Definition of Drill steel

1. Noun. Carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels.

Exact synonyms: Drill Rod
Generic synonyms: Carbon Steel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drill Steel

drill ground
drill grounds
drill hole
drill in
drill instructor
drill instructors
drill jig
drill jigs
drill master
drill press
drill rig
drill rod
drill sergeant
drill sergeants
drill site
drill steel (current term)
drillabilities
drillability
drillable
drillbit
drillbits
drillcore
drillcores
drilled
driller
drillers
drillground
drilling
drilling bit
drilling fluid

Literary usage of Drill steel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"1921) To MOST mine operators, it seems evident that there is a drill-steel problem, although under certain conditions the amount of drill-steel breakage ..."

2. Elements of Mining by George Joseph Young (1916)
"The consumption of drill steel is occasioned by breakage and consequent ... At the same mine, a Waugh 12A stoper required 10 pieces of drill steel per shift ..."

3. Handbook of Mining Details (1912)
"A bucket for handling drill steel in stopes can be easily and cheaply made as follows: ... BUCKET FOR drill steel. 149, are the bucket, handle and a ring d. ..."

4. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"0 illustrates a drill steel manufactured by the Wood Drill Works, ... Lug Drill Steel. Removal of Sludge. The reader is referred to steels used with the ..."

5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"The drill steel may be easily removed an another substituted without ... The wear on drill steel should not be as great as i -*^'n other drills that are ..."

6. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"In this way the rotation of the drill steel is independent of the piston action. The parts most subject to breakage and wear are the anvil blocks, ..."

7. Mining Practices by Engineering and Mining Journal (1919)
"Ideal Shop for Sharpening drill steel BY GEORGE H. OILMAN During the last ... The importance of the size and quality of the drill steel and of the shape and ..."

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