Compact DEVICE WITH AUTONOMOUS POWER SUPPLY FOR DRILLING EXTRATERRESTRIAL OBJECTS
The article is devoted to a device capable of providing efficient drilling of soil unknown before the landing of space modules. The problem of drilling at different angles is being solved to identify and extract water from the lunar soil. It also solves the problem of installing research sensors and other devices in the ground at a given depth to study planets, comets, asteroids and other celestial bodies. The article presents an overview of the existing drills designs reveals their main advantages and disadvantages. The design and operation of the proposed ultrasonic drill are considered in detail. The design features of the proposed ultrasonic drill in combination with the system for monitoring the impedance of the drilled soil during drilling, built into the electronic generator, makes it possible to obtain operational information about its properties, optimize the operation of the ultrasonic drill as the properties of the soil change in the process of deepening.