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Lesson 8
Rolling Cutter Bits
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Notice
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Lesson 8 - Bits contd
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Read:
Applied Drilling Engineering, Ch.5
(bits)
HW #4:
ADE 1.18. 1.19, 1.24
Due Monday, Sept. 23, 2002
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Tungsten Milled
Carbide Insert Tooth
Bit Bit
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Rotary Drill Bits
Roller Cutter Bits - rock bits
2 - cone bit
Not self-cleaning
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Rotary Drill Bits
Improvements
3 - cone bit (straighter hole)
Intermeshing teeth (better cleaning)
Advantages
For any type of formation there is a
suitable design of rock bit
Reasonable cost
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Proper
bottomhole
cleaning is very
important
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Milled
Tooth Bit
(Steel
Tooth)
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Rotary Bits
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Sealed Bearing
Lubrication System
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INSERTS
BALL RETAINING
PLUG
BALL BEARING
Sealed, self-
lubricated roller bit
journal bearing
design details
GREASE RESERVOIR CAP
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Roller
Cone
Bearings
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Bearings
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Bearings
Worn bearings
Gauge wear
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Grading of Dull Bits
How do bits wear out?
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Grading of Dull Bits
Broken or Lost Teeth
Gauge Wear:
Bit is either in-Gauge or out-of-Gauge
Measure wear on diameter (in inches),
using a gauge ring
Examples: BIT
T3 B3 - I
T5 B4 - 0 1/2 GAUGE RING
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IADC ROLLER CONE
BIT CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM
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IADC System
Operational since 1972
Provides a Method of Categorizing Roller Cone
Rock Bits
Design and Application related coding
Most Recent Revision
The IADC Roller Bit Classification System
1992, IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
Paper # 23937
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IADC Classification
4-Character Design/Application Code
First 3 Characters are NUMERIC
4th Character is ALPHABETIC
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Sequence
135M or 447X or 637Y
Numeric Characters are defined:
Series 1st
Type 2nd
Bearing & Gage 3rd
Alphabetic Character defined:
Features Available 4th
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Series
135M or 447X or 637Y
FIRST CHARACTER
General Formation Characteristics
Eight (8) Series or Categories
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Type
135M or 447X or 637Y
SECOND CHARACTER
Degree of Hardness
Each Series divided into 3 or 4 Types
FOURTH CHARACTER
Features Available (Optional)
Sixteen (16) Alphabetic Characters
Most Significant Feature Listed
(i.e. only one alphabetic character should be selected).
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IADC Features Available
A - Air Application L - Lug Pads
B - Special Bearing/Seal M - Motor Application
C - Center Jet S - Standard Milled
Tooth
D - Deviation Control
T - Two-Cone Bit
E - Extended Nozzles
W - Enhanced C/S
G - Gage/Body Protection
X - Chisel Tooth Insert
H - Horizontal Application
Y - Conical Tooth Insert
J - Jet Deflection
Z - Other Shape Inserts
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A D in front signifies
a diamond bit
D1 - D5 signifies a
natural diamond or
PDC bit
D7 - D9 signifies a
natural diamond or
PDC core bit
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How to Improve Bit Performance
Archimedes Principle:
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How would you prove this? What is buoyancy?
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Buoyancy Force (B)
B = Wt. Of fluid displaced
D = 7 in
L = 12,000 ft
= 14.5 #/gal
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Buoyancy Force
Solution: B1 = Weight of fluid displaced
2 2 in
B1 7 in
gal 14.5 lb
12,000 ft *12
4 ft 231 in 3 gal
2 2
Cross-sectional area = D ( 7 ) 38 .486in 2
4 4
lb
B1 force pressure * area 9,048 * 38.486 2 * in 2
in
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Buoyancy Force
Buoyancy force
= Volume of mud displaced
* mud density
= Weight of fluid displaced
Alternatively:
B A 4 P4 A 3 P3 - A 2 P2 - A1P1 - A 5 P2
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