摘要:
A roller cone drill bit having a layer of wear resistant material applied thereon utilizing a thermal spray process and methods of manufacturing such drill bits.
摘要:
A hardfacing composition comprising an iron-based binder alloy; and a carbide phase comprising a sintered carbide and a cast tungsten carbide, wherein the cast carbide is present in a quantity of at least 22% by weight, based on the total weight of the carbide phase, and the cast carbide comprises particles having sizes in the range of from 30 to 60 mesh. Also provided is a hardfacing composition comprising an iron-based binder alloy; and a carbide phase comprising a super dense sintered carbide and one or more additional carbide materials, wherein the super dense sintered carbide is present in a quantity of at least 10 percent by weight (% w), based on the total weight of the carbide phase, and comprises particles having sizes in the range of from 16 to 40 mesh. Included are methods of manufacturing such hardfacing compositions and downhole tools having such improved hardfacing compositions applied thereon.
摘要:
A drill bit and seal assembly therefor include a seal gland, an elastomeric sealing seal disposed in the seal gland and having a dynamic sealing surface and a static sealing surface, and at least one auxiliary elastomeric annular seal member disposed between the static sealing surface of the sealing seal and the seal gland. The auxiliary annular seal member serves to prevent relative movement of the sealing seal relative to the surfaces of the seal gland and to permit sealing seals of various cross-sections and shapes to adapt to and function with a conventionally sized and shaped gland. The auxiliary annular seal member is sized and configured and its material properties selected so as to impart the appropriate squeeze to the sealing seal to provide the desired contact pressure and footprint. Choice of the appropriate auxiliary seal member may permit the same sized seal to be employed in seal glands of differing sizes.
摘要:
A rotary rock bit includes a lubricant reservoir with a pressure compensation assembly disposed therein. The pressure compensation assembly is adapted to permit selective adjustment of the relief pressure set by the assembly through the selective adjustment of one member in the assembly with respect to another member in the assembly.
摘要:
Disclosed are a variety of arcuate-shaped inserts for drill bits, and in particular, for placement in rolling cone cutters of drill bits. The arcuate inserts include 360° or ring-shaped inserts, as well as inserts of smaller arcuate length. The arcuate inserts are suitable for use in all surfaces of the rolling cone cutter, and in other locations in drill bits, and may have specialized cutting surfaces and material enhancements to enhance their cutting duty performance. Certain arcuate inserts may include stress relieving discontinuities such that, upon assembly into the cone or during drilling, the arcuate inserts may fragment in a controlled and predicted manner into shorter arcuate lengths.
摘要:
Sealing arrangements for a rotary cone rock-bit comprising a leg extending from a bit body and a cone rotatably mounted to the leg. A seal is disposed radially between the cone and the leg. A footprint defines an area of contact between the seal and the leg. Compression of the seal generates a contact pressure between the seal and the leg. An axial centerline evenly bisects the footprint into a mud side and a grease side. A contact pressure profile defines the contact pressure over the footprint, wherein the contact pressure on the mud side of the footprint is greater than the contact pressure on the grease side of the footprint.
摘要:
A cutter element for use in a drill bit, comprising a substrate and a cutting layer. The substrate comprises a grip portion and an extension portion, where the grip portion has an insert axis and an extension portion including an interface surface having a first apex. The cutting layer is affixed to the interface surface and has a cutting surface having a second apex. The cutting layer is shaped such that when a plane passing through the first apex and lying parallel to the insert axis and normal to a radius from the insert axis, the plane divides the cutting layer into major and minor portions and the major portion has a major volume that is at least 60 percent of the total volume of said cutting layer. Alternative embodiments of the present invention include variations wherein the first and second apices do not coincide and wherein the interface surface of the substrate is not axisymmetric. Using these variations, cutter elements having sizeable variations in thickness are constructed.
摘要:
A drill bit configured for boring holes or wells into the earth, the drill bit having a face and a plurality of zones, the drill bit having geometrically sharp inserts located in an inner zone and non-geometrically sharp inserts located in an outer zone.
摘要:
A seal assembly for sealing between a journal shaft and a rotating cone cutter of a drill bit. In an embodiment, the seal assembly comprises a seal gland positioned between the journal shaft and the cone cutter. In addition, the seal assembly comprises an annular seal body disposed about the journal shaft within an annular recess. The seal body comprises a dynamic sealing surface at its outer diameter D1 that forms a dynamic seal with the sealing surface of the recess and a static sealing surface at its inner diameter D2 that forms a static seal with an outer bearing surface of the journal shaft.
摘要:
A rotary rock bit includes a lubricant reservoir with a pressure compensation assembly disposed therein. The pressure compensation assembly is adapted to permit selective adjustment of the relief pressure set by the assembly through the selective adjustment of one member in the assembly with respect to another member in the assembly.