What is Tunnel Drill Bit?
Tunnel bits are widely used in the mining, and construction industry to mine ore or explore for mineral deposits. Open pit and underground mining drill bits are essential tools in the mining industry. They play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of open pit and underground mining operations.
Various shapes and sizes of drill bits are used in mining to drill different conditions of the bulk material such as soft or hard. For example, conical shape bits are used for drilling soft rock, whereas flat and button shapes are used for drilling hard rock
Tunnel/Button shape bits are suitable for dry and wet drilling of medium and hard rocks. It is mainly used in all kinds of mining, transportation, quarrying, and rock/granite-breaking
EDEM-OptiStruct(OS) 2-Way Coupled Simulation Workflow Overview
Simulation Description
To study and understand the force required to drill the medium rock, wear of the drill bit, stress, and durability/life using EDEM-OS, 2-way coupling. The following simulation steps are carried out
OptiStruct Simulation Setup
Run the coupled simulation from SimLab 2024.0 or the later version shown in the below picture
Coupled Solution à Results à Right Click and Click update
Tunnel Bit Simulation Results
Simulation Files:
The following simulation files are attached to the blog post, please click on the file name with extension to download
CAD: Tunnelbit.STEP
EDEM: TunnelBit-EDEM.zip
SimLab: TunnelBit_Simlab.slb
Drillbit Mesh: TunnelBit_mesh.fem