Abstract:
A method is disclosed for applying to rotating well drilling parts such as tool joints a multiple layer of hardbanding materials to provide extended wear service for the well tools without incurring any of the accompanying spalling normally associated with heavy layers of hardbanding.
Abstract:
A box tool joint member of generally tubular configuration is adapted for securement by welding to one end of a steel tube to form a drill pipe. The box tool joint member comprises a body having a cylindrical outer periphery, an internally threaded socket at one end of the body, and a weld neck of smaller outer diameter than the body adjacent to the other end of the body. A tapered transition piece connecting the neck with the adjacent end of the body provides an elevator shoulder. A correlative pin tool joint member is welded to the opposite end of the tube to complete the drill pipe.The box tool joint member has an annular band of hard facing over the outer periphery of the transition piece and extending down over the adjacent part of the weld neck and up around the adjacent part of the body. The hard facing is corrosion resistant and has a smooth finished surface. Underneath the hard facing and extending beyond both ends of the hard facing is an annular butter layer of non-hardenable steel. The tool joint member is hardened and tempered after the butter layer is welded into a body groove and before the hard facing is welded on. The butter layer is grooved before the hard facing is welded on.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus is disclosed for monitoring the parameters of a rock bit which utilizes electronic sensing principles. The use of these sensing devices will provide continuous measurement of the rock bit through remote monitoring equipment. The sensing devices monitor the rock bit parameters during the electron beam welding process to assure that both the height and the gage of the rock bit remains within set tolerances while the welding process is taking place.
Abstract:
A rotary rock bit is constructed from a multiplicity of individual segments. Each individual segment includes two parting faces and a gage cutting surface. The individual segments are positioned adjacent each other with the parting faces of the adjacent segments in abutting relationship to one another. A ring gage is positioned around the segments and the individual segments are moved relative to one another causing the parting faces of an individual segment to slide against the parting faces of the adjacent segments. The segments are moved until the gage cutting surfaces of the segments contact the ring gage thereby insuring that the finished bit will have the desired gage size. The segments are welded together over a substantial portion of the parting faces.
Abstract:
A cone blank for a rotary cone rock bit is forged, rough machined, carburized and heat-treated, followed by the formation of insert holes therein. Inserts are then pressed into the insert holes. The finished cone is subsequently sprayed with hardfacing cladding material in powdered form. The powder is thereafter densified and fused with a laser source to give a hard, erosion-resistant clad layer on the outer surface, including in the immediate vicinity of the inserts.
Abstract:
Segments of a rock bit are secured together by electron-beam welding. The segments are slightly spaced apart prior to welding by a thin shim of alloying metal such as titanium which improves ductility of the weld and is a strong carbide-former during welding. The shim is positioned between adjacent segments in the region of the crown or dome of the bit. The resulting welded interface is a fine-grain stress-relieved structure with good ductility and resistance to cracking.
Abstract:
A positioning fixture is provided for clamping individual segments of a rock bit together in position for an assembled bit with an accurate gage diameter and aligning the seams between the segments with a beam of energy from a welding gun. Relative movement between the segments and the beam causes the beam to traverse the seam in the plane of the seam and fuse the segments together. The segments are indexed by the fixture to sequentially bring the additional seams into alignment with the beam. Relative movement between the segments and the beam causes the beam to traverse the seams in the plane of the seams and fuse the segments together.
Abstract:
A rotary rock bit is constructed from at least one rock bit arm and a separate bearing pin. The rock bit arm includes a curved shirttail surface, a plane cutter receiving surface, and a mounting passage extending through said rock bit arm from said cutter receiving surface to said shirttail surface. The bearing pin includes a bearing section and a mounting section. The mounting section is positioned in the mounting passage of the rock bit arm thereby forming a seam between the mounting section of the bearing pin and the mounting passage in the rock bit arm. The mounting section of the bearing pin is fused to the rock bit arm using a beam of energy. The beam of energy is directed from an energy source located on the plane cutter receiving surface side of the rock bit arm. The plane cutter receiving surface is maintained substantially perpendicular to the beam of energy and the beam source is maintained substantially at a fixed distance from the cutter receiving surface during the fusing operation.
Abstract:
A method is shown for manufacturing rotary rock bits. The method reduces the effect of stresses in the area of the radial weld seams by providing a channel in the interior of the bit which intersects the root region of each weld, providing a generous radius for the root region of each radial weld.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a steel bodied bit is shown in which a hardfacing of a highly conformable metal cloth containing hard, wear resistant particles is applied to the bit face as well as to the interior of the bit nozzle openings. By hardfacing the nozzle openings, fluid erosion in the region of the openings is eliminated.