CN108843254A - A kind of oil pipe threaded connector with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle - Google Patents

A kind of oil pipe threaded connector with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle Download PDF

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CN108843254A
CN108843254A CN201810705970.XA CN201810705970A CN108843254A CN 108843254 A CN108843254 A CN 108843254A CN 201810705970 A CN201810705970 A CN 201810705970A CN 108843254 A CN108843254 A CN 108843254A
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郁世军
闫永军
朱建国
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Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of oil pipe threaded connector with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, including female thread and pin thread, internal screw thread, female thread spherical seal surface, female thread conical surface seal face, female thread torque shoulder face have been set gradually from left to right on the female thread, external screw thread, pin thread cylindrical sealing surface, pin thread conical surface seal face, pin thread torque shoulder face have been set gradually from left to right on the pin thread.The female thread and the pin thread are meshed together by the internal screw thread and the external screw thread, the female thread spherical seal surface and the pin thread cylindrical sealing surface are in close contact, female thread conical surface seal face and pin thread conical surface seal face are in close contact, and female thread torque shoulder face and pin thread torque shoulder face are in close contact.The inner surface in the pin thread sealed end close to pin thread torque shoulder face is circular conical surface.Through the invention, to solve the problems, such as that traditional oil pipe threaded connector tubing of the existing technology is easy to happen failure under the effect of cycle of higher pressure load.

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A kind of oil pipe threaded connector with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of oil pipe threaded connectors, and in particular to a kind of oil pipe with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle Nipple.
Background technique
In recent years, as the geological condition of the exhausted and new oil/gas well region of old oil/gas well is more complicated, with Oil gas well mining depth is also deeper and deeper, and the pressure of well is also increasing.It is especially close in this way to the safety of pipe and leakproofness Feng Xing, service performance require also higher and higher.
At present during oil gas well mining, most tubing is easy to happen pipe screw joint under the effect of cycle of higher pressure load Failure, causes very huge economic loss to unit in charge of construction and Party A company in this way.
With the increase of drilling depth, the external pressure and internal pressure that pipe is born are also increasing, this just needs oil pipe to connect Head can also bear very high external pressure and internal pressure load.
Summary of the invention
The present invention provides a kind of oil pipe threaded connector with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, is deposited with solving the prior art Traditional oil pipe threaded connector tubing cycle of higher pressure load effect under be easy to happen failure the problem of.
It is connect in order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a kind of tubing round thread with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle Head, including female thread and pin thread have been set gradually from left to right internal screw thread, female thread spherical seal surface, the female thread conical surface on the female thread Sealing surface, female thread torque shoulder face have been set gradually from left to right external screw thread, pin thread cylindrical sealing surface, pin thread on the pin thread Conical surface seal face, pin thread torque shoulder face.The female thread and the pin thread are engaged on by the internal screw thread and the external screw thread Together, the female thread spherical seal surface and the pin thread cylindrical sealing surface are in close contact, female thread conical surface seal face and described Pin thread conical surface seal face is in close contact, and female thread torque shoulder face and pin thread torque shoulder face are in close contact.The public affairs The inner surface for detaining sealed end close to pin thread torque shoulder face is circular conical surface.Female thread torque shoulder face and female thread conical surface seal face The female thread circular arc radian of transition position is less than the pin thread circular arc radian in pin thread torque shoulder face and pin thread conical surface seal face transition position.
The loading end angle beta of the internal screw thread2It is 0 °~10 °, guide surface angle beta1It is 5 °~15 °, it is described externally threaded to hold Section angle beta3It is 0 °~10 °, guide surface angle beta4It is 5 °~15 °.
The female thread spherical seal surface and pin thread cylindrical sealing surface interference fit, female thread conical surface seal face and pin thread cone Face sealing surface is also interference fit, and magnitude of interference is between 0.15~0.50mm.
Arc smooth transition, pin thread cylindrical sealing surface are used between the female thread spherical seal surface and female thread conical surface seal face Also arc transition cooperates with pin thread conical surface seal face.
The radius of the circular arc is 0.3mm~1.0mm.
The spherical radius of the female thread spherical seal surface is 2.0mm~10.0mm.
The angle in female thread conical surface seal face is between 25 °~35 °, and the axial length in female thread conical surface seal face Between 10mm~20mm, the angle in pin thread conical surface seal face is between 25 °~35 °, and pin thread conical surface seal face Axial length between 10mm~20mm.
Female thread torque shoulder face end is provided with -15 °~-25 ° of reversed chamfering α1, pin thread torque shoulder face End is provided with -15 °~-25 ° of reversed chamfering α2
The taper of the circular conical surface is 0 °~10 °, and the sealing nose length is 5~8mm.
Bring beneficial effect of the present invention:Oil pipe threaded connector provided by the invention is spherical by the way that female thread is arranged on female thread Pin thread cylindrical sealing surface, pin thread conical surface seal is arranged in sealing surface, female thread conical surface seal face, female thread torque shoulder face on pin thread Face, pin thread torque shoulder face, male and female button is connected by the way that screw thread is ratcheting, until the shoulder of the shoulder face contact female thread of pin thread Face, the sealing cone of pin thread and the female thread sealing surface conical surface, which are formed, at this time is interference fitted, and female thread seals spherical surface and pin thread is column sealed Face forms interference fit, and multiple sealing surfaces are mutually independent of each other, and improves the sealing performance of oil pipe, it is ensured that product of the present invention has more Add reliable sealing performance.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the oil pipe threaded connector with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of I in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of female thread in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of M in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of pin thread in Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of N in Fig. 5.
Wherein, A- female thread, B- pin thread, 1- internal screw thread, 2- external screw thread, 3- female thread spherical seal surface, 4- pin thread cylindrical seal Face, 5- circular arc, 6- female thread conical surface seal face, 7- pin thread conical surface seal face, 8- female thread circular arc, 9- pin thread circular arc, 10- female thread torque Circular bead surface, 11- pin thread torque shoulder face, 12- circular conical surface, 13- seal nose length.
Specific embodiment
To make the object, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, below in conjunction with drawings and the specific embodiments, to this Invention is described in further detail.
Fig. 1 is the oil pipe threaded connector with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of I in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of female thread in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of M in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of pin thread in Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is the partial structurtes enlarged diagram of N in Fig. 5.
As shown in figures 1 to 6, the oil pipe threaded connector provided by the invention with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, including mother Internal screw thread 1, female thread spherical seal surface 3, female thread conical surface seal have been set gradually from left to right on button A and pin thread B, the female thread A Face 6, female thread torque shoulder face 10, have been set gradually from left to right external screw thread 2 on the pin thread B, pin thread cylindrical sealing surface 4, public Detain conical surface seal face 7, pin thread torque shoulder face 11.The female thread A and pin thread B passes through the internal screw thread 1 and the outer spiral shell Line 2 meshes together, and the female thread spherical seal surface 3 and the pin thread cylindrical sealing surface 4 are in close contact, and the female thread conical surface is close Cover 6 and pin thread conical surface seal face 7 are in close contact, female thread torque shoulder face 10 and pin thread torque shoulder face 11 It is in close contact.The inner surface in the pin thread B sealed end close to pin thread torque shoulder face 11 is circular conical surface 12.The female thread torque platform It is close with the pin thread conical surface that 8 radian of female thread circular arc of shoulder face 10 and 6 transition position of female thread conical surface seal face is less than pin thread torque shoulder face 11 9 radian of pin thread circular arc of 7 transition position of cover.
Furthermore, it is understood that the loading end angle beta of the internal screw thread 12It is 0 °~10 °, guide surface angle beta1It is 5 °~15 °, institute State the loading end angle beta of external screw thread 23It is 0 °~10 °, guide surface angle beta4It is 5 °~15 °.
The female thread spherical seal surface 3 and pin thread cylindrical sealing surface 4 are interference fitted, female thread conical surface seal face 6 and public affairs Detaining conical surface seal face 7 is also interference fit, and magnitude of interference is between 0.15~0.50mm.
5 rounding off of circular arc is used between the female thread spherical seal surface 3 and female thread conical surface seal face 6, pin thread cylindricality is close Also arc transition cooperates for cover 4 and pin thread conical surface seal face 7.
The radius of the circular arc 5 is 0.3mm~1.0mm.
The spherical radius of the female thread spherical seal surface 3 is 2.0mm~10.0mm.
The angle in female thread conical surface seal face 6 is between 25 °~35 °, and the axial direction in female thread conical surface seal face 6 is long Degree is between 10mm~20mm, and the angle in pin thread conical surface seal face 7 is between 25 °~35 °, and the pin thread conical surface seal The axial length in face 7 is between 10mm~20mm.
10 end of female thread torque shoulder face is provided with -15 °~-25 ° of reversed chamfering α1, the pin thread torque shoulder 11 end of face is provided with -15 °~-25 ° of reversed chamfering α2
The taper of the circular conical surface 12 is 0 °~10 °, and the sealing nose length 13 is 5~8mm.
In the present embodiment, the present invention relates to a kind of petroleum gas seamless casing special buckle industry pipe screw joint, It includes the female thread for being machined with the pin thread of external screw thread connection and being machined with internal screw thread and connecting comprising has the pin thread of contact surface And female thread, contact surface include threaded portions contact and unthreaded sections contact.Threaded portions contact include internal screw thread tooth top with The carrying face contact of the contact of external screw thread bottom of the tooth and internal and external screw thread tooth.Unthreaded sections contact include internal screw thread sealing spherical surface and The step face contact of external screw thread Cylindrical Surfaces Contact, the conical surface and taper-face contact and internal and external threads.Male and female step surface and axis hole Wall surface be arc smooth transition.Internal screw thread spherical sealed and conical surface seal are all made of interference fit.In the present invention, by interior Spherical surface on screw thread and external screw thread cylinder use the fit system of interference, even if generating excessive yield deformation in cone seal In the case where leading to seal failure, spherical surface remains to keep sealing performance with the conical surface, and such design can effectively improve nipple Excellent sealing performance is still kept under severe outer load.
The oil pipe threaded connector is to work as to be connected male and female button according to the torque value of setting with hydraulic tongs, until The step surface of the step face contact female thread of pin thread.The sealing cone of pin thread and the female thread sealing surface conical surface, which are formed, at this time is interference fitted, Female thread seals spherical surface and the column sealed face of pin thread forms and is interference fitted.Two sealing surfaces are mutually independent of each other, to reach expected Gas sealing ability requirement.
Technical solution according to the invention, it is described oil pipe screw joint be when box and pin it is anticipated that torque be connected to When together, the torque shoulder face of female thread and the torque shoulder face of pin thread are in close contact together, control male and female position on the buckle. Male and female conical seal (contact) face keeps interference fit in the elastic range of material simultaneously, plays sealing function.Male and female ball Shape sealing and cylindrical seal enter interference seal, to form secondary interference seal.
This pipe screw joint is inserted in female thread by make-up device in practical operation, by pin thread, and oil pipe first uses the slow-speed of revolution 2 circle left and right are screwed in, then use 15 revolving speeds for enclosing left and right per minute to screw in until finally using every lower than 5 circles when last 1~2 encloses The revolving speed of minute is further threaded into predetermined position.
The working principle of this pipe screw joint is that tight interference fit, the shoulder conical surface are formed after box and pin taper-face contact It positions rapidly, guarantee twist-on positioning accuracy, during twist-on, spherical surface and cylinder also generate interference fit, and shoulder not only positions Accurately, it while can reduce axial force, in pin thread, female thread engagement process, considerably increase the anti-compression properties of connector, seal Property, while also guaranteeing that conical seal (contact) face fits closely together.
In conclusion oil pipe threaded connector provided by the invention on female thread by being arranged female thread spherical seal surface, female thread Pin thread cylindrical sealing surface, pin thread conical surface seal face, pin thread torque is arranged in conical surface seal face, female thread torque shoulder face on pin thread Circular bead surface, male and female button are connected by the way that screw thread is ratcheting, until the circular bead surface of the shoulder face contact female thread of pin thread, pin thread at this time Sealing cone and the female thread sealing surface conical surface formed and be interference fitted, female thread sealing spherical surface and the formation interference of pin thread column sealed face are matched It closes, multiple sealing surfaces are mutually independent of each other, and improve the sealing performance of oil pipe, it is ensured that product of the present invention has relatively reliable sealing Performance.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, is not intended to restrict the invention, for those skilled in the art For member, the invention may be variously modified and varied.All within the spirits and principles of the present invention, it is made it is any modification, Equivalent replacement, improvement etc., should be included within scope of the presently claimed invention.

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1. a kind of oil pipe threaded connector with multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, including female thread (A) and pin thread (B), feature It is, internal screw thread (1), female thread spherical seal surface (3), female thread conical surface seal has been set gradually from left to right on the female thread (A) Face (6), female thread torque shoulder face (10) have been set gradually from left to right external screw thread (2) on the pin thread (B), and pin thread cylindricality is close Cover (4), pin thread conical surface seal face (7), pin thread torque shoulder face (11), the female thread (A) and the pin thread (B) pass through described Internal screw thread (1) and the external screw thread (2) mesh together, the female thread spherical seal surface (3) and the pin thread cylindrical sealing surface (4) it is in close contact, female thread conical surface seal face (6) and pin thread conical surface seal face (7) are in close contact, the female thread torque Circular bead surface (10) and pin thread torque shoulder face (11) are in close contact, and pin thread (B) sealed end is close to pin thread torque shoulder The inner surface in face (11) is circular conical surface (12), female thread torque shoulder face (10) and female thread conical surface seal face (6) transition position Female thread circular arc (8) radian is less than pin thread circular arc (9) arc in pin thread torque shoulder face (11) and pin thread conical surface seal face (7) transition position Degree.
2. as described in claim 1 with the oil pipe threaded connector of multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, which is characterized in that described The loading end angle beta of internal screw thread (1)2It is 0 °~10 °, guide surface angle beta1It is 5 °~15 °, the carrying face angle of the external screw thread (2) Spend β3It is 0 °~10 °, guide surface angle beta4It is 5 °~15 °.
3. as described in claim 1 with the oil pipe threaded connector of multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, which is characterized in that described Female thread spherical seal surface (3) and pin thread cylindrical sealing surface (4) interference fit, female thread conical surface seal face (6) and the pin thread conical surface Sealing surface (7) is also interference fit, and magnitude of interference is between 0.15~0.50mm.
4. as described in claim 1 with the oil pipe threaded connector of multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, which is characterized in that described Circular arc (5) rounding off is used between female thread spherical seal surface (3) and female thread conical surface seal face (6).
5. as claimed in claim 4 with the oil pipe threaded connector of multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, which is characterized in that described The radius of circular arc (5) is 0.3mm~1.0mm.
6. as described in claim 1 with the oil pipe threaded connector of multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, which is characterized in that described The spherical radius of female thread spherical seal surface (3) is 2.0mm~10.0mm.
7. as described in claim 1 with the oil pipe threaded connector of multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, which is characterized in that described The angle in female thread conical surface seal face (6) is between 25 °~35 °, and the axial length in female thread conical surface seal face (6) is in 10mm Between~20mm, the angle in pin thread conical surface seal face (7) is between 25 °~35 °, and pin thread conical surface seal face (7) Axial length between 10mm~20mm.
8. as described in claim 1 with the oil pipe threaded connector of multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, which is characterized in that described Female thread torque shoulder face (10) end is provided with -15 °~-25 ° of reversed chamfering α1, pin thread torque shoulder face (11) end It is provided with -15 °~-25 ° of reversed chamfering α2
9. as described in claim 1 with the oil pipe threaded connector of multi-sealed face screw thread positive-angle, which is characterized in that described The taper of circular conical surface (12) is 0 °~10 °, and the sealing nose length (13) is 5~8mm.
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