An area of interest in the study of drillstrings is due to the device of increasing the rate of penetration (ROP) in hard rocks. Trying to supply such necessity, this work aims to study mechanisms and to propose a new device, using vibrations generated in the drillstring itself. The various forms of drillstring vibrations are generally regarded as detrimental in the question. However, it is possible to use some of these vibrations forms in such a way as to enhance drilling performance. Initially, the influence of the torsional and axial vibrations in ROP is analyzed. Next, the resonance drilling, that is being developed by companies in this area, and some aspects and cares in the use of this new drilling technique are studied. At the end, a new drilling device, called resonance hammer drilling or self excited percussive rotary drilling, is developed. This device has as premise to use the axial vibration due to the cutting process, to generate a harmonic load at the bit and to excite a steel mass (hammer). A model with vibro-impact and dry friction is developed, representing the hammer and the resistance of the medium, respectively. It is presented a numeric study and an experimental validation of the percussive motion of the model, that represent the bit. The results show that the best way of the hammer to operate is impacting the bit head, in period-1 condition, ie, with one impact per cycle. Moreover, the experimental parameters are identified and since the numerical-experimental results are similar, the model used is validated.