The objective of the present invention is to provide a machine tool control device with which chips can be reliably divided and discharged, and with which damage to a tool can be suppressed by reducing shock when the tool cuts into a workpiece. A machine tool control device 100 which controls a main axis that causes a tool T to rotate relative to a workpiece W, and which executes a cutting process by controlling a feed axis to move the tool T and the workpiece W while causing the same to oscillate relative to one another in a feed direction, is provided with an oscillation command generating unit 16 which generates an oscillation command on the basis of a predetermined oscillation condition, and a position and speed control unit 15 which controls a motor 30 that drives the feed axis, on the basis of a superimposed command generated by superimposing the oscillation command generated by the oscillation command generating unit 16 onto a position command or a position deviation, wherein the oscillation command generating unit 16 changes at least one of an oscillation command phase progression method and an oscillation command amplitude, on the basis of either an oscillation phase calculated on the basis of the predetermined oscillation condition, or time.

Systems and methods for data collection for an industrial heating process are disclosed. The system according to one embodiment can include a plurality of data collectors, including a swarm of self-organized data collector members, wherein the swarm of self-organized data collector members organize to enhance data collection based on at least one of capabilities and conditions of the data collector members of the swarm, and wherein the plurality of data collectors is coupled to a plurality of input channels for acquiring collected data relating to the industrial heating process, and a data acquisition and analysis circuit for receiving the collected data via the plurality of input channels and structured to analyze the received collected data using a neural network to monitor a plurality of conditions relating to the industrial heating process.

The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for determining slip status of a drill string. The monitoring and control system is configured to obtain a hook load data at predetermined time intervals, and determine variation of hook load between the predetermined time intervals using the hook load data obtained. The monitoring and control system further determines a slip status of the drill string corresponding to each of the variation of hook load. The slip status is determined by comparing each of the variation of hook load with a threshold value of noise. The threshold value of noise is determined based on predetermined parameters of the drill string. The method and system of present disclosure accurately determines the slip status of the drill string, thereby improves operational efficiency of the drill rig.

Embodiments of a downhole drilling assembly generally include a rotatable lower drilling assembly, a rotatable upper drilling assembly, and a drill bit, wherein the upper drilling assembly contains a mud motor adapted for clockwise rotation of its stator and counter-clockwise rotation of its rotor, whereby the lower drilling assembly is rotatable in the opposite direction of the upper drilling assembly or maintainable in a non-rotating state. The apparatus further includes sensors adapted to continuously measure physical properties and/or drilling parameters and a mechanism for continuously transmitting information relating thereto to the surface.

Embodiments of a method for operating a downhole drilling assembly generally include continuously measuring physical properties and/or drilling parameters proximate the drill bit, continuously transmitting information relating thereto to the surface, and controlling rotation of a lower drilling assembly in a non-rotating state or in the opposite direction of an upper drilling assembly by varying drill string rotation.

A plan structure and a method for creating a plan for forming/operating a sub-sea or sub-terranean well, in an automated planner, are disclosed. The plan defines logical, sequential and conditional interrelationships between events in the plan, so that a controller can carry out the plan in a flexible and time-independent manner to complete the sequenced events. The definition of the logical, sequential and conditional interdependencies permits flexibility in how the controller uses the time and resources available to it so that the plan directs the controller in a non-prescriptive manner, allowing greater flexibility in plan execution and reducing the necessity for re-planning to occur when changes in the world or environment in which the controller executes the plan are detected.

A method for assisting with the positioning of a drill bit for boring a component, which includes capturing images of a first component which has notable points, of calculating a digital representation from these images, of superposing the digital representation thus calculated and a digital design representation of the component, of evaluating the distances of the centers of bores to be created with respect to the notable points, and of positioning a drill bit with the aid of a camera and of the evaluated distances. The method continues in the same way for the other components to be assembled.

A system for optimizing a geothermal heating and cooling system operation comprises a drill rig and a processor. The drill rig is configured to construct a geothermal borehole according to operational parameters and deploy a coiled tubing or joint drill pipes enabled drill bit. The processor is configured to receive user specification of (i) one or input parameters and (ii) a first coefficient of performance (COP) of a heat pump for constructing the geothermal borehole. The processor is configured to apply a model to determine the set of operational parameters for constructing the first geothermal borehole. The processor is configured to collect, in real time during the construction, sensor data from sensors positioned on the drill bit, update the model according to the sensor data, update the operational parameters according to the updated model, and control the construction of the first geothermal borehole according to the updated operational parameters.

A downhole closed loop method for controlling a curvature of a subterranean wellbore while drilling includes controlling a direction of drilling such that the drilling attitude is substantially equal to a setpoint attitude. A setpoint rate of penetration is processed in combination with a setpoint dogleg severity to compute a setpoint attitude increment. The setpoint attitude may be adjusted by the setpoint attitude increment. The setpoint attitude may be incremented at some interval to control the curvature of the wellbore while drilling.

Systems for self-organizing data collection and storage in a refining environment are disclosed. An example system may include a swarm of mobile data collectors structured to interpret a plurality of sensor inputs from sensors in the refining environment, wherein the plurality of sensor inputs is configured to sense at least one of: an operational mode, a fault mode, a maintenance mode, or a health status of a plurality of refining system components disposed in the refining environment, and wherein the plurality of refining system components is structured to contribute, in part, to refining of a product. The self-organizing system organizes a swarm of mobile data collectors to collect data from the system components, and at least one of a storage operation of the data, a data collection operation of the sensors, or a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs.

Systems and methods for real-time monitoring and control of well site operations employ well site edge analytics to detect abnormal operations. The systems and methods receive well site data from a remote programmable automation (PAC) controller at the well site, the well site data representing one or more operational parameters related to the well site operations. A probability is derived for a given slope for each one of the one or more operational parameters as correlated to a different one of the one or more operational parameters to produce correlated probabilities for the one or more operational parameters. A resultant probability is derived from the correlated probabilities for the one or more operational parameters and it is determined whether the resultant probability meets a preselected threshold probability value. A responsive action is initiated if the resultant probability fails to meet the preselected threshold probability value.