pū dth
Kei te whakamahia te kōwhatu pūtake DTH hei whakangungu i tētahi whakaawenga hiranga ki roto i te hanga whakapā, e hanga ana hei whakarite i ngā momo whenua e pai ana. Kua whakaaetia tēnei taputapu whakapā hei whakangungu i ngā momo whenua me te pai rawa o te mahi whakapā. E āhei ana tēnei taputapu whakapā ki te whakapai i tana whakatupu me te hanga pūnaha matika, e āhuatia ana e ngā pū karerae tungsten i waenganui i tana mata hei whakapai i te hīkoi o te whakangungu. Kei te mahi mōhio i te rangitaki pneumatic down-the-hole, ka tukuna e te kōwhatu pūtake i ngā pūngao whakapā ki runga i te kanohi whenua, nō reira ka hanga ngā hīkoi whakapā pai ki te whakapiki i ngā whatu koreka. Kua hangaia tēnei kōwhatu me ngā pūnaha whakaroto pai hei tirotiro i ngā rereke whakapā me te whakarite i te wāhi pai o te urupa ki waho i te mahi. Nā ngā pū karerae matika mai i ngā tau hou kei te whakarite i te whakaeke pai me te whakapai i te haerenga whakapā, ā, e āhei ana tana tupeke kōwhaiwairua ki te whakapai i te pai o te mahi whakapā i waenganui i ngā whakaritenga koreka. He mea hanga ināianei ēnei kōwhatu hei whakarite i te pai tonu o te mahi whakapā i waenganui i ngā momo whenua rerekē, mai i te kapurangi maero ki te kapurangi ngenge, nō reira ka noho taumata moana i te hanga whenua, te hanga pūnui, te hanga whare, me ngā kaupapa whakamātau. Ko te hunga hanga he mea hou hei whakarite i te tirotiro o te whatitoka o te kōwhatu mō te wā e whakahaere ana, hei whakapai i te tirotiro whakapā me te whakaiti i te utu whakahaere katoa.