Automated Drill Core Scanning

Dolgy K.; Belashev B.; Gorkovets V.

Abstract

A software-hardware complex for scans of core samples, extracted from drill holes in the course of drilling, is described. A scan contains visual information about the lateral surface of a sample, decreases the risks of losing, mixing and decomposing of samples and is a convenient form of their storing, copying and mailing. The structure and design characteristics of the complex, algorithms of complex control, scanning, 3D-models, the evaluation of mineral composition of core rocks, the compression and storing of scans are described. The scan storage base copies a traditional core storage system and adds it information about the time of scanning and the evaluation of mineral composition of the core rocks. The results of the tests of the work of complex are shown using a core sample from the Kostomuksha iron deposit.

Keywords

Core samples, 3D-model, scan, software-hardware complex.

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D. K. , B. B. , G. V., "Automated Drill Core Scanning", International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-2, Issue-6, Page No-85-90, 2015. Available from: