Patent Application
20180354158
This disclosure relates to a system for hole drilling in an object, comprising a core drilling machine, a core drill bit and a reaction bar arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine to the object, where the core drill bit is connected to the core drilling machine and the core drilling machine is equipped with a power source in order to apply a rotating force to the core drill bit. The disclosure also relates to a core drill bit and a core drilling machine for hole drilling in an object and a method for hole drilling in an object with a core drilling machine, a core drill bit and a reaction bar arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine to the object. The system, method, core drill bit and core drilling machine are suitable for drilling holes of larger diameters in walls, ceilings, floors and other objects made of concrete, masonry, stone and the like.
When drilling holes of larger diameters in walls, ceilings, floors and other objects made of concrete, masonry, stone and the like, core drill bits are commonly used. Usually such drill bits are used for drilling holes between 50 and 250 mm and in extreme cases up to 600 mm.
The core drill bit is connected to a drilling machine. The drilling machine applies a rotational force to the core drill bit and often a drill stand is used to stabilize the drilling machine and the core drill bit in the drilling operation. When using a drill stand, the drill stand holds the drilling machine in a steady drilling position and takes up rotational forces on the drilling machine to secure a steady drilling process. The drill stand also centres the core drill bit in a correct drilling position. The drill stand has a base plate that is mounted to the object via expander bolts or vacuum. The drill stand further includes a column mounted to the base plate and a carriage for the drilling machine attached to the column. Either straight or angled holes could be drilled and therefore the column could be tilted, e.g. between zero degrees and forty-five degrees.
Drill stands of the above described type are disclosed in WO2009/058156A1 and WO2009/088499A1. Some disadvantages with drill stands of this type are that they are heavy, inconvenient and time consuming to work with when being mounted to an object and during the positioning of the core drill bit and take up a lot of space when used. Further the drill stand could damage surrounding surfaces when using expander bolts for anchoring the drill stand to the object.
Another possibility is hand held drilling without the use of a drill stand, where the drilling machine with connected core drill bit are held in place by an operator during the drilling operation. There are a number of problems associated with hand held drilling, such as the positioning of the core drill bit into the correct drilling position and rotating reaction forces transferred to the drilling machine during the drilling operation need to be handled by the operator.
There is thus a need for an improved way of drilling holes in objects where the core drill bit is easily positioned into its drilling position and the drilling machine and core drill bit are stabilized and prevented from rotating in an easy way, and where the drilling operation also can be performed where the space for the drilling operation is limited.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a system for hole drilling, involving a drilling machine and a drill bit core, where the previously mentioned problems during drilling operations are avoided. This object is at least partly achieved by the features of the independent claims.
The disclosure concerns a system for hole drilling in an object comprising a core drilling machine, a core drill bit and a reaction bar arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine to the object, where the core drill bit is connected to the core drilling machine and the core drilling machine is equipped with a power source in order to apply a rotating force to the core drill bit, and where the core drill bit has an axially extending tubular shaft with an inner envelop surface defining an inner periphery of the core drill bit, wherein the reaction bar is non-rotatably connected to the core drilling machine and arranged inside the inner periphery of the axially extending tubular shaft of the core drill bit. Advantages with the system described above are that the drilling operation is easily performed without heavy and inconvenient drill stands and the drilling can be performed in an easy way also where the space is limited.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, the system further comprises a torque member that is non-rotatably connecting the reaction bar to the object. An advantage with the torque member is that the torque member in an easy way secures that rotating reaction forces are transmitted from the core drilling machine to the object.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, the reaction bar in the axial direction is non-slidingly connected to the core drilling machine, and where the torque member has a reaction bar opening allowing the reaction bar to be slidingly connected in the axial direction to the object. An advantage with these features is that the reaction bar in an efficient way is stabilizing the core drilling machine and core drill bit during the drilling operation.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, the reaction bar in the axial direction is non-slidingly connected to the object through the torque member, and where the supporting rod is slidingly connected in the axial direction to the core drilling machine. An advantage with these features is that the reaction bar in an efficient way is stabilizing the core drilling machine and core drill bit during the drilling operation.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, the supporting rod is arranged essentially parallel with the axially extending tubular shaft of the core drill bit.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, the core drill bit is releasably connected to the core drilling machine. An advantage with this feature is that the core drill bit easily can be changed.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, the core drill bit has a connection member releasably connecting the core drill bit to an attachment member on the core drilling machine.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, the connection member and the attachment member has matching threads, grooves or splines for releasably connecting the core drill bit to the core drilling machine.
The disclosure further concerns a method for hole drilling in an object with a core drilling machine, a core drill bit and a reaction bar arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine to the object, where the core drill bit is connected to the core drilling machine and the core drilling machine is equipped with a power source in order to apply a rotating force to the core drill bit, and where the core drill bit has an axially extending tubular shaft with an inner envelop surface defining an inner periphery of the core drill bit; the method comprising the steps: non-rotatably connecting a front portion of the reaction bar to the object and a rear portion of the reaction bar to the core drilling machine, where the reaction bar is non-rotatably connected to the core drilling machine inside the inner periphery of the axially extending tubular shaft of the core drill bit; and performing the drilling operation with the reaction bar non-rotatably connected to the core drilling machine and the object. Advantages with these features are that the drilling operation is easily performed without heavy and inconvenient drill stands and the drilling can be performed in an easy way also where the space is limited.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, the method further comprises the steps of drilling a pilot hole in the object; aligning a reaction bar opening of a torque member with the pilot hole and attaching the torque member to the object so that the reaction bar in an axial direction is slidingly connected to the object via the torque member, allowing the reaction bar to slide through the torque member and pilot hole during the drilling operation. Advantages with these features are that the core drill bit easily can be positioned and that the reaction bar in an efficient way is stabilizing the core drilling machine and core drill bit during the drilling operation.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, the method further comprises the steps of attaching the reaction bar to the object with a torque member and in an axial direction slidingly connect the reaction bar to the drilling machine, allowing the reaction bar to slide through the drilling machine during the drilling operation. Advantages with these features are that the core drill bit easily can be positioned and that the reaction bar in an efficient way is stabilizing the core drilling machine and core drill bit during the drilling operation.
The disclosure further concerns a core drill bit for hole drilling in an object where the core drill bit has an axially extending tubular shaft with an inner envelop surface defining an inner periphery of the core drill bit, and a connection member for connection of the core drill bit to a core drilling machine, wherein a reaction bar opening is provided radially inside the connection member allowing a reaction bar arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine to the object to be non-rotatably connected to the core drilling machine and arranged inside the inner periphery of the axially extending tubular shaft of the core drill bit when the core drill bit is connected to the core drilling machine. Advantages with these features are that the core drill bit allows the drilling operation to be easily performed without heavy and inconvenient drill stands and the drilling can be performed in an easy way also where the space is limited
The disclosure further concerns a core drilling machine for hole drilling in an object, where the core drilling machine has a connection device with a receiving section configured to non-rotatably connect a reaction bar to the core drilling machine, where the reaction bar is arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine to the object, and where the core drilling machine has a drilling shaft with a tubular configuration allowing the reaction bar to be arranged radially inside the drilling shaft. Advantages with these features are that the core drilling machine allows the drilling operation to be easily performed without heavy and inconvenient drill stands and the drilling can be performed in an easy way also where the space is limited.
In the detailed description below reference is made to the following figures, in which:
Various aspects of the disclosure will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings to illustrate and not to limit the disclosure, wherein like designations denote like elements, and variations of the described aspects are not restricted to the specifically shown embodiments, but are applicable on other variations of the disclosure.
The power source 108 rotates the drilling shaft 107 around an axis A when drilling. The axis A is defining the axial direction of the drilling system. When connected to the core drilling machine 100, also the core drill bit 200 rotates around the axis A when drilling. A direction perpendicular to the axis A is defined as the radial direction for the drilling system.
The core drill bit 200 is connected to the core drilling machine 100 by a connection member 201 that is attaching the core drill bit 200 to an attachment member 101 of the core drilling machine 100. The core drill bit 200 has an axially extending tubular shaft 202 with an inner envelop surface 203 defining an inner periphery 204 of the core drill bit.
Further, the system has a reaction bar 300 extending in the axial direction that is arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine 100 to the object 400, such that a drilling operator may safely perform the drilling operation without having to manually counter the rotating forces that the power source 108 generates on the housing of the core drilling machine 100. The reaction bar 300 is non-rotatably connected to the core drilling machine 100 and arranged inside the inner periphery 204 of the axially extending tubular shaft 202 of the core drill bit. The reaction bar 300 can thus not rotate around the axis A in relation to the core drilling machine 100 when connected to the core drilling machine 100.
The core drilling machine 100 has a front part 102 and a rear part 103 with a handle 104. A front handle, not shown in
The drilling shaft 107 is arranged in the front part 102 of the core drilling machine 100 and the attachment member 101 is arranged on the drilling shaft 107 to which the core drill bit 200 is connected.
The attachment member 101 may have a threaded area 110 on the outer surface of the drilling shaft 107 for connecting the core drilling machine 100 to the core drill bit 200 via matching threads 209. Other suitable connection means such as spline, groove and bolt connections may be used instead of a threaded connection. The drilling shaft 107 and attachment member 101 can be made of any suitable material, such as for example steel, aluminium or other metals, or composite materials.
Within the rear part 103 of the core drilling machine 100 the power source 108 in form of an electrical motor may be housed in a motor housing and the electrical motor may be manoeuvred by a switch or other means located in the handle 104. A motor shaft extends from the electrical motor and may be connected to the drilling shaft 107 via a transmission unit 109, or directly without a transmission unit. When drilling, the power source 108 rotates the drilling shaft 107 via the transmission unit 109. Different known drilling machine arrangements can be used for rotating the drilling shaft 107 by the power source 108 via the transmission unit 109. The transmission unit 109 could be a conventional gear drive transmission having gears that link the motor shaft to the drilling shaft 107. The drilling shaft 107 could for example have toothed gears arranged on the outer surface that are connected to the transmission unit 109.
Other suitable power sources, instead of an electrical motor, for the core drilling machine 100 could be hydraulic or pneumatic motors, where either a hydraulic fluid or air is used to achieve the rotary motion that is applied to the core drill bit 200.
In addition to the rotational force applied to the core drill bit 200 by the core drilling machine 100 during the drilling operation, the core drilling machine 100 may also be designed to apply a hammering action to the object 400 by the core drill bit 200 in order to provide quicker drilling with less effort through short and rapid hammer thrusts.
In the drilling operation, the drilling shaft 107 rotates around the reaction bar 300. The receiving section 112 of the connection device 111 is holding the reaction bar 300 axially in place in during the drilling operation with frictional forces between the rear portion 302 of the reaction bar 300 and the receiving section 112. If a more stable connection is desired, the rear portion 302 could be anchored to the receiving section 112 with a screw attachment or similar arrangement.
To secure that the reaction bar 300 is not rotating around the axis A in relation to the core drilling machine 100, the reaction bar may have a non-circular cross sectional shape, in this described embodiment a hexagonal shape, and the receiving section 112 is arranged with a similarly shaped hexagonal cross section. In this way it is secured that the reaction bar 300 easily can be attached to the receiving section 112 in a non-rotating manner.
Any other suitable cross sectional shapes can be used for the reaction bar 300 and the receiving section 112 preventing the reaction bar 300 to rotate in relation to the core drilling machine 100, such as e.g. oval, w-shaped, x-shaped, rectangular and triangular cross sectional shapes.
Between the drilling shaft 107 and the reaction bar 300 a channel 113 may be formed. The channel 113 may be used for supplying water to the drilling area during the drilling operation for cooling down the core drill bit 200. The water hose 106 may be equipped with a hose connector 114 that connects the water hose 106 to a pressurized water source. The water hose 106 leads the water from the pressurized water source to the channel 113 so that water is supplied inside the core drill bit 200 when drilling. Other suitable cooling fluids may alternatively be used.
In an alternative embodiment the core drill bit 200 may be connected to the drilling shaft 107 and instead of applying the rotating force to the drilling shaft 107, the power source 108 could apply the rotating force to the core drill bit 200 via an external axis directly connected to the outer surface of the core drill bit, for example through gears on the external axis connected to toothed gears on the outer surface of the core drill bit 200.
According to the disclosed example embodiment, the tubular shaft 202 stretches in the axial direction from the cutting members 207 in the leading end 205 to a rear wall 208 in the trailing end 206 of the core drill bit 200. A flange attached to the rear wall 208 may constitute the connection member 201 that extends axially outside the tubular shaft 202, and the inner part of the connection member 201 may have threads 209 arranged on the inner side of the connection member 201 in the radial direction, that connect the core drill bit 200 to the threaded area 110 of the drilling shaft 107 on the drilling machine 100. The core drill bit 200 is releasably connected to the core drilling machine 100, which means that the core drill bit 200 can be connected to the drilling machine for drilling purposes and disconnected from the drilling machine when needed, e.g. when changing the drill bit 200 or when transporting the core drilling machine 100.
Before drilling, the connection member 201 of the core drill bit 200 may be screwed on the attachment member 101 of the drilling shaft 107 on the drilling machine 100 to secure that the core drill bit 200 is securely attached to the core drilling machine 100. After the drilling operation is completed or when changing the core drill bit 200, the core drill bit 200 is simply removed from the core drilling machine by unscrewing the core drill bit 200. Other suitable connection means such as spline connections may be used instead of a threaded connection.
The area radially inside the connection member 201 of the core drill bit 200 defines a reaction bar opening 210 that makes it possible for the reaction bar 300 to be connected to the drilling machine 100 when the core drill bit 200 is connected to the drilling machine 100. Water may be supplied to the core drill bit 200 during the drilling operation via the reaction bar opening 210 of the core drill bit 200. Alternatively, cooling fluid may be supplied via a hollow reaction bar with holes arranged in the wall of the reaction bar, allowing the fluid to pass through the reaction bar to the drilling area.
The core drill bit 200 could have different diameters depending on the desired size of the hole to be drilled in the object 400. Core drill bits usually have diameters between 50 and 250 mm and in extreme cases up to 600 mm. Also the axial extension of the core drill bit 200 could vary depending on how deep the hole to be drilled should be, i.e. depending on the thickness of the object 400. Core drill bits usually have an axial length up to 500 mm, but also lengths up to 1000 mm are possible.
As described above, the reaction bar 300 is arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine 100 to the object 400. The reaction bar 300 has an elongated extension in the axial direction, parallel or essentially parallel to the axis A, corresponding to the drilling direction when connected to the core drilling machine 100. The rear portion 302 of the reaction bar 300 is non-rotatably attached to the receiving section 112 of the core drilling machine 100, meaning that the reaction bar 300 cannot rotate around the axis A in relation to the core drilling machine 100 when being connected. On the opposite side, the reaction bar 300 has a front portion 301 that during the drilling operation is non-rotatably connected to the drilling object 400, meaning that the reaction bar 300 cannot rotate around the axis A in relation to the object 400 when being connected.
The torque member 500 may be made from a plate 503 of steel or similar suitable material. The torque member 500 has a reaction bar opening 501 to be fitted over the pilot hole and an attachment means for non-rotatably attaching the torque member 500 to the object 400. The attachment means may include one or more attachment holes 502. The attachment hole 502 may be a small hole arranged in the torque member 500 and the torque member 500 is anchored to the object 400 with a conventional expansion bolt or similar device through the attachment hole 502 arranged in the plate 503.
According to an example embodiment, the reaction bar opening 501 may have a hexagonal cross sectional shape corresponding to the hexagonal cross sectional shape of the reaction bar 300 to secure that the reaction bar 300 cannot rotate around the axis A in relation to the torque member 500 when attached to the object 400.
The front portion 301 of the reaction bar 300 is during the drilling operation slidingly connected in the axial direction to the torque member 500 when attached to the object 400. The torque member 500 secures that the reaction bar 300 can be connected to the drilling object 400 in a non-rotating manner in relation to the axis A. Further, the torque member 500 allows the reaction bar 300 to slide axially through the object 400 into the pilot hole 401.
To secure that the reaction bar 300 can slide axially in relation to the torque member 500 the reaction bar opening 501 may be slightly larger than the cross section of the reaction bar 300 to create a small play between the edges of the reaction bar opening 501 and the reaction bar 300. This play should be large enough to allow drilling operations also for drilling angled holes, i.e. holes that are drilled in a direction that is not perpendicular to the surface of the object 400, without allowing the reaction bar 300 to rotate around the axis A in relation to the object 400. For drilling angled holes, the pilot hole 401 is drilled in the desired angle, allowing the reaction bar 300 to steer the drilling operation in the desired direction.
As described above, any other suitable cross sectional shapes, such as e.g. oval, w-shaped, x-shaped, rectangular and triangular cross sectional shapes, can be used for the reaction bar 300 and also for the reaction bar opening 501 of the torque member 500, preventing the reaction bar 300 to rotate in relation to the torque member 500 and the object 400 around the axis A.
The reaction bar 300 can be made with different lengths in the axial direction and the radial extension of the reaction bar 300 can be varied to match the core drill bit 200 and the core drilling machine. The reaction bar 300 can be made of a homogenous material or from a hollow bar. Any suitable material can be used when manufacturing the reaction bar 300, such as steel, aluminium and composite materials.
Before starting the main drilling operation, the pilot hole 401 is drilled in the object 400, followed by the attachment of the torque member 500 to the object 400 as described above. The core drill bit 200 and the rear portion 302 of the reaction bar 300 are connected to the core drilling machine 100 so that the reaction bar 300 is non-rotatably connected to the core drilling machine 100 inside the inner periphery 204 of the axially extending tubular shaft 202 of the core drill bit 200. When starting the main drilling operation, the front portion 301 of the reaction bar is inserted into the reaction bar opening 501 of the torque member 500 and the reaction bar 300 slides into the pilot hole 401 until the cutting members 207 of the core drill bit 200 reaches the surface of the object 400. In this way the core drill bit 200 is easily positioned into the correct drilling position. The power source 108 applies a rotating force to the core drill bit 200 and the rotational speed may be varied depending on the material of the object 400. When further pushing the core drilling machine 100 in the drilling direction, the core drill bit 200 drills the hole in the object 400. The core drilling machine 100 is prevented from rotating around the axis A by the reaction bar 300, which is transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine 100 to the object 400, since the reaction bar 300 is non-rotatably connected to the object 400 by the torque member 500 and to the drilling machine 100 by the receiving section 112. Cooling fluid such as water may be supplied to the core drill bit 200 during the drilling operation.
When the drilling operation is completed and the hole is drilled through the object 400, the core drilling machine 100, the core drill bit 200 and the reaction bar can be removed from the object together with the resulting object core, by pulling out the core drilling machine 100, the core drill bit 200 and the reaction bar in a direction opposite to the drilling direction. The resulting object core may be secured to the reaction bar 300 when the drilling operation is completed by a securing means, such as for example by arranging the outer part of the front portion 301 of the reaction bar in a pivoting manner in relation to the reaction bar 300. When the outer part of the front portion 301 of the reaction bar 300 has passed through the pilot hole 401, the outer part pivots in relation to the reaction bar and locks the resulting object core when pulling out the core drilling machine 100, the core drill bit 200 and the reaction bar 300 in the direction opposite to the drilling direction.
The power source 108 rotates the drilling shaft 107 around an axis A when drilling. The axis A is defining the axial direction of the drilling system. When connected to the core drilling machine 100, also the core drill bit 200 rotates around the axis A when drilling.
The core drill bit 200 is connected to the core drilling machine 100 by a connection member 201 that is attaching the core drill bit 200 to an attachment member 101 of the core drilling machine 100. The core drill bit 200 has an axially extending tubular shaft 202 with an inner envelop surface 203 defining an inner periphery 204 of the core drill bit. Further, the system has a reaction bar 300 extending in the axial direction that is arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine 100 to the object 400. The reaction bar 300 is non-rotatably connected to the core drilling machine 100 and arranged inside the inner periphery 204 of the axially extending tubular shaft 202 of the core drill bit.
In this embodiment the reaction bar 300 is not slidingly connected in the axial direction to the torque member 500. The torque member 500 is instead fixed to the front portion 301 of the reaction bar 300. The torque member 500 may for example be made from a plate 503 of steel or similar suitable material. If both the reaction bar 300 and torque member 500 are made of steel, the torque member 500 could be welded to the reaction bar 300. The plate 503 of the torque member 500 may have holes drilled through the plate 503 that are used for attaching the torque member 500 to the object 400 with expansion bolts or similar fastening means so that the reaction bar 300 cannot rotate around the axis A in relation to the object 400. For enabling relative motion between the object 400 and the core drilling machine during the drilling operation, the reaction bar 300 is slidingly connected in the axial direction to the core drilling machine. A connection device 111 of the core drilling machine 100 allows the reaction bar 300 to axially slide through the connection device 111 and the core drilling machine to achieve the same effect as in the earlier described embodiment. The connection device 111 is arranged with a receiving section 112 forming a channel through which the reaction bar 300 can slide.
The reaction bar 300 and the connection device 111 are configured so that they are connected in a non-rotating manner in relation to the core drilling machine 100, meaning that the reaction bar cannot rotate around the axis A in relation to the core drilling machine 100 when being connected.
In the drilling operation, a drilling shaft 107 rotates around the reaction bar 300. To secure that the reaction bar 300 is not rotating in relation to the core drilling machine 100 around the axis A, the reaction bar has a non-circular cross sectional shape, for example a hexagonal shape, and the receiving section 112 is arranged with a similarly shaped hexagonal cross section.
The drilling operation is performed as described above, with the difference that the reaction bar slides axially in relation to the drilling machine 100 instead of in relation to the torque member 500.
It will be appreciated that the above description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, its application or uses. While specific examples have been described in the specification and illustrated in the drawings, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the present disclosure as defined in the claims. Furthermore, modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the present disclosure without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the present disclosure not be limited to the particular examples illustrated by the drawings and described in the specification as the best mode presently contemplated for carrying out the teachings of the present disclosure, but that the scope of the present disclosure will include any embodiments falling within the foregoing description and the appended claims. Reference signs mentioned in the claims should not be seen as limiting the extent of the matter protected by the claims, and their sole function is to make claims easier to understand.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1530047-8 | Apr 2015 | SE | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/EP2015/080579 | 12/18/2015 | WO | 00 |
