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Method for operating a horizontal drilling device and horizontal drilling device

US9243453B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignees

TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co., KG · DE
GDF SUEZ · FR

Inventors

Elmar Koch · Eslohe, DE
Sebastian Fischer · Lennestadt, DE
Andreas Joachim Hanses · Lennestadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2011
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE21B49/06
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method for operating a horizontal drilling device includes the steps of fixing a rod assembly section within a through-opening formed by a rotational drive of the horizontal drilling device, and connecting the rod assembly section to a rear end of a drill rod assembly of the horizontal drilling device or releasing the rod assembly section from the drill rod assembly by a linear and/or rotational movement of the rotational drive, wherein force transmission means for transmitting compressive and/or pulling forces and/or a rotational torque to the drill rod assembly are provided in the through-opening, wherein the rotational drive is displaceable by a linear drive of the horizontal drilling device, and wherein the drill rod assembly is configured as rod assembly string and is composed of a plurality of interconnected rod assembly sections.

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