EP2148972A1 - Field-assemblable bow-spring casing centralizer and method of making a centralizer - Google Patents
Field-assemblable bow-spring casing centralizer and method of making a centralizerInfo
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
- E21B17/10—Wear protectors; Centralising devices, e.g. stabilisers
- E21B17/1014—Flexible or expansible centering means, e.g. with pistons pressing against the wall of the well
- E21B17/1021—Flexible or expansible centering means, e.g. with pistons pressing against the wall of the well with articulated arms or arcuate springs
- E21B17/1028—Flexible or expansible centering means, e.g. with pistons pressing against the wall of the well with articulated arms or arcuate springs with arcuate springs only, e.g. baskets with outwardly bowed strips for cementing operations
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- the present invention relates primarily to centralizers and methods for centering a casing string downhole within the borehole of a well. More particularly, the present invention relates to a centralizer that may be shipped more efficiently and is easily assemblable in the field.
- Centralizers are commonly secured at intervals along a casing string to radially offset the casing string from the wall of a borehole in which the casing string is subsequently positioned.
- the centralizers generally include evenly-spaced ribs that project radially outwardly from the casing string to provide the desired offset.
- Centralizers ideally center the casing string within the borehole to provide a generally continuous annulus between the casing string and the interior wall of the borehole. This positioning of the casing string within a borehole promotes uniform and continuous distribution of cement slurry around the casing string during the subsequent step of cementing the casing string in a portion of the borehole. Uniform cement slurry distribution results in a cement liner that reinforces the casing string, isolates the casing from corrosive formation fluids, and prevents unwanted fluid flow between penetrated geologic formations.
- a bow-spring centralizer is a common type of centralizer that employs flexible bow- springs as the ribs.
- Bow-spring centralizers typically include a pair of axially-spaced and generally aligned collars that are coupled by multiple bow-springs. The bow-springs bow outwardly from the axis of the centralizer to engage the borehole to center a pipe received axially through the generally aligned bores of the collars. Configured in this manner, the bow-springs provide stand-off from the borehole, and flex inwardly as they encounter borehole obstructions, such as tight spots or protrusions into the borehole, as the casing string is installed into the borehole.
- Centralizers are usually assembled at a manufacturing facility and then shipped to the well site for installation on a casing string.
- the centralizers, or subassemblies thereof, may be assembled by welding or by other means such as displacing a bendable and/or deformable tab or coupon into an aperture to restrain movement of the end of a bow-spring relative to a collar.
- Other centralizers may be assembled into their final configuration by riveting the ends of a bow- spring to a pair of spaced-apart and opposed collars. The partially or fully assembled centralizers may then be shipped in trucks or by other transportation to the well site.
- Pre-assembly of the centralizers reduces the amount of labor and tooling required at the well site, but partially or fully assembling the centralizers at a manufacturing facility greatly increases shipping costs due to a dramatically decreased shipping density since, due to the structure and the intended function of centralizers, assembled centralizers take up a very large amount of cargo space for relatively little weight. For example, a single casing string may require many truckloads of centralizers to be transported over very long distances and to remote locations, and the inefficiency of shipping pre-assembled centralizers adds substantially to the cost of completing a well.
- Conventional fasteners such as rivets and bendable tabs received within slots or apertures, may also be used to join a bow-spring to collars in a non-welded centralizer, but conventional fasteners such as these may present protrusions that may hang up during installation of the pipe string into the borehole thereby making installation of the centralizers and pipe string more difficult and time-consuming.
- riveting and bending tabs into slots requires special equipment, such as mechanical presses and special tools, that is difficult to power, use, and maintain in the field.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,871,706 discloses a centralizer that requires a step of bending a retaining portion of the collar material into a plurality of aligned openings, each to receive one end of each bow-spring. This step requires that the coupling operation needs to be performed in a manufacturing facility using a press.
- the collars of the prior art centralizer are cut with a large recess adjacent to each set of aligned openings to accommodate passage of the bow spring that is secured to the interior wall of the collar.
- the recess substantially decreases the mechanical integrity of the collar due to the removal of a large portion of the collar wall to accommodate the bow-springs.
- the collars of the casing centralizer disclosed in the '706 Patent also require several additional manufacturing steps, including the formation of both internal and external (alternating) upsets in each collar to form the aligned openings for receiving and securing bow-springs, a time-consuming process that further decreases the mechanical integrity of the collar.
- a field-assemblable casing centralizer and method are disclosed.
- One embodiment provides a method of manufacturing a casing centralizer.
- a plurality of bow-springs are formed, each having two opposed ends, each end having an aperture adjacent to a foot for being received in an aligning slot in a collar to position the bow spring for coupling to the collar at the aperture.
- a first collar and a second collar are also formed, each collar having a plurality of circumferentially spaced aligning slots, each slot for receiving a foot at the end of a bow-spring.
- a plurality of collar through-holes are formed in the collar, in positions to align with apertures in the ends of a plurality of bow-springs.
- Each collar through-hole is formed adjacent to an aligning slot by positioning the collar on a supporting back-up member having an opening for receiving an aligned punch, and by then forcibly driving the punch through the wall of the collar and into the opening in the supporting back-up member to extrude a portion of the collar wall material into the opening.
- the preferred width of the punch is less than about 80% of the width of the opening in the supporting back-up member, or an amount sufficient to draw a portion of the collar wall material onto the annular space between the received punch and the interior wall of the opening to form an extruded through-hole.
- Each collar through-hole is then threaded using a tap.
- First and second collars comprise a plurality of circumferentially-distributed, extruded through- holes that are threaded for receiving a fastener.
- the extruded and threaded through-holes have a protruding flange height resulting from the extrusion by the punch that is greater than the thickness of the collar wall adjacent to the extruded through-holes.
- a plurality of bow-springs each have a foot at protruding from each end adjacent to an aperture for receiving a fastener.
- each of the plurality of bow-springs is disposed in an aligning slot of the first collar and secured in place by a threaded fastener installed through the aperture of the end of the bow-spring and threaded into an extruded through-hole.
- the foot at the other end of each bow-spring of each of the plurality of bow-springs is disposed in an aligning slot of the second collar and secured in place in the same manner. In this manner, only two fasteners, and no other structures, are required to secure each bow-spring to the pair of opposed and spaced-apart collars, and only one relatively portable tool may be required to assemble the centralizer in the field. Also, the foot and the aligning slot serve a dual purpose.
- the first is that of aligning the aperture in the end of the bow-spring with an extruded through-hole in the collar for receiving a fastener.
- the second purpose is to reinforce the shear resistance of the mechanical coupling between the bow-spring and the collar.
- the foot is strategically placed in alignment with the anticipated direction of the shearing force applied to the coupling when the centralizer is secured to a tubular string and installed in a borehole.
- the aligning slots may conveniently be punched in the collar and adjacent to the extruded through-holes at the same time that the through-holes are punched and extruded.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a prior art centralizer described in U.S. Patent 6,871,706.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a bow-spring centralizer according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of one of the bow-springs of the centralizer of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of a portion of the collar of the centralizer of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the collar supported on a supporting back-up member prior to forming the aligning slot and the extruded through-hole in the collar.
- FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view of the collar supported on the supporting back-up member, illustrating the step of forming an aligning slot and an extruded through-hole in the collar.
- FIG. 6B is a detail view of the extruded through-hole taken along the portion encircled in FIG. 6A.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the collar supported on the supporting back-up member, illustrating the step of threading the extruded through-hole formed in FIG. 6A.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the collar supported on the supporting back-up member, showing the threads formed within the extruded through-hole in FIG. 7.
- FIG. 9 is an interior perspective view of a portion of the collar after forming the aligning slot and threading the extruded through-hole, and after then receiving the foot from the end of a bow-spring and a threaded fastener, respectively.
- the present invention provides an improved centralizer that can be quickly and inexpensively assembled in the field.
- the few components that make up the centralizer may be shipped unassembled and efficiently packed to a well site to maximize shipping density and minimize shipping costs.
- centralizers of the present invention may be quickly and inexpensively assembled using basic tools and with minimal skilled labor.
- a centralizer according to the invention requires no welding and is not subject to complications from H AZ' s.
- a first collar and a second collar each have a plurality of circumferentially spaced aligning slots and a corresponding plurality of threaded, extruded through-holes.
- a plurality of bow-springs each have a foot at each end and an aperture generally adjacent to the foot.
- Each bow-spring is axially extendable between the first and second collars when the collars are generally aligned and spaced one from the other to receive a bow-spring.
- the foot at one end of each bow-spring is disposed in one of the aligning slots of the first collar and fastened to the first collar with a threaded fastener.
- the foot at the other end of that bow-spring is disposed in one of the retaining slots on the second collar and fastened to the second collar with a threaded fastener.
- a threaded fastener is inserted through each aperture at each end of the bow-spring and then threaded into an extruded through- hole in a collar to secure the ends of each bow-spring to the two opposed collars at opposed and corresponding through-holes to form a centralizer.
- the bow-springs may be secured to a radially outward, exterior surface of each collar. This positioning of the bow-springs is, in contrast to that of conventional bow-springs on prior-art centralizers that typically retain the ends bow-springs inside a collar, allows each bow spring in the centralizer to be easily and independently installed, removed or replaced without necessarily removing any of the other bow- springs from the centralizer.
- a method of manufacturing the casing centralizer includes the steps of extruding and threading holes in each collar, each for threadedly receiving a threaded fastener.
- the extruded through-holes have a radially-inwardly extruded flange height greater than the collar thickness immediately adjacent to the extruded through-holes.
- the extruded flange height is at least 1.5 times a material thickness of the wall of the collar, and more preferably, the extruded height is between 2.0 and 3.0 times the material thickness of the wall of the collar.
- the increased extruded height allows more threads to be formed within the extruded holes, resulting in a much stronger threaded connection with the threaded fasteners and a correspondingly stronger and more durable centralizer.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a bow-spring centralizer 10 according to the invention.
- the centralizer 10 includes two generally cylindrical collars, a first collar 12, and a second collar 14, substantially aligned one with the other about a common centralizer axis 15.
- the collars 12, 14 may include two or more generally arcuate segments 38 coupled using hinged connections 17 to facilitate installation of the centralizer on long tubular strings.
- the collars 12, 14 are axially spaced one from the other.
- Six bow-springs 18 for extending between and flexibly positioning the two collars 12, 14 in a generally aligned and spaced-apart relationship are secured at their opposed ends to the two collars 12, 14 in the manner described herein.
- Other embodiments of a centralizer according to the present invention may have any number of bow-springs, but will typically include between 6 and 8 bow-springs.
- the bow-springs 18 are angularly spaced one from the others along the collars 12, 14 and about the centralizer axis 15, and are typically evenly spaced, i.e. with substantially the same angular spacing between each pair of adjacent bow- springs 18.
- the bow-springs 18 bow radially outwardly from the axis 15 at their middle or contact portions 19 intermediate the collars 12, 14.
- the bow springs 18 may be formed of flexible and resilient materials that provide sufficient stand-off to center a heavy casing string within the borehole, but that also provide an appreciable resiliency to allow the bow- springs 18 to flex radially inwardly to accommodate borehole obstructions and irregularities as needed as the casing string is installed in a borehole.
- a first end 20 of each bow-spring 18 comprises a foot 28 for being disposed in an aligning slot 21 of a collar, which as shown in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, is one of a plurality of aligning slots 21 in the first collar 12.
- a second end 22 of each bow-spring 18 is disposed in an aligning slot 21 in the second collar 14.
- Each of the collars 12, 14 have a plurality of aligning slots 21 corresponding to the number of bow- springs 18 on the centralizer 10.
- These aligning slots 21 may alternatively be referred to as retaining slots 21 for retaining the ends of the bow-springs 18 in a position to be coupled to the collar, and also for maintaining the bow-springs 18 in a generally aligned orientation with respect to the centralizer axis 15.
- the aligning slots 21 extend all the way through the thickness of the wall of the collar 12. In other embodiments, an aligning slot may only extend partially through a collar (e.g., into a recess or indentation in the wall of the collar).
- Each bow-spring 18 is further secured at its first end 20 to the first collar 12 using a threaded fastener 24 inserted through an aperture (not shown in FIG. 2) in the first end 20 of a bow-spring 18, and secured at its second end 22 to the second collar 14 using a threaded fastener 24 inserted through an aperture in the second end 22 of the bow-spring 18.
- the bow-springs 18 may, therefore, be quickly and easily coupled to the first and second collars 12, 14, and the threaded members 24 may be easily threaded into to the collars 12, 14 using ordinary tools such as a hex wrench, socket wrench, or other type of wrench, depending on the type of fastener head selected for the fastener. Further description of the structure and the method of forming the collars 12, 14, and of attaching the bow-springs 18 to the collars 12, 14, is provided below.
- the bow- springs 18 have been configured so that they may be secured as shown to the radially outward, exterior wall 25 of each collar 12, 14. This positioning of the ends 20, 22 of the bow- springs 18 on the radially outward, exterior wall 25 is in contrast to that of conventional bow- springs of prior-art centralizers that typically secure each end of each bow-spring inside a collar, i.e. between the interior wall of the collar and the exterior wall of the casing string to be installed within the bore of the centralizer along its axis 15.
- any of the bow- springs 18 in the centralizer 10 of the present invention may be independently installed or removed without removing the centralizer 10 from the casing and without removing any of the other bow- springs 18 from the centralizer.
- This feature increases the speed and reduces the costs of assembling the centralizer 20.
- being field-assemblable allows for two or more types of bow-springs to be usable with the same type of centralizer collars. A user can maintain a smaller inventory, but still select the specific type of bow- spring centralizer according to the length, shape, material and strength needed to serve a particular application and have bow- springs of that type delivered to the well site for assembly with a single, or "universal,” type of collars for that given diameter of tubular string.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of one of the bow-springs 18 included with the centralizer 10 shown in FIG. 2.
- the bow-spring 18 includes feet 28, 30 on the respective ends 20, 22, respectively.
- the feet 28, 30 in this embodiment are inwardly bent ends of the bow-springs 18.
- Alternative types of feet may include upset portions of the bow-springs or short, stub-like threaded posts threadedly secured to the ends of the bow-spring.
- Adjacent to each foot 28, 30 are respective apertures 32, 34, which may alternatively be referred to as bow-spring through- holes 32, 34 to distinguish them from the extruded through-holes 36 in the first and second collars 12, 14.
- FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of a portion of a typical collar 12 or 14 of FIG. 2.
- the aligning slot 21 and the threaded, extruded through-hole 36 are positioned one adjacent to the other on the collar 12.
- the extruded through-hole 36 includes internal threads 37 into which the threaded fastener 24 (FIG.
- the collar 12 may include a radially inwardly rimmed portion 23 that approaches or contacts an outer wall of a casing segment (not shown) received within the bore of the collar 12 along the axis 15 (FIG. 2), and a radially outward portion 26 that provides a generally annular gap between the interior wall of the radially outward portion 26 of the collar 12 and the exterior wall of the casing received into the bores of the generally aligned collars 12, 14.
- This structure provides enhanced rigidity and strength to the collar.
- the annular gap provides sufficient clearance between each of the collars 12, 14 and the casing segment received therethrough so that the casing does not interfere with either insertion of the foot 28 (FIG. 3) into the aligning slot 21 or the threading of the fastener 24 into the threaded, extruded through-hole 36.
- the feet 28 on the ends 20, 22 of the bow-springs 18, and the ends of the fasteners 24 may extend inwardly beyond a thickness of the collar 12 or 14 without substantially interfering with the outer wall of the casing. This feature prevents the fasteners 24 and the feet 28 from catching or hanging up on an obstruction within the borehole, and enables the casing string to be installed more quickly and easily in the borehole.
- FIGS. 5-8 are cross-sectional views of an exemplary first collar 12 supported on a supporting member 40, schematically illustrating one method of forming the aligning slot 21 (see FIG. 4) and the threaded, extruded through-hole 36 (see FIG. 4) into the collar 12 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- the first collar 12 is illustrated in FIGS. 5-8 as a basic circular ring, excluding certain reinforcing features such as the radially inward rimmed portion 23 and the radially outward portions 26 that are shown in the perspective view of FIG. 4.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the wall of the first collar 12 hanging or otherwise supported on a supporting back-up member 40 prior to forming the aligning slot 21 and the extruded through-hole 36 (see FIG. 4) in the wall of the first collar 12.
- the supporting back-up member 40 may be, for example, a worktable or a mandrel designed specifically for use in making the first collar 12, and is not part of the centralizer 10.
- the supporting back-up member 40 includes adjacent openings 52, 54.
- a pair of reciprocating (relative to the openings) punches 42 and 44 are positioned adjacent the openings 52 and 54 in the supporting back-up member 40 and aligned with the openings 52 and 54, respectively, for forming an aligning slot 21 and an extruded through-hole 36.
- the punches 42, 44 of this embodiment are schematically illustrated as having radially-moveable (relative to the axis of the collar blank 12) heads 46, 48 to which the punches 51, 53 are secured, respectively.
- the punches 51, 53 may be, for example, made of a hardened material, and the punches may be removable from the heads.
- the punches may have selected dimensions favorable for perforating the specific thickness and grade of sheet metal or other relatively thin-walled workpieces such as the collar 12.
- the heads 42, 44 may be powered to deliver sufficient punching forces to the punches 51, 53.
- the heads 42, 44 may operated together or independently, and they may be hydraulically and/or pneumatically powered, or the may be driven with a pair of rotatable threaded guide axles (not shown).
- the heads 42, 44 may be either automatically or manually driven by a weighted assembly, or driven manually by an operator using a leveraged actuator (not shown).
- Other ways of driving the heads 42, 44 or otherwise imposing sufficient penetrating forces to the punches 51, 53 to perforate the collar 12 may be devised according to the present invention. .
- FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view of the first collar 12 supported on the supporting back-up member 40 illustrating the step(s) of forming an aligning slot 21 and an extruded through-hole 36 in the first collar 12.
- the aligning slot 21 and (not yet extruded) through-hole 36 may be independently formed in separate steps.
- the slot for making the aligning slot, or the "slot" punch, 51 and the corresponding opening 52 in the supporting back-up member 40 cooperate to form the aligning slot 21 in the first collar 12 for receiving the foot of a bow-spring.
- the slot punch 51 has a dimension dl and the cooperating opening 52 on the supporting member 40 has a dimension d2 that is at least greater than dl.
- the dimension dl of the slot punch 51 and the dimension d2 of the opening 52 are substantially similar, so that the slot punch 51 fits very closely within the corresponding opening 52.
- the dimension dl of the punch 51 may be at least 90% of the dimension d2 of the opening 52.
- the punch 53 and the corresponding opening 54 cooperate to form an extruded through-hole 36 in the first collar 12.
- the punch 53 has dimension d3 and the cooperating opening 54 in the supporting member 40 has a dimension d4 that is substantially greater than d3. While the punch 53 is driven downwardly toward the first collar 12 by the head 48, the punch 53 penetrates the collar 12 as it moves into the general center of the opening 54.
- the collar 12 wall material is radially- inwardly plastically deformed (rather than simply sheared) in proximity to the punch 53, drawing or extruding a portion of the collar wall material (the "extruded portion") 56 between the punch 53 and the opening 54 prior to ultimate (shear) material failure.
- the through-hole 36 in the first collar 12 is formed as an extruded through-hole 36.
- the dimensions dl, d2, d3, and d4 are shown in the plane of the page, and do not necessarily indicate the dimensions 51, 53 of the punches relative to the dimensions of opening 52, 54.
- the slot retainer 21 formed in FIG. 6A typically includes both a slot width (shown in FIG. 5) and a slot length (not shown, but may be substantially greater than the slot width).
- the slot punch 51 and the cooperating opening 52 are typically elongate, having respective widths dl and d2 in the plane of the page a length into the page that is greater than their widths dl, d2.
- the punch 53 and opening 54 are generally circular, however, so that the opening 54 may receive the punch 53 to form an extruded and generally cylindrical through-hole that may subsequently be threaded.
- the punch 53 and the cooperating opening 54 are typically circular, having respective diameters d3, d4, respectively.
- FIGS. 5 and 6A Only one aligning slot 21 and one extruded through-hole 36 are shown in FIGS. 5 and 6A; the collar 12 may be subsequently rotated about its axis 15 on the supporting back-up member 40 and additional aligning slots 21 and extruded through-holes 36 may be formed at any desired angular spacing about the circumference of the first collar 12. Alternately, a collar 12 may be quickly made using multiple punches positioned at different angles to the axis and acting simultaneously.
- FIG. 6B is a detail view of an exemplary extruded through-hole 36 taken along the portion encircled in FIG. 6A.
- the collar 12 has a material thickness, "t,” and the extruded through-hole 36 has a "flange height,” h, defined as illustrated.
- the diameter d3 of the punch 53 is preferably less than about 80% of the diameter d4 of the opening 54, and more preferably between about 65% and 75% of the diameter d4 of the opening 54.
- the ration between the diameters of the punch and the opening may vary depending on the diameter of the collar and the thickness and material of the collar.
- the resulting flange height h of the extruded through-hole is typically at least 1.5 times the thickness, t, of the collar 12, and may be between about 2.0 and 3.0 times the thickness, t, of the collar 12.
- the increased flange height, h, of the extruded portion 56, as compared with the thickness, t, of the surrounding collar material, desirably provides more surface area for threads to be formed within the extruded through-hole 36, resulting in a much stronger threaded connection for securing the bow-spring to the collar using a fastener.
- the movement of the heads 42, 44 and the punches 51, 53 may be relatively rapid and "explosive,” such as performed by a stamping operation, or it may be slow and controlled, such as may be performed by a controlled movement of the heads 42, 44.
- a number of factors may be considered in selecting the speed of movement of the heads 42, 44 and the punches 51, 53, such as the strength of the collar material, the thickness, t, of the collar material, and the mechanical properties of the punches collar material and of the 51, 53.
- the movement may be rapid, such as to maximize manufacturing productivity when forming multiple slots 21 in many collars 12.
- a quick movement of the punch 51 may maximize the shearing effect, as well.
- the speed of movement of the punch 53 in forming the extruded hole 36 may affect the flange height, h, of the extruded hole 36.
- h the speed of movement of the punch 53 in forming the extruded hole 36.
- slower, more controlled punch movement may result in more plastic deformation (elongation) of the extruded hole 36 prior to shear.
- the temperature of the collar 12 is also likely to affect the extent of the elongation. If the collar 12 is sufficiently heated, the collar material may allow a generally longer extrusion. If the collar 12 is instead worked at or near ambient temperature, the movement of the punch 53 may be relatively slow to minimize the possibility of premature shear in the extruded through-hole 36. [0044] FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the collar 12 supported on the supporting member 40, illustrating the step of threading the extruded through-hole 36 that was formed in FIG. 6.
- the extruded through-hole 36 may be tapped by a thread tapping tool ("thread tap") 60.
- the thread tap 60 includes a shank 62 that may be gripped and rotated by a chuck 64, such as may be provided on a drill press or hand-held drill, or possibly on a hand-held tool for manually tapping a thread.
- the thread tap 60 is aligned with the extruded through-hole 36 and urged axially downward into the extruded through-hole 36 while rotating to form threads in the extruded through-hole 36.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the collar 12 supported on the supporting member 40, showing the threads 66 formed within the extruded through-hole 36 in FIG. 7.
- FIG. 9 is an interior perspective view of a portion of the collar 12 after forming the aligning slot 21 and forming and tapping the extruded through-hole 36.
- the first end 20 of the bow-spring 18 (which is mostly hidden in this view - see FIG. 3) is secured to the collar 12.
- the foot 28 of the bow- spring 18 is protruding through the aligning slot 21.
- the foot 28 fits closely with the aligning slot 21 to substantially constrain movement of the bow-spring 18 with respect to the collar 12 to maintain the generally axially extending orientation of the bow-spring 18 with respect to the centralizer axis 15 (see FIG. 2).
- the fastener 24 is threadedly engaged with the threaded, extruded through-hole 36 to securely fasten the bow-spring 18 to the collar 12.
- the other end of the bow-spring 18 may be similarly attached to the second collar 14, as shown in FIG. 2.
- This attachment of the bow-springs 18 to the collars 12, 14 is relatively simple and fast, yet provides a robust, high- strength, and durable assemblage of the centralizer 10.
- the invention therefore, includes both the provision of a field-assemblable casing centralizer and a method of manufacturing the field-assemblable centralizer.
- the centralizer may be shipped unassembled to increase shipping density and decrease associated shipping costs.
- the components of the centralizer such as the collars and the bow- springs, may be assembled easily using minimal tools, skills, and labor.
- the bow-springs are desirably secured to outer portions of the collars and may therefore be quickly and easily removed or replaced without having to remove the casing centralizer from the casing.
- the extruded through-holes in the collar are extruded to increase the number of threads that may be disposed within the through-holes, which increases the strength of the threaded connection made up using the threaded fasteners and improves the overall strength and durability of the centralizer. While the invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art, having benefit of this disclosure, will appreciate that other embodiments can be devised which do not depart from the scope of the invention as disclosed herein. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be limited only by the attached claims.
- the term "pair” may be used to indicate two items that are not identical in structure, size, shape and material, but are substantially identical with respect to the properties or structure related to the characteristic or quality being referred to in the context of the disclosure using that term.
- An insubstantial change that does not materially affect the use of the present invention does not make one item not form a "pair" with the substantially similar item.
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