Abstract:
A downhole tool and method for manufacturing such downhole tool. The downhole tool includes a bit body having a blank and a matrix bonded to and surrounding the blank, a shank having a threaded connection at one end, and a butt joint formed within a gap formed between the blank and the shank and coupling the blank to the shank. The blank includes a first planar surface while the shank includes a second planar surface opposite the one end. The butt joint is formed between the first and second planar surfaces when positioned adjacent to one another, wherein the first planar surface is positioned external to the matrix.
Abstract:
Ein Drehschlagbohrer (1) mit einem Hartstoffeinsatz (2) mit zumindest einer Schneidkante (3) und einer dieser gegenüberliegenden Bodenfläche (4), welche mit einem Hartlot (5) stoffschlüssig an einer axialen Grundfläche (6) im Schaftende (7) befestigt ist, wobei die Grundfläche (6) zumindest am äusseren Radialrand angefast ist.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method of increasing a durability of a drill bit having a bit body with at least one blade disposed thereon, at least one cutter pocket disposed on the blade, and at least one cutter disposed in the cutter pocket is disclosed. The method includes brazing the at least one cutter to the at least one cutter pocket so that a braze material disposed between the at least one cutter pocket and the at least one cutter comprises an exposed surface, and overlaying at least a portion of the exposed surface with a hardfacing material, wherein the hardfacing material includes a binder having a melting point selected to avoid damaging the cutter. In one embodiment, a rock bit including a matrix bit body having at least one blade thereon, at least one cutter pocket disposed on the blade, at least one cutter disposed in the cutter pocket, a braze material disposed between the cutter and the pocket, the braze material having an exposed surface, and an overlay coating applied proximate to the at least one cutter, wherein the overlay coating is adapted to cover an exposed surface of braze material proximate to the at least one cutter is disclosed.
Abstract:
A method of assembling sections of an earth boring bit for welding has features to assure precise bit geometry. The method includes a step of providing a hole (41) in each bit section at the centerline (35) of the 120 degree faces on the interiors of the sections. A triad (45) is constructed for use in assembly and consists of three pins (47) joined together on one end, each having an axis 120 degrees apart from the other axes of the pins. The triad (45) is positioned in the holes in the 120 degree faces when the three sections of the bit are brought together. The shank ends of the sections have holes (29) for receiving dowels located in the welding fixture. Once the sections are positioned and pinned against movement at the shank ends and at the triad, the sections are clamped, then welded.
Abstract:
An auger useable for creating an opening in the ground for a soil sensor housing wherein the sensor housing has a predetermined volume and a tapered outer surface, includes an auger made in accordance with the methods described and defined in this specification. The auger having a shaft having an outer surface of circular cross-section having an larger outer diameter at one end than the other end and a strip material having a helical shape with an inner wall having a larger inner diameter at one end than the other end of the helical shape wherein the helically shaped material is fixed over the outer diameter of the shaft to form a tapered auger with helical flighting. The volume of the opening created by an auger in the ground will provide a matching volume for a sensor housing of a predetermined volume such that substantially the full length of the tapered outer surface of the sensor is adjacent the ground along the full length/depth of the created opening.
Abstract:
A method for forming the cutting edge and adjacent contoured surface area of rotary cutting tools utilizing a laser to remove material from the cutting end of the tool to create a predetermined point-by-point geometry is disclosed. Relatively complex surface and edge geometries may be formed by directing a laser beam toward the cutting end of the tool at an angle having a component that is normal to the surface of the cutting end. The laser beam is directed in multiple passes across the surface of the cutting end to remove material and form the desired cutting edge and adjacent three-dimensional contoured surface geometry.