A Lightweight Hand Coring Auger

Extensive use of glass epoxy composites has allowed the design of an auger capable of drilling to 30 m without the use of a tripod, or to 50 m with a tripod to assist in raising the drill string. Approximate weight of a 10-m drill is 10 kg. Since most of the drill is already made of plastics, applic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koci,B. R.
Other Authors: NEBRASKA UNIV LINCOLN
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1984
Subjects:
*AUGERS
DRILLS
ICE
CORE SAMPLING
MANUAL OPERATION
LIGHTWEIGHT
SOLAR GENERATORS
DRILLING
EPOXY COMPOSITES
FIBERGLASS
PICO augers
Component Reports
Canada
Greenland
Antarc*
Antarctica
ice core
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP004808
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP004808
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Summary:Extensive use of glass epoxy composites has allowed the design of an auger capable of drilling to 30 m without the use of a tripod, or to 50 m with a tripod to assist in raising the drill string. Approximate weight of a 10-m drill is 10 kg. Since most of the drill is already made of plastics, applications for making a 'clean' drill are also discussed. Further refinements using solar voltaics and more exotic materials to ease the drilling burden are discussed. This drill has been tested in Antarctica, Greenland and the Peruvian Andes to near its proposed depth limit. This article is from 'Proceedings of the International Workshop/Symposium on Ice Drilling Technology (2nd) Held at Calgary, Alberta, Canada on 30-31 August 1982,' AD-A156 733, p55-59.

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