A Case Study of Assessing Button Bits Failure through Wavelet Transform Using Rock Drilling Induced Noise Signals

Finding the precise moment of button breakage of bits during drilling, with the experience of drill rig operators is a serious concern for modern vibrant mining industry. This research proposed a new methodology to find the failure of button using the sound generated by rock-bit interactions. The ex...

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Main Authors: Kawamura, Y., Jang, Hyong Doo, Hettiarachchi, D., Takarada, Y., Okawa, H., Shibuya, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53253
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author Kawamura, Y.
Jang, Hyong Doo
Hettiarachchi, D.
Takarada, Y.
Okawa, H.
Shibuya, T.
author_facet Kawamura, Y.
Jang, Hyong Doo
Hettiarachchi, D.
Takarada, Y.
Okawa, H.
Shibuya, T.
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description Finding the precise moment of button breakage of bits during drilling, with the experience of drill rig operators is a serious concern for modern vibrant mining industry. This research proposed a new methodology to find the failure of button using the sound generated by rock-bit interactions. The experiment is conducted by the video and sound data recorded during a drilling process in an underground mine, that uses a Sandvik AXERA7 twin boom jumbo drill rig and Polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tapered button bits. Signal analysis techniques such as Fourier transform and Wavelet transform are utilised to analyse the hectic noise signal recorded. The analysed results are shown that Wavelet Transform is much more effective in finding singularity points such as chipping or breakage of a button in compared to the Fourier Transform. The outcome of this analysis, which is the peak intensity at the breakage point, was correlated to the average intensity of the sound wave using moving average method. The results suggest that the noise generated during the drilling process can be used to detect the condition of the drill bit.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-532532017-10-17T01:08:51Z A Case Study of Assessing Button Bits Failure through Wavelet Transform Using Rock Drilling Induced Noise Signals Kawamura, Y. Jang, Hyong Doo Hettiarachchi, D. Takarada, Y. Okawa, H. Shibuya, T. Finding the precise moment of button breakage of bits during drilling, with the experience of drill rig operators is a serious concern for modern vibrant mining industry. This research proposed a new methodology to find the failure of button using the sound generated by rock-bit interactions. The experiment is conducted by the video and sound data recorded during a drilling process in an underground mine, that uses a Sandvik AXERA7 twin boom jumbo drill rig and Polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tapered button bits. Signal analysis techniques such as Fourier transform and Wavelet transform are utilised to analyse the hectic noise signal recorded. The analysed results are shown that Wavelet Transform is much more effective in finding singularity points such as chipping or breakage of a button in compared to the Fourier Transform. The outcome of this analysis, which is the peak intensity at the breakage point, was correlated to the average intensity of the sound wave using moving average method. The results suggest that the noise generated during the drilling process can be used to detect the condition of the drill bit. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53253 10.4172/2168-9806.1000162 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Kawamura, Y.
Jang, Hyong Doo
Hettiarachchi, D.
Takarada, Y.
Okawa, H.
Shibuya, T.
A Case Study of Assessing Button Bits Failure through Wavelet Transform Using Rock Drilling Induced Noise Signals
title A Case Study of Assessing Button Bits Failure through Wavelet Transform Using Rock Drilling Induced Noise Signals
title_full A Case Study of Assessing Button Bits Failure through Wavelet Transform Using Rock Drilling Induced Noise Signals
title_fullStr A Case Study of Assessing Button Bits Failure through Wavelet Transform Using Rock Drilling Induced Noise Signals
title_full_unstemmed A Case Study of Assessing Button Bits Failure through Wavelet Transform Using Rock Drilling Induced Noise Signals
title_short A Case Study of Assessing Button Bits Failure through Wavelet Transform Using Rock Drilling Induced Noise Signals
title_sort case study of assessing button bits failure through wavelet transform using rock drilling induced noise signals
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53253