Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotary drill bits comprising maraging steel and methods of forming such drill bits
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Application No.: US14674115Application Date: 2015-03-31
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Publication No.: US09963940B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Xiaomin Chris Cheng , Eric C. Sullivan , Tu Tien Trinh
- Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: E21B10/42
- IPC: E21B10/42 ; E21B10/55 ; B22D13/00 ; B22D19/16 ; B22D25/02 ; C21D9/22 ; E21B10/00 ; E21B10/36 ; C21D6/00 ; C22C38/10 ; C22C38/12 ; B22D13/02 ; B22D19/00 ; C21D1/18 ; C22C38/08 ; C22C38/14 ; B22D13/04 ; B22D19/06

Abstract:
A method of forming an earth-boring tool includes introducing metal into a die, rotating the die to generate centrifugal forces on the metal, and cooling the metal in the rotating die. A rotary drill bit may include a unitary, centrifugally cast bit body including an integral shank, at least one blade, and at least one cutting element on the blade. A rotary drill bit or a roller cone may include a first centrifugally cast material and a second centrifugally cast material. Another rotary drill bit includes a bit body comprising a maraging steel alloy. A method of forming a rotary drill bit may include disposing cutting elements on a rotary drill bit comprising maraging steel and aging the rotary drill bit to form at least one intermetallic precipitate phase. Methods of repairing a rotary drill bit include annealing and aging at least a portion of a rotary drill bit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150204142A1 ROTARY DRILL BITS COMPRISING MARAGING STEEL AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH DRILL BITS Public/Granted day:2015-07-23
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