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Research on Impact Performance of Hydraulic Rock Drill with
Floating Characteristics of Double Damping System
Received 4 August 2019; Revised 8 October 2019; Accepted 15 October 2019; Published 7 November 2019
Copyright © 2019 Yelin Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which
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As a technological innovation of high-power hydraulic rock drill, double damping system has a very important effect on impact
performance. The double damping system is a floating mechanism. The characteristics of the floating mechanism have an
important influence on the impact energy, frequency, and power of the hydraulic rock drill. Based on orifice throttling theory, the
static equilibrium position of a damping piston was calculated, and the characteristic parameters of the double damping system
were summarized as damping flow (Qd) and feed force (Fd). According to the characterization parameters of the double damping
system, an experimental scheme of the floating characteristics of the double damping system was designed, and the combined
experimental data of Qd and Fd were obtained. The 40 groups of experimental data were extracted, and the relationship between
the combination (Qd, Fd) and impact energy and frequency and power were analyzed. The combination (Qd, Fd) with maximum
and minimum power was selected to analyze the motion law of an impact piston. The maximum drilling power was obtained at the
combination (Qd � 8 L·min− 1, Fd � 16.25 kN). The influence factors of the double damping system on impact performance were
summarized, and the characteristics of the double damping system under optimal impact performance were obtained.
1. Introduction rock drills. However, the double damping system also has its
drawbacks, and its special floating characteristics bring
Hydraulic rock drill is widely used in mining, coal mine inconvenience to debugging. The floating characteristic of
excavation, railway, and highway tunnel and rock excavation the double damping system refers to that, in the process of
projects with many advantages such as high efficiency, working of rock drill, the moving elements such as damping
cleanliness, and safety. With the scale of mining and the piston are always in the floating state and move back and
large-scale tunneling, high frequency and high power have forth in the cylinder under the influence of external factors.
become an important development direction of hydraulic Therefore, the double damping system is also called “floating
rock drills. At the same time, higher requirements have been damping system” [1–4]. Because of the importance of the
put forward for energy absorption and vibration reduction damping system in the high-power rock drill, many experts
technology. As a technological innovation of the single and scholars have studied the interaction between damping
damping system, the double damping system emerged as the system and impact system.
times require, and high-power hydraulic drills with the Oh et al. [5] established a unified model of rock, damping,
double damping system have been developed. It is an im- and impact, based on Amesim software. The relationship
portant trend to develop the high-power hydraulic rock drill between the pressure of the damping chamber and the motion
with double damping system. law of the damping piston and the relationship between rock
The double damping system uses single oil supply with hardness and drilling efficiency are analyzed. Hu et al. [6]
constant flow and two damping chambers. It has the ad- compiled a program interface to simulate the impact per-
vantages of fast response, good energy absorption, and fast formance of rock drill and verified the simulation model by
heat dissipation and is mostly used in high-power hydraulic stress wave experiment. Yang et al. [7] built the numerical
2 Shock and Vibration
model of the hydraulic rock drill impact system by the bond (1) The repeated transmission of reflected stress waves is
graph method and optimized the key structural parameters. prevented in drilling tools
Seo et al. [8] established the whole model of hydraulic rock (2) After the impact piston impacts the drill tool to break
drill based on SimulationX software. The simulation model the rock, the double damping system makes the drill
was validated by stress wave experiment. Then, the influence tool quickly tighten the rock before it impacts the
of the structure of the reversing valve and the damping system drill tool again
on the impact performance of rock drill was simulated and
analyzed.
In the above research results, there are more studies on 3. Characterization Parameters of
the impact system and damping system alone and fewer Floating Characteristics
studies on the interaction between them. No scholars have
studied the floating characteristics of the double damping The double damping system uses single oil supply with
system. constant flow and two damping chambers. It has the ad-
The internal motion elements such as shank and vantages of quick response, good energy absorption effect,
damping piston move as a whole under the action of the and fast heat dissipation. It is commonly used in heavy and
drilling reflection wave. Because the position of the shank high-power hydraulic rock drills. But the double damping
determines whether the impact piston can impact the shank system also has its drawbacks because of its special floating
at the time of maximum impact energy, the impact per- characteristics [9].
formance of rock drill gets affected. In order to reduce the The floating characteristic of the double damping system
negative impact, it is necessary to research the floating refers to that the moving elements in the system are always in
characteristics, influencing factors, and changing rules of the the floating state during the working process of rock drill
double damping system. and move around under the action of external factors.
Therefore, the double damping system is also called “floating
damping system.”
2. Working Principle of Impact and Double As shown in Figure 2, the damping piston, spacer bush,
Damping Systems and shank are the internal moving elements and move as a
whole under the action of external forces. Because the po-
2.1. Working Principle of Hydraulic Rock Drill. The impact sition of the shank determines the position of the impact
piston of hydraulic rock drill reciprocating moves under the point, the impact performance of rock drill gets affected. In
action of hydraulic oil. When it reaches the limit position of order to reduce the negative impact, it is necessary to study
the front end, it impacts the shank and generates the incident the floating characteristics, influencing factors, and changing
stress wave. The incident stress wave is transmitted to the rules of the double damping system [10].
rock through the shank, drill rod, and drill bit, and the rock When the hydraulic rock drill locates the borehole in the
is broken. Some of the stress waves without breaking rock process of drilling, the damping system is affected by both
are reflected back to the double damping system through the feed force and rock reaction force. When the static equi-
parts of the drill bit, drill rod, and shank, and the stress wave librium position is reached, the damping chambers’ pressure
energy is absorbed by the double damping system, as shown is balanced with the rock reaction force [11].
in Figure 1. In the working process of the double damping system of
the hydraulic rock drill, the damping piston relies on the
pressure of 1st and 2nd damping chambers and the control
2.2. Working Principle of Double Damping System. The of the one-way valve connecting the damping chambers for
double damping system of the hydraulic rock drill is mainly reciprocating motion. The hydraulic oil pressure acting on
used to absorb the rebound energy of drill tail, so the the damping piston and the feed force are reciprocal forces,
damping system is also called the rebound energy absorption so formula (1) is established. The static equilibrium position
device of shank. Its structure is shown in Figure 2. of the damping piston is determined by the size of the
The impact force of the impact piston rebounds through opening formed by the leakage return hole, as shown in
rock and is transmitted to the damping piston through the Figure 3:
drill bit, drill rod, shank, and spacer bush. The damping
piston moves under the action of rebound force. The F0 � Pd · Ad1 + Ad2 , (1)
damping piston and the cylinder are separated by the 1st and
2nd damping chambers, and the 1st and 2nd damping where F0 is the feed force (N), Pd is the damping chamber
chambers are connected by a one-way valve and an annular pressure (MPa), and Ad1 and Ad2 are the working areas of 1st
clearance and are connected with the damping accumulator and 2nd damping chambers (m2).
through an internal pipeline. The pressure of the damping chamber is determined by
The damping accumulator can absorb energy and re- the feed force on the premise that the structure of the double
bound force. At the same time, it can push the drill tool to damping system is certain. Figure 3 is the oil circuit diagram
reset and finally tighten the bit to the rock bottom. The of the double damping system; based on the principle of
following points are the summarization of the two functions constant flow oil supply and orifice throttling theory, the
of the double damping system: differential pressure flow equation shown in formulas (2)
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Constant flow
δ
Damping piston
Orifice
Flow speed control valve
Impact piston
Impact wave
Shank Accumulator
Spacer bush
Damping piston
π 2
Qd Qd At2 � ·d , (4)
4 2
Pd where Qd is the damping flow (L·min− 1); Cd is the flow
coefficient, the value is 0.8; Pd0 is the return chamber
pressure (MPa); P0 is the return pressure of the damping
Reflected wave Damping piston
system (MPa); ρ is the hydraulic oil density, the value is 850
(kg·(m3)·− 1); At1 is the orifice overflow area of the damping
return chamber (m2); At2 is the orifice overflow area in the
Figure 3: The oil circuit diagram of the double damping system. return pipeline (m2); and d2 is the orifice diameter (m).
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The expressions of At1 can be obtained by using si- the proportional pressure regulating valve. The diameter
multaneous formulas (1)–(4), as shown in the following of the rodless chamber of the propulsion cylinder is
formula: 63 mm.
Qd
At1 � ����������������������������������������� �.
2
2 · Cd · (2/ρ) · F0 / Ad1 + Ad2 − P0 − 4Qd /Cd · π · d22 4.3. Data Analysis
(5) 4.3.1. Impact Performance of Rock Drill. The impact energy
The orifice overflow area of the damping return chamber is obtained indirectly from the piston speed, which could not
is an ellipse as shown in formula (6), and the relationship be measured directly. It can be converted to velocity through
between the position of the damping piston and the overflow pressure analysis [15].
area can be obtained, as shown in formula (7): The pressure curve is integrated through the position of
the impact point, and the velocity of the impact process is
x2 y 2 obtained using the following formula:
+ � 1, (6)
a2 b 2
Ft � mv, (8)
�����
a x2 (7) where F is the action force of oil pressure on the impact
At1 � 2 · b · 1 − 2 dx.
t a piston in stroke process (N); t is the action time of the impact
piston (ms); m is the mass of the impact piston (kg); and v is
The analysis shows that the damping flow (Qd) and the the velocity of the impact piston (m·s− 1).
feed force (F0) are two key parameters for describing the The action force of oil pressure on the impact piston
floating characteristics of the double damping system. The during rock drilling is shown in Figure 7. The impact piston
impact performance of the hydraulic rock drill with is reciprocating in the cylinder, under the pressure of hy-
floating characteristics of the double damping system can draulic oil in the front and rear chambers. The action force
be analyzed and researched by changing the two pa- (F) can be expressed by using formula (9).
rameters through the impact performance test of the rock
drill. F � P1 A1 − P2 A2 , (9)
4 5 6
7
1
Figure 4: Impact and damping systems’ test principle. (1) Computer; (2) data acquisition system; (3) signal amplifier; (4) punching cylinder;
(5) drill rod; (6) hydraulic rock drill; (7) feed cylinder; (8) hydraulic pumping station.
Feed cylinder
xp A2
A1
P1 P2
Figure 7: The action force of oil pressure on the impact piston during rock drilling.
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C
500 20 B
Impact energy (J)
) 5 6 ping
fl e (kN 5 6 fl ow (L
Dam ) ping
Dam
Figure 8: The comparisons of impact energy under different Figure 10: The comparisons of drilling power under different
combinations (Qd, Fd). combinations (Qd, Fd).
⎪
⎪ � � (AB),
⎪
40
⎨ 2
⎪ 4.85 5.6
⎪ (15)
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪ Fd − 16.25 P − 19.7
30 ⎩ Qd − 8 � � (BC).
3.75 − 2.5
20 According to the distribution law of the drilling power
20 near the polyline, when the damping flow range is
Fee 15
10 7.8–8.5 L·min− 1 and the feed force range is 13.7–15 kN, the
df 8 –1 ) drilling power can reach more than 17 kW, and the maxi-
orc 10 ·min
e (kN ow ( L
) 5 6 ping
fl mum value is 19.7 kW. When the damping flow range is
Dam 9–10 L·min− 1 and the feed force range is 5–6 kN, the drilling
Figure 9: The comparisons of impact frequency under different power distribution is below 6 kW, and the minimum value is
combinations (Qd, Fd). 4.6 kW.
The comparative analysis of the testing results shows that
the impact energy can reach more than 400 J, and the the impact performance of the rock drill is greatly affected by
maximum value is 453.7 J. When the damping flow range is damping flow (Qd) and feed force (Fd), but the internal
9–10 L·min− 1 and the feed force range is 5–6 kN, the impact mechanism of affecting the impact performance is not clear
energy distribution is below 250 J, and the minimum value is enough. Therefore, the following study is conducted from
223.7 J. the movement law of the impact piston inside the rock drill.
It can be seen in Figure 9 that when the damping flow
range is 8–8.5 L·min− 1 and the feed force range is 13.7–
16 kN, the impact frequency can reach more than 40 Hz, and 4.3.2. Motion Law of Impact Piston. In the range of maxi-
the maximum value is 45.4 Hz. When the damping flow mum drilling power and minimum drilling power, two
range is 9–10 L·min− 1 and the feed force range is 5–6 kN, the groups of most representative data are selected, the com-
impact frequency distribution is below 30 Hz, and the bination (8 L·min− 1, 16.25 kN) corresponding parameters of
minimum value is 19.7 Hz. maximum impact power, and the combination (10 L·min− 1,
According to formula (14), the drilling power distri- 5 kN) corresponding parameters of minimum impact power.
bution of the rock drill is obtained by combining the data of The effects of these two different conditions on the motion
Figures 8 and 9, as shown in Figure 10: law of the impact piston are researched.
The test pressure curves of the impact piston under the
E·f
P� , (14) different combinations (Qd, Fd) are shown in Figure 11. In
1000 order to better analyze the piston motion, the pressure curve
where P is the drilling power (kW), E is the impact energy is processed as shown in Figure 11 to obtain the motion law
(J), and f is the impact frequency (Hz). of the impact piston.
It can be seen in Figure 10 that the combination (Qd, Fd) According to the analysis results in 4.3.1 and the deri-
of higher power of hydraulic rock drill distributes evenly vation of formulas (8)–(12), the pressure curve is integrated
along the polyline AB and BC, with point B being the highest and the velocity curve of the impact piston is obtained, as
peak point. The drilling power drops rapidly on both sides of shown in Figure 12.
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Qd = 8(L·min–1)
40
Fd = 16.25 (kN)
30
Pressure (MPa)
20
0
1660 1670 1680 1690 1700
Time (ms)
Front chamber
Rear chamber
(a)
Qd = 10(L·min–1)
30 Fd = 5(kN)
Pressure (MPa)
20
10 Impact point
Impact point
0
1280 1290 1300 1310 1320 1330
Time (ms)
Front chamber
Rear chamber
(b)
Figure 11: The pressure curves of front and rear chambers of the impact piston under different combinations (Qd, Fd).
Qd = 8 (L·min–1)
40 20
Fd = 16.25 (kN)
30 10
Velocity (m·s–1)
Pressure (MPa)
20 0
0 20
1660 1670 1680 1690 1700
Time (ms)
Front chamber
Rear chamber
Velocity
(a)
Figure 12: Continued.
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Qd = 10(L·min–1)
30 10
Fd = 5 (kN)
Velocity (m·s–1)
Pressure (MPa)
20 0
10 Impact point 10
Maximum point Impact point
0 20
1280 1290 1300 1310 1320 1330
Time (ms)
Front chamber
Rear chamber
Velocity
(b)
Figure 12: The comparisons of motion laws of the impact piston under different combinations (Qd, Fd).
It can be seen in Figure 12 that because of the rebound (Qd � 8 L·min− 1, Fd � 16.25 kN), while the other parameters
phenomenon when the impact piston impacts the shank, the only obtain lower drilling power. The reason is that the po-
rear chamber pressure will peak at this time, so it is easy to sition of the impact piston impacting the shank is uncertain
judge the time of the impact point. because of the floating characteristic of the double damping
Under the combination (8 L·min− 1, 16 kN), the impact system. Only when the impact piston impacts the shank at the
piston has high frequency and high velocity, and the maximum speed, the drilling power will be increased. The
maximum value can reach 12.29 m·s− 1. At this time, all the difference between the maximum and the minimum drilling
kinetic energy of the impact piston is used to break the rock. power due to position uncertainty is 15.1 kW.
Under the combination (10 L·min− 1, 5 kN), the impact
piston has low frequency and slow velocity; although the Data Availability
maximum value can reach 10 m·s− 1, the impact time delays.
When the impact piston impacts the shank, the velocity has All the data from tests and curves used to support the
begun to drop to 8.5 m·s− 1. At this time, only part of the kinetic findings of this study are included within the article. The
energy of the impact piston can be used to break the rock. experimental method in the paper “Fault Diagnosis Research
on Impact System of Hydraulic Rock Drill Based on Internal
5. Conclusions Mechanism Testing Method” is used to support this study,
and these prior studies (and datasets) are cited at relevant
The floating characteristics of internal components of the places within the text as references [16].
double damping system are analyzed, which can better solve the
problem of energy absorption during rock drilling, but also has
negative effects on the utilization of impact energy. The negative Conflicts of Interest
effects become obvious with the increase power of rock drill. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
The static equilibrium position of the damping piston in
the double damping system is discussed under the feed force,
and the static equilibrium position model of the damping Acknowledgments
piston in the double damping system is established. Through
This research was supported by the Education Department
the theoretical analysis of the model, two characteristic
Excellent Youth Item of Hunan Province (Grant no. 18B397),
parameters of the floating characteristics of the double
Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant no.
damping system, namely, the damping flow Qd and the feed
2019JJ50404), Provincial Specialty Disciplines of Higher Ed-
force Fd, are obtained.
ucation Institutions in Hunan Province (Grant no. XJT [2018]
The effects of different the combination (Qd, Fd) on impact
469), and General Project of Changde Science and Technology
performance, including impact energy and frequency, are
Bureau (Grant nos. 2018J051 and CCQZ[2018]6).
researched. These influences determine the output power of
the hydraulic rock drill. In order to avoid the phenomenon
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