Diver Controlled Drills
Whittaker design and build Diver Controlled Drills that have worked all over the world from West coast USA to the Far East, from the Barents Sea to the Tasman Sea. These drills have drilled, drilled and tapped, milled, cut coupons, retained coupons, drilled into pipelines, legs, wrecks, pontoons and caissons - 10mm to 200mm, Scuba to Hyperbaric.
Case Studies
Pile Drilling
Subsea Well Head Template - Diver drills through casing into pile to lock pile into sea bed - North Sea.
Large diameters
This manually controlled drill can cut up to a 300mm diameter hole.
Small diameters
This small drill with a switchable permanent magnetic base can drill from 6mm to 20mm diameters.
Strapped on drill
2 divers drill 54mm diameter into diagonal brace prior to 2" NPT tapping.