Foro 1650 Drill

Description

The Foro 1650 Drill (previously referred to as the Intermediate Depth Drill or IDD) is the next generation of the Danish Hans-Tausen Drill and Danish Deep Drill, with the capability of producing 2-meter long cores. The Foro 1650 Drill is sufficiently portable for coring at a wide variety of sites, and capable of retrieving 98 mm diameter core from the surface down to 1600 meters depth in two field seasons.

In addition to the drill itself, the Foro 1650 Drill system includes the following ancillary items:

  • Core Processing System: core barrel puller, trays, vacuum, saw, and tables
  • Centrifuge to recover the drill fluid from the chips created by drilling the core
  • Drill fluid handling system
  • Vacuums to clean the drill cable and the core
  • Pilot hole system
  • A 4.9 m (16 ft) x 19.5 m (64 ft) x 2.8 m (9 ft) un-insulated Weatherport for housing the drilling and core processing operations

The Foro 1650 Drill is designed and constructed to be transportable by Twin Otter or Bell 212 (or similar) helicopter. For field projects lasting more than one season, most equipment is left onsite to "winter-over". To drill to 1500 meters depth in two field seasons, a 10 person field-team for 24-hour per day drilling and core handling operations is required.

Equipment Details

Name Foro 1650 Drill
Type
Type
Ice coring
Number in Inventory
Number in Inventory
1
Max. Practical Depth
Max. Practical Depth
1650 m
Hole Diameter
Hole Diameter
129.6 mm (wet hole)
126 mm (dry hole)
Ice Core Diameter
Ice Core Diameter
98 mm (3.85 inches)
Ice Core Length
Ice Core Length
2.0 m
Rock Core Diameter
Rock Core Diameter
[NA]
Rock Core Length
Rock Core Length
[NA]
IDP Driller Required?
IDP Driller Required?
Yes, 3+ (number of drillers required depends on desired drilling depth and drilling schedule)
Drill Fluid Required?
Drill Fluid Required?
Yes
Trench Required?
Trench Required?

Yes
(3 m x 0.9 m x 3.5 m)

Power Requirements/Source
Power Requirements/Source
35 kW, 460 V, 3-phase generator
Estimated Drilling Time
Estimated Drilling Time

1,500 m - 85 days (assumes 24 hour operations)

Helicopter Transportable?
Helicopter Transportable?
Yes (see system weight/cube below)
Light Aircraft Transportable?
Light Aircraft Transportable?
Yes (see system weight/cube below)
Shipping Weight
Shipping Weight

27,000 lbs (does not include drilling fluid, generator, generator fuel, or personnel)

Shipping Volume (Cube)
Shipping Cube

1,875

Documents

Citation Year
Jay A Johnson, Tanner W Kuhl, Grant Boeckmann, Chris J Gibson, Joshua Jetson, Zachary Meulemans, Kristina R Slawny, Joseph M Souney (2021) Drilling operations for the South Pole Ice Core (SPICEcore) project. Annals of Glaciology, 62, (84), 75-88. doi: 10.1017/aog.2020.64. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.64 2021
Joseph M Souney, Mark S Twickler, Murat Aydin, Eric J Steig, TJ Fudge, Leah V Street, Melinda R Nicewonger, Emma C Kahle, Jay A Johnson, Tanner W Kuhl, Kimberly A Casey, John Fegyveresi, Richard M Nunn, Geoffrey M Hargreaves (2021) Core handling, transportation and processing for the South Pole ice core (SPICEcore) project. Annals of Glaciology, 62, (84), 118-130. doi: 10.1017/aog.2020.80. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.80 2021
Pavel Talalay (2021) Long-Term Stability of Deep Boreholes in Ice Filled with Estisol-140 Drilling Fluid. IceCube Polar Science Workshop, 19-20 January 2021, 1-13. 2021
Eric J Steig, TJ Fudge, Ryan Bay, Robert Hawley, IDPO (2018) Science Requirements: Foro 3000 Drill. 1-3. 2018
Kyle Zeug (2018) Replicate Coring System for 98mm Electromechanical Drill - Whipstock Conceptual Documentation. 1-16. 2018
Kimberly A Casey, TJ Fudge, Thomas A Neumann, Eric J Steig, Marie GP Cavitte, Donald D Blankenship (2014) The 1500 m South Pole ice core: recovering a 40 ka environmental record. Annals of Glaciology, 55, (68), 137-146. doi: 10.3189/2014AoG68A016. https://doi.org/10.3189/2014AoG68A016 2014
Jay A Johnson, Alexander J Shturmakov, Tanner W Kuhl, Nicolai B Mortensen, Chris J Gibson (2014) Next generation of an intermediate depth drill. Annals of Glaciology, 55, (68), 27-33. doi: 10.3189/2014AoG68A011. https://doi.org/10.3189/2014AoG68A011 2014
IDDO (2013) Intermediate Depth Drill Final System Engineering Design Review (20 March 2013). 1-87. 2013
IDDO (2012) Intermediate Depth Drill Science Review (17 October 2012). 1-61. 2012
IDPO-IDDO (2012) Intermediate Depth Drill Development: Summary Document April 2012. 1-63. 2012

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