Apparatus and method of handling rod-shaped components

US8910719B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Max Streicher GmbH & Co. KG AA · DE

Inventors

• Rupert Köckeis · Westerburg, DE
• Hans-Peter Murr · Offenberg, DE
• Tobias Stadler · Fridolfing, DE
• Andreas Beck · Mertingen, DE
• Markus Heckendorf · Deggendorf, DE
• Werner Gluck · Pilsting, DE
• Georg Streicher · Lalling, DE
• Marco Winter · Hannover, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21B19/155
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A device and a method for handling rod-shaped elements on drilling gear are disclosed. The device for handling rod-shaped elements on drilling gear includes a drill rod magazine on which the rod components are deposited between a center of a drill hole and a center of a drilling mast, an elevator with a guide that lifts the drill rods above a drill hole, and a drive for displacing the elevator, a gripper attached to the elevator for picking up the rod component from the drill rod magazine, and a plurality of monitors. The plurality of monitors automatically monitor the movement of the rod-shaped components amongst the magazine, the elevator, and the gripper.