14–20 Sept 2025
Potsdam
Europe/Berlin timezone

THE CHALLENGES INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING A POWER SUPPLY, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DRIVE UNIT FOR A DEEP ICE CORE DRILLING RIG.

17 Sept 2025, 10:05
20m
Lecture Hall H (Potsdam)

Lecture Hall H

Potsdam

Oral preference Mechanical Ice drilling Oral sessions

Speaker

Matthias Hüther (Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research)

Description

This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of the development process of the power train and drive chain of a deep ice core drill, with particular emphasis on the challenges encountered during the project.

The covered deep ice coring drill system is of the type of the commonly used cable-suspended electro-mechanical ice-core drill. In such systems, the electrical power and communication are distributed through the conductors inside the winch cable. The intended drive chain was a brush- and gearless motor.

Primary author

Matthias Hüther (Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research)

Co-authors

Benjamin Broy (AWI Bremerhaven) Prof. Frank Wilhelms (Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)

Presentation materials