Integrated quill position and toolface orientation display
US7802634B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B47/022
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Method and apparatus for visibly demonstrating a relationship between toolface orientation and quill position by: (1) receiving electronic data on an on-going basis, wherein the electronic data includes quill position data and at least one of gravity-based toolface orientation data and magnetic-based toolface orientation data; and (2) displaying the electronic data on a user-viewable display in a historical format depicting data resulting from a most recent measurement and a plurality of immediately prior measurements.
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