公开(公告)号：US20180363443A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US15884799

申请日：2018-01-31

申请人： Richard John Guertin ,  Lee Evan von Lehe ,  Adam John Lorang ,  Stephen Joseph Sartori ,  THE TORO COMPANY

发明人： Richard John Guertin ,  Lee Evan von Lehe ,  Adam John Lorang ,  Stephen Joseph Sartori

IPC分类号： E21B44/00 ,  E21B7/04 ,  E21B19/15 ,  E21B7/02 ,  E21B19/06

摘要： A horizontal directional drill and method relate to a control system adapted to operate a pipe transport apparatus to move a drill rod between a rod box and a connection area. The control system commands the pipe transport apparatus to perform a plurality of actions wherein at least one of the actions comprises two or more of the plurality of physical operations. The control system includes an operator input device configured to generate a command in response to an operator input. The control system may require persistent engagement of the operator input device to complete each action. The pipe transport apparatus pauses upon completing each of the plurality of actions until the command is again provided from the operator input device.