bit dth
Te take DTH (Down-the-Hole) he whakamahinga nui i te hanganga o te hunga whawhai, e taka ana i te huarahi pai ki te mahi me te hanganga matataki. Ko tenei take whawhai e whai ake nei he pū kiko e mahi ana i te taha raro o te rua, tuatahitia ki muri i te take whawhai. E whakamahi ana te rākau i te ānihoni whakatōmuri hei whakapiki i te pū toenga, ka tukua e ia ngā puhipuhi whakarereke ki te take. Ko tenei take whakamutunga o te waea e tiakina nei te pai rawa o te whawhai, inaianei i runga i ngā whenua kiko nui. Kei roto i te take DTH ngā whakatakoto herehere tungsten carbide hei whakangungu i ngā take whenua, ahakoa i te wā e whai ake nei i te whakangungu pai i te wā e hirikiri ana. Ko tana hanga e whiwhi ai i ngā ratonga pai, ahakoa i te iti o ngā wehewehe ki te raro i ngā rua roa, koinei te nui rawa mai i te nohoanga i ngā kaupapa kuhu, porowhita, me ngā kaupapa hanga. Kei roto i te hunga anō ngā take whakaiti kohu me ngā take whakapai herehere e pai ana ki te whakakore i ngā kereka i roto i te wāe whawhai, ka whakamana i te pai tonu o te mahi. Ka noho ngā rākau DTH o nehe i ngā take tata ki te ao e whakamahia nei i te tirohanga tūroa i ngā paerewa whawhai, ka whakaae atu ki ngā kaiwhakahaere kia whakapai i te mahi me te whakahē i te whakapae take.