- Today, we're gonna talk about AutoSteer
on our Vermeer Navigator® drills.
Tim Vande Noord from our HDD
Circuit® training program,
is gonna demonstrate
these features for us.
He is using a D23x30 S3 Navigator®
horizontal directional drill.
AutoSteering automates
certain drill head motions.
The operator sets
and adjusts the rotation
duration and rotation direction.
Let's start with how to set up AutoSteer.
Press the left joystick trigger
up to initiate AutoSteer.
In carve steer, you can also
adjust the degree of arc.
To adjust it, press the
AutoSteer select button.
The blue highlight on-screen
will indicate the adjustment is
active for the degree of arc.
To adjust rotation of arc,
turn the adjustment dial
clockwise or counterclockwise.
The duration measurement
is for one direction.
For example, we are using
a 45-degree rotation,
which means the head will
rotate a total of 90 degrees,
45 degrees each way.
To get from carve steer to zone steer,
press the AutoSteer selection button
on the keypad to enable zone steer.
The symbol and steering distance,
will be shown on the display,
letting you know you're in zone steer.
Press the pressure adjustment
dial to switch between
the carve angle and carve distance.
To adjust carve distance,
ensure that it is highlighted blue,
and once again use the dial
clockwise or counterclockwise
to change these adjustments.
For example, our machine
length is in inches,
so our carve distance is two inches.
Now that we understand how
to set up the two AutoSteer
modes, let's show how each is used.
Starting with zone steering,
the bit thrusts into the drilling surface
until the correct pressure is achieved.
It sweeps through an
arc set by the operator,
and pulls back to the preset distance
also selected by the operator.
The bit then rotates back
to the starting point and starts again
In carve steering,
the bit rocks back
and forth through the chosen arc distance.
The thrust pressure is manually
adjusted by the operator.
In this mode,
the rotation joystick
operates only as a switch
to turn the rocking motion on and off.
For manual rotation,
set the mode to "Off"
with the trigger switch.
As drilling distance increases
and the drill string lengthens,
the drill head rotates fewer
degrees than the sub saver.
This is rod wrap.
It varies with drilling conditions,
and drill pipe diameters,
To compensate, increase
the angle of arc sweep,
with the adjustment dial.
Failure to adjust,
may result in decreased productivity.
Depending on soil condition,
forward movement may stop.
This is just some of the information on
auto drill, found on Vermeer drills.
If you have any further questions,
please refer to the
operator's manual that is
tethered to the machine.
