Methods of fabricating a thin-wall expandable well screen assembly
US6415509B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49908
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An expandable well screen has a desirable thin-wall construction together with a simplified fabrication method. In fabricating the screen, a flexible sheet of metal mesh filter media is diffusion bonded to an inner side of a perforated metal sheet which is then deformed to a tubular shape to form a filter structure having an outer perforated tubular shroud interiorly lined with the filter media. The tubular filter structure is telescoped onto a perforated base pipe and has its opposite ends sealingly secured thereto to complete the expandable well screen.
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