Asymmetric compact for drill bit
US7066288B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 1, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B10/16
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Asymmetrical compacts are utilized in certain places on roller cones of an earth boring bit to increase the number of compacts in certain rows. The compacts that are pressed into holes in rows on the cones. The compacts are of tungsten carbide and have a cutting end axis and a barrel axis. The barrel axis intersects the cutting end axis at an obtuse angle. In the heel row, the barrel axis of at least some of the compacts is rotated to have less inclination than the cutting end axis. In an adjacent row to the heel row, each of the compacts has a barrel axis that is rotated to have more inclination than its cutting end axis and more inclination than the barrel axes of the heel row.
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