Soil Drilling Tampa Different Drill Bits for Different Soil Hardness
Most people understand that a geotechnical drilling company during their day-to-day operations drill into the ground to collect soil and sediments samples. What people might not know however is that when it comes to soil drilling, Tampa geotechnical drilling companies use different style of drill bits depending on the hardness level of a site’s ground conditions. Drill bits can be made from a variety of materials and metals to effectively drill through any material from simple steel all the way to drill bits that use diamonds to cut through hard sediments. Even synthetic diamond drill bit materials are known to be forty to fifty times stronger than steel.
Soft Sediment Drill Bits
At a location where the ground is softer or less dense, a geotechnical drilling company might use drag bits or fixed cutter bits when performing soil drilling. Tampa drillers make these drill bits out of a single piece of steel or if they need something a little stronger they might make it out of tungsten carbide. One advantage to a drag bid is that the absence of bearings makes it less possible to damage or lose the effectiveness of a drill bit.
Medium Ground Hardness
A lot of times geotechnical drilling companies are not lucky enough to always have to drill in softer soils. A popular type of drill bit for medium ground hardness is known as a cone rolling cutter bit because it does well with many very degrees of hardness. Long and widely spaced teeth are suitable for soft ground while tightly spaced short teeth are more suitable for harder rock formations.
Hard Ground Drill Bits
When the ground sediment is too hard, it can quickly wear out or break a lot of different types of drills before being able to drill effectively. To combat this, geotechnical drilling companies use diamond tipped drill bits for harder soil drilling. Tampa residents might not be aware that diamonds are one of the hardest materials in the universe.
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