pūrākau pdc dth
Kei te whakamahia te pūtahi PDC DTH hei whakaū i tētahi tūponga matatau hōhonu, e kake ana i ngā momo hangarau hōhonu, e whakawhitiwhiti ana i ngā momo hangarau PDC (Polycrystalline Diamond Compact) me ngā rākau DTH (Down-The-Hole) pūtahi hōhonu. Ko tēnei take whakawai, e āhei ana ki te whakatakoto i ngā kutu PDC i runga i tētahi tinana kōwhai matua, hei whakatika i ngā mahi hōhonu nui rawa atu. Kei roto i te hangarau o te pūtahi, ko ngā momo wāhi hōhonu matua e tiakina ana i te pai o te whakapai me te mātai i te wā o te mahi, ka puta ano he tinana whakatika e āhei ana ki te whaiaro me te whaiaro. Kua hangaia ēnei pūtahi hōhonu hei whakatika i ngā momo whenua e rerekē ana, mai i ngā whenua mēngi ki ngā whenua kotahi-kīwaha, tae atu ki te whakamahere i ngā ratonga whakapiki me te whakatika i te wā o te mahi. Ki te whakaaetanga o te whakatikanga tuatahitanga o te pūtahi, ka āhei ai ki te whakahokia i te kawe hōhonu ki te tahuhu whenua, ka huihui ake i te pai o te whakapiko me te whakapai i te whenua. Ko te whakatakotoranga kutu whakahirahira e whakihirahira ana i te whakapai i te whenua, e iti ana i te whakapai, e huihui ana i ngā pohehe hōhonu me te itinga i te wā o te mahi. Hei tirohanga anō hoki te hanga o te pūtahi, e āhei ana ki te whakapai i te pai o te whakapai, e whakaiti ana i te whakapai o te pūtahi, e whakatika ana i te pai o te mahi i roto i ngā wāhanga e rerekē ana. I whakarerekētia nei te mahi hōhonu i waenganui i ngā whenua e toru, ināianei, hei whakamahere i ngā mahi hōhonu, hei whakatika i ngā mahi hōhonu me te pai o te utu.