E
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E21
EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
E21B
EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
44/00
Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
E21B44/02
Automatic control of the tool feed
E21B44/04
in response to the torque of the drive; ; Measuring drilling torque