ORIENTATION APPARATUS FOR DRILLING MACHINERY AND METHOD FOR ORIENTING A DRILLING ELEMENT OF DRILLING MACHINERY

摘要

The invention discloses an orientation apparatus for drilling machinerycomprising an orientation device provided with a casing with fastening meansforcoupling the orientation device to the drilling machinery, and detection meansindata communication with electronic means provided in the casing configured todetermine the relative orientation of the orientation device with respect totruenorth, and an interface device in data communication with the orientationdeviceand configured to display directional information of said orientation devicewhichenables the axial alignment of the drilling machine with respect to the axialaxisof a hole to be drilled. The invention also discloses a method for orientingdrillingmachinery in the oriented drilling of a well hole.