Tooth type drill bit with secondary cutting elements and stress reducing tooth geometry

Disclosed is a tooth type rolling cutter earth boring drill bit with secondary cutting elements on the tooth surfaces. The secondary cutting elements provide additional, relatively sharp edges that help cut hard rock. The teeth also have convex radiused buttresses at their bases to reduce the stress...

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Main Author VUYK, JR. ADRIAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 19.02.2002
Edition7
Subjects
EARTH DRILLING
EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
MINING
OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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Summary:Disclosed is a tooth type rolling cutter earth boring drill bit with secondary cutting elements on the tooth surfaces. The secondary cutting elements provide additional, relatively sharp edges that help cut hard rock. The teeth also have convex radiused buttresses at their bases to reduce the stresses the teeth experience when drilling through extremely hard rock. This allows the tooth bit to survive the high loads encountered when drilling hard, tough rock formations, without breaking the teeth. The combination of teeth with secondary cutting elements and convex radiused buttresses at their base provide a tooth type rotary drill bit that has superior resistance to wear and breakage when drilling through hard, tough rock without significantly reducing the drilling rate of penetration when drilling through soft rock.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20000547525