertical measuring plane;
b) measuring a second angle of inclination of the feeding beam in the second vertical measuring plane by a second sensor responsive to movement of the feeding beam in said second vertical measuring plane;
wherein the presence of an angle of inclination in one of the first or second vertical measuring planes causes an error reading in the angle of inclination of the other of the first and second vertical measuring planes;
c) calculating actual first and second corrected angles of inclination for each of the first and second vertical measuring planes, taking into account said error reading; and
d) aligning the feeding beam in a predetermined direction as a function of said first and second actual corrected angles of inclination.
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Abstract
A method of aligning the feeding beam (6) of a rock drilling equipment by gravity-operated sensors (7x, 7y) indicating the inclination of the feeding beam (6). In the method, the angle values (α, β) of the feeding beam (6), indicating by the sensors (7x, 7y) are corrected so that they correspond to the actual angles of inclination of the feeding beam (6). The rock drilling equipment comprises two gravity-operated angle sensors (7x, 7y) measuring inclination in two planes perpendicular to each other. The equipment further comprises a calculator (8) which calculates a difference between the angle value of one angle sensor (7x, 7y) and the actual angle of inclination of the feeding beam (6) in the direction in question on the basis of the angle value obtained by the other angle sensor (7y, 7x) and corrects the value so that it corresponds to the actual inclination of the feeding beam.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of aligning a feeding beam component of a rock drilling apparatus with a hole to be drilled wherein the inclination of the feeding beam is measured in two mutually perpendicular vertical measuring planes extending from a first common vertical axis by means of a pair of gravity operated sensors responsive to the position of the feeding beam, each sensor indicating the inclination of the feeding beam in the direction of one of the two mutually perpendicular planes, comprising the steps of:
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a) measuring an angle of inclination of the feeding beam in the first vertical measuring plane by a first sensor responsive to movement of the feeding beam in said first vertical measuring plane; b) measuring a second angle of inclination of the feeding beam in the second vertical measuring plane by a second sensor responsive to movement of the feeding beam in said second vertical measuring plane;
wherein the presence of an angle of inclination in one of the first or second vertical measuring planes causes an error reading in the angle of inclination of the other of the first and second vertical measuring planes;c) calculating actual first and second corrected angles of inclination for each of the first and second vertical measuring planes, taking into account said error reading; and d) aligning the feeding beam in a predetermined direction as a function of said first and second actual corrected angles of inclination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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