The Various Tools For Water Well Drilling

By Eula Clarke


Wells are structures drilled, dug or bored on the ground until the water table is reached. The intention of digging that deep is to get water for consumption in dry areas or for other purposes such as irrigation, feeding the animals or construction purposes. Since this is a delicate process tools for water well drilling are carefully chosen to minimize miscellaneous costs.

The tools used depend on the wells depth, water quality and water volume. Underground water has a lot of minerals as compared to surface water, these calls for it to be treated first before it is used to make it soft. When buying these items one should be aware of fake products in the market and avoid buying them.

For items that come in packaged form, one should look for originality details printed on the box, and the box should be sealed properly. If such equipment is homemade then you should not expect any packaging. Some manufactures do not use printed boxes in their packaging and so a person should be aware of this also.

Refurbished by manufacturer, acquire equipment that is professionally restored and is in perfect working condition. The restoration can be done by an approved vendor or manufacturer. This will ensure your item is cleaned, inspected and repaired. That is if the equipment is second hand.

Buyer can also purchase equipment refurbished by the seller, these are items that are restored to their good working condition by a third party or by seller themselves. They are also repaired, serviced and cleaned to their excellent condition.

Equipment that has been used before can also be used to serve the same purpose but they are not advisable. It may reveal some cosmetic wear but if well serviced it will meet the intended function. Such items may be store return or floor model that was used before or returned to the seller for some reason.

By height category, one should consider how many pipes can be linked and stand temporarily. Single rigs can only support one drill pipe, the absence and presence of vertical pipes differs, this is because each rig can use different pipe. There is also the double piped rig which supports pipe in derrick, it consist of double connected pipes.

Other equipment include under reamers, soil sampling equipment, video cameras that can be used under water, flat decks, sonic rig and folding cranes. Underwater cameras are used for wells below one thousand feet. The other design or method that can be applied to drill is by use of rigs. These rigs can combine several technologies to work effectively.

This technology can be classified according to power it uses, here it will be classified into electric, hydraulic, mechanical, pneumatic and steam. In mechanic system it utilizes clutches, converters and diesel powered transmissions.

Center shaft is supposed to be coated using zinc to prolong its useful life. The other item is five drilling bits, they consist of two inch center drill, they are also known as carbide tips, they have three inch pilot flute, four inch reamer and six inch reamer flute.




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