摘要:
A cutting tool that includes at least one tungsten carbide cutting element disposed on a support, wherein at least one tungsten carbide cutting element has at least one localized region having a material property different from the remaining region, wherein the at least one localized region having a different material property is prepared by a method including determining at least one localized region needing a variation in a material property different from the remaining region; coating a portion of a surface of the at least one tungsten carbide cutting element with a refractory material such that a surface corresponding to the localized region is left uncoated; and treating the coated cutting element with a selected agent to diffuse the selected agent into the localized region is disclosed.
摘要:
A locking clutch (200) to selectively transmit torque from a stator (204) of a downhole tool to a rotor (202) of the downhole tool (201) includes at least one locking pawl (208) disposed upon the rotor (202), wherein the at least one locking pawl comprises a load path, a pivot axis, and a mass center, wherein the at least one locking pawl (208) is biased into an engaged position by a biasing mechanism (214), wherein the at least one locking pawl (208) transmits force from the stator (204) to the rotor (202) along the load path when in the engaged position, and wherein centrifugal force urges the at least one locking pawl (208) into a disengaged position when the rotor (202) is rotated above a disengagement speed.
摘要:
A drill bit that includes a matrix bit body having a reinforcing overlay thereon and having at least one blade thereon; at least one cutter pocket disposed on the at least one blade; at least one cutter disposed in the at least one cutter pocket; and a braze material disposed between the at least one cutter and the at least one cutter pocket, wherein the reinforcing overlay comprises carbide particles and at least one binder and has a melting point greater than a melting point of the braze material is disclosed.
摘要:
The present invention relates to downhole apparatus and particularly but not exclusively, to multi-cycle circulating subs used during downhole drilling operations. Apparatus is provided comprising a piston (42) slidably mounted in a body (4) between positions in which at least one aperture (40) in the body is opened and closed. Movement of the piston (42) is controlled by a pin (86) secured to one of the body and a control member, and a control groove (52) in which a portion of the pin is received formed in the other of the body and control member. An arrangement of elements (32, 76) respectively connected to the control member and body is such that, as the control member moves axially, increasing lengths of said elements locate adjacent one another so as to provide resistance to relative rotation in at least one direction of the control member and body. The relative rotation is rotation which presses the control member against the control groove. The present invention thereby provides means by which the risk of damage to the control pin is reduced.
摘要:
A mandrel (72) that provides a counter-force to the pressure exerted on the outside of a pipe (90) or other arcuate surface by a friction stir welding tool, wherein the mandrel (72) is expandable through the use of a wedge (82), and wherein the mandrel (72) enables multiple friction stir welding heads to simultaneously perform welding on the arcuate surface.
摘要:
The present invention relates to downhole apparatus for limiting rotation of a rotor (4) relative to a stator (8) associated with said rotor (4). Apparatus according to the invention is provided with a locking member (12) movable from a first axial position to a second axial position by the application of a static fluid pressure to a differential area of said locking member (12). The apparatus is characterised by means for selectively applying static fluid pressure to said differential area of said locking member (12).
摘要:
A system and method for performing friction stir welding of non-planar materials having high melting temperatures, wherein a process is provided for performing longitudinal and radial welds on objects such as pipes (23 and 26), flanges, tanks, and shrouds, and wherein an active or passive mandrel (21) provides support for the friction stir welding process.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a downhole tool (102) for selectively opening and closing a lateral borehole extending from a primary borehole. The tool (102) comprises a body (104) incorporating a wall provided with an opening (116) extending therethrough; a deflector member (106) slidably mounted in the body (104) and having a deflecting surface (126) for deflecting, in use, downhole equipment laterally within the body (104). The deflector member (106) is slidable between an open position, in which the deflecting surface is located adjacent and facing towards said opening so that, in use, downhole equipment laterally deflected by the deflecting surface is directed through said opening, and a closed position, in which the deflecting surface is oriented relative to said opening so as to prevent downhole equipment from being laterally deflected through said opening during use. In either position, equipment may pass into the primary borehole downhole of the primary/lateral junction. The tool (102) also comprises constraining means (138, 140) for restricting movement of the whipstock relative to the body.