30 September 2019 to 3 October 2019
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Europe/Copenhagen timezone

P-RAID: a bottom-of-the-hole subglacial bedrock sampler

1 Oct 2019, 13:40
20m
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters H.C. Andersens Boulevard 35 DK-1553 Copenhagen V Denmark
Oral Session 4

Speaker

Mr Ryan Timoney (University of Glasgow)

Description

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Rapid Access Isotope Drill (RAID) is an innovative new class of electromechanical ice drill. Once the bedrock is reached, it can now be fitted with a percussive head (P-RAID) to deliver a bottom-of-the-hole rock sampling capability.

This head uses a local control loop to manage weight-on-bit downhole, with a decoupled rotary-percussive drill mechanism and a passive core retention architecture.

The results of the test programme to date, including an initial Antarctic shakedown, will be outlined, along with our plans for the next drilling and bedrock recovery campaign at Sherman Island.

Primary authors

Dr Kevin Worrall (University of Glasgow) Mr Ryan Timoney (University of Glasgow) Patrick Harkness (University of Glasgow) Julius Rix (The British Antarctic Survey) Mr Dan Ashurst (British Antarctic Survey) Dr Rob Mulvaney (British Antarctic Survey) Prof. Mike Bentley (University of Durham)

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