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Rotating acoustic transducer head for cement bond evaluation tool

US5841734A · kind A · utility

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29Claims
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Filing dateJun 5, 1997
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S367/912
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for logging a borehole comprises a non-rotating component and a rotating component that is flexibly attached to the non-rotating component and includes a logging head. The rotating component is centralized independently from the non-rotating component such that the rotating component remains centralized as it rotates, regardless of whether the non-rotating component is centralized. The logging head includes at least one signaling device, a hydrostatic pressure balancing system, a sealed, variable-volume fluid reservoir in fluid communication with said transducer, and a motor housed in said logging head for rotating the rotating component. The apparatus can further include a second non-rotating component suspended below the rotating component.

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