EP0678150B1 - Aleseur ameliore a rouleaux rotatifs - Google Patents

Aleseur ameliore a rouleaux rotatifs Download PDF

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EP0678150B1
EP0678150B1 EP95900553A EP95900553A EP0678150B1 EP 0678150 B1 EP0678150 B1 EP 0678150B1 EP 95900553 A EP95900553 A EP 95900553A EP 95900553 A EP95900553 A EP 95900553A EP 0678150 B1 EP0678150 B1 EP 0678150B1
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John Francis Kennedy
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/08—Roller bits
    • E21B10/22—Roller bits characterised by bearing, lubrication or sealing details
    • E21B10/24—Roller bits characterised by bearing, lubrication or sealing details characterised by lubricating details
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/26—Drill bits with leading portion, i.e. drill bits with a pilot cutter; Drill bits for enlarging the borehole, e.g. reamers
    • E21B10/28—Drill bits with leading portion, i.e. drill bits with a pilot cutter; Drill bits for enlarging the borehole, e.g. reamers with non-expansible roller cutters
    • E21B10/30—Longitudinal axis roller reamers, e.g. reamer stabilisers

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  • This invention relates to a rotary roller reamer of the general type which is used in boreholes, and described and illustrated in the Applicant's earlier Australian Patent No. 594885.
  • GB 2053319 describes an earth boring apparatus having a reamer-stabiliser unit.
  • the unit incorporates a spring mounted piston.
  • the external pressures on the unit act on the piston which, together with the spring to move the piston and lubricant located in front of the piston towards a bearing area.
  • the main object of this invention is to provide a more satisfactory bearing arrangement, and this has been achieved by utilising a piston which floats freely in a cylindrical lubricant passage and lies between a bearing surface of the roller and the pressure space exterior of the roller, so that the piston will apply the same pressure to lubricant as the external pressure, thereby reducing the pressure differential and in turn retaining the lubricant in the bearing structure.
  • a rotary roller reamer 10 is of the type which is used for reaming a hole cut by a drill on the end of a drill string.
  • the functions of a reamer are first to maintain a hole size when wear causes the effective diameter of a drill to reduce, and second to smooth the surface of the borehole.
  • the rotary roller reamer arrangement of this invention performs those functions.
  • the reamer 10 shown in Fig. 1 contains several rollers 11 each with a plurality of tungsten carbide buttons 12 arranged circumferentially around it.
  • Patent 594885 there was described and illustrated an arrangement wherein retaining edges retained respective blocks in recesses extending axially along a reamer roller, and the blocks in that description contained bushes with O-rings at each end.
  • the bearings were therefore external of the rollers, and assembly was effected at atmospheric pressure but when immersed into a deep bore hole containing water, there was a large pressure differential which was effective in forcing abrasive material past the O-rings and into contact with the bearing surfaces, and an object of this invention as said is to avoid that difficulty.
  • the spindle 13 is retained in respect to the blocks 14 either by retainer fasteners, herein grub screws 15, and these come away with the blocks 14 when they are removed so that they can be separately removed and there is no access difficulty as with the early prior art.
  • passages 19, 33 Running centrally part way into the spindle 13 from its end 41, 42 are passages 19, 33, shown partly in Fig 2 as being formed by the walls of an opening extending from one end, and partly by the bore of a tube 20 extending from the other 40, the wall of tube 20 functioning as a heat transfer wall to reduce surface temperatures of the adjacent bearing.
  • the tube 20 is illustrated to contain a piston 21 which can conveniently be of elastomeric material, and that piston is freely slidable within the tube 20.
  • the outer end 40 of the tube 20 opens to a "breather" aperture 22 in the reamer body, and the piston then being slidable imparts the same pressure inside the passage 19 as exists around the drill string, with very little pressure differential.
  • the interior of the roller is charged with grease through a pressure plug 27, and that grease is pressured by the piston 21 to be the same as the external pressure. It is possible to use two resilient seals, and the resilient seals 28 between spindle 13 and roller 11 are lubricated by the grease and seal it against expulsion, while the resilient seals 29 sealing between a said block 14, spindle 13 and roller 11, and performing the primary function of reducing the ingress of abrasive material to the seals 28 and the secondary function of partly effecting a seal against an ingress of moisture.
  • the spindle 13 is provided with two flats 30 connected to the passages 19, 33 through diametral apertures 31, 32 and this lubrication is of great importance in the difficult environment of a bore hole, flow of grease being impelled from tube 20 to the flats 30, and thereby to the bearing surface 34 of spindle 13, by externally supplied pressure.

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  1. Un alésoir rotatif perfectionné (10) à rouleau du type utilisé pour les puits de forage, et comprenant un corps muni de rouleaux (11) contenus dans des cavités respectives définies par des parois s'étendant le long d'un corps de l'alésoir,
       l'alésoir comprenant des paires de blocs (14), des moyens (15) retenant l'arrière des blocs dans les extrémités desdites cavités, des broches respectives (13) portées par les blocs et s'étendant entre les blocs (14) de chaque paire,
       des parois définissant un passage cylindrique (19) s'étendant dans une direction axiale dans chacune desdites broches (13), et d'autres parois définissant une ouverture (31) s'étendant depuis ledit passage cylindrique (19) vers une surface extérieure de ladite broche (30), ledit rouleau (11) comportant une surface intérieure (34) de portée susceptible de tourner sur la surface extérieure de ladite broche (13)
       caractérisé en ce que l'alésoir (10) comprend en outre un piston (21) mobile de façon flottante dans ledit passage cylindrique (19) entre une extrémité extérieure dudit passage cylindrique (40) et ladite ouverture (31), et est agencé de sorte que la pression agissant sur l'extrémité extérieure (35) dudit piston (21) soit la pression de l'environnement qui entoure ledit alésoir, la pression étant transmise par ledit piston (21) à du lubrifiant contenu dans ledit passage cylindrique (19) et étant efficace pour provoquer l'écoulement dudit lubrifiant à travers ladite ouverture (31) vers ladite surface de portée (34).
  2. Un alésoir perfectionné (10) à rouleau selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en outre en ce que ledit passage cylindrique (19) s'ouvre (en 40) à une extrémité de ladite broche, et en ce qu'à l'extrémité (41) de ladite broche, des parois définissent un espace (22) de respiration s'étendant depuis ledit passage vers l'environnement qui entoure ledit alésoir, de sorte que ladite pression appliquée à l'extrémité extérieure dudit piston (35) soit la pression de l'environnement qui entoure ledit alésoir (10).
  3. Un alésoir perfectionné (10) à rouleau selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par des parois définissant un autre passage (33) qui est un deuxième passage cylindrique s'étendant dans une direction axiale à partir de l'autre extrémité (42) de ladite broche, et des parois définissant une deuxième ouverture (32) s'étendant à partir dudit deuxième passage cylindrique (33) vers ladite surface extérieure de ladite broche (30), ladite ouverture étant diamétrale.
  4. Un alésoir perfectionné (10) à rouleau selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit deuxième passage cylindrique (33) se termine à ladite autre extrémité (42) de ladite broche par un bouchon (27) résistant à la pression.
  5. Un alésoir perfectionné (10) à rouleau selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en outre par un tube (20) contenu dans ladite broche (13), ledit premier passage (19) étant défini par une surface intérieure dudit tube (20).
  6. Un alésoir perfectionné (10) à rouleau selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que ladite surface extérieure de broche est généralement cylindrique, mais présente une partie plane (30) vers laquelle s'ouvre chaque ouverture diamétrale (31, 32).
  7. Un alésoir perfectionné (10) à rouleau selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en outre par deux paires de joints d'étanchéité (28, 29), une paire étant située à chaque extrémité ou à proximité de chaque extrémité de ladite broche, le joint extérieur (29) de chacune desdites paires assurant l'étanchéité entre l'un desdits blocs (14), la broche (13) et le rouleau (11) et remplissant la fonction de réduction de l'entrée de matériau abrasif, et le joint intérieur (28) de chaque paire assurant l'étanchéité entre ladite broche (13) et le rouleau (11) et maintenant l'étanchéité du lubrifiant pour éviter son expulsion.
  8. Un alésoir perfectionné (10) à rouleau selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en outre par des organes de fixation (15) de retenue, coopérant entre lesdits blocs (14) et ladite broche (13) pour empêcher la rotation de ladite broche (13).
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WO1995013452A1 (fr) 1995-05-18
EP0678150A4 (fr) 1999-06-16
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CA2154285C (fr) 2005-10-11
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