EP3433463B1 - Dispositif de forage de fond - Google Patents

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EP3433463B1
EP3433463B1 EP17769509.5A EP17769509A EP3433463B1 EP 3433463 B1 EP3433463 B1 EP 3433463B1 EP 17769509 A EP17769509 A EP 17769509A EP 3433463 B1 EP3433463 B1 EP 3433463B1
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Kai Gylling
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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
    • E21B10/64—Drill bits characterised by the whole or part thereof being insertable into or removable from the borehole without withdrawing the drilling pipe
    • 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
    • E21B10/36—Percussion drill bits
    • E21B10/38—Percussion drill bits characterised by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluids

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  • the invention relates to a down-the-hole drilling device according to the preamble of the independent claim directed thereto.
  • a drilling head in a drilling unit of the drilling apparatus that exists inside a casing pipe or in other words a so called earth pipe or casing pipe presented in this patent is formed of a first frame part and an annular second frame part, the drilling surfaces of which being provided with drilling organs, such as drill bits or like, of the first and second drilling means or in other words of a center drill or a pilot and a reaming drill or a reamer.
  • the first frame part forming the pilot is being released from the second frame part forming the reamer, in order to pull the same alone off from a drilled hole after the drilling situation.
  • the solution in question is provided with an arrangement, which locks the said drilling means together for a drilling situation unrotatively in respect with each other and in both directions longitudinally, in which context as an advantageous embodiment e.g. a bayonet coupling has been used.
  • the drilling device according to the above mentioned patent has proved very efficient in practise and also very easy to be adjusted for different kinds of drilling purposes.
  • the kind of drilling devices of this type or so called drill bits are widely used successfully.
  • the drilling surface of drill bits of customary type are especially designed for drilling rock, which is a disadvantage when a drill bit will mainly be used for drilling different kinds of soil layers other than rock.
  • a rock drill bit design is especially poor when drilling in hard clay and sand, because the impact will only reflect backwards in the drill bit due to a large and flat drilling surface thereof.
  • a consequence of the above is that the penetration is slow, and the echoing impact energy has the tendency to break the drill bit.
  • WO 2015/059341 discloses a drilling device that is meant for drilling to be performed for the installation of a casing pipe, wherein the drilling device comprises in its drilling head a drilling arrangement having first drilling means for drilling a center a center hole and second drilling means for reaming the center hole for the casing pipe.
  • the drilling device comprises one or more longitudinal return flow channels on the side surface of the first drilling means for removing drilling waste between the first and second drilling means inside the casing pipe.
  • the drilling device comprises a recess on the drilling surface of the first drilling means, on the bottom of which there exists a groove of the flushing channel assembly of the feed flow arrangement, being arranged perpendicular to the central feed flow channel of the flushing medium.
  • US 4, 538, 691 comprises a rotary drill bit that includes a cutting face having peripheral edge and a central recess, wherein a plurality of fluid discharge nozzles are mounted in the cutting face. Respectively a plurality of cutter elements are mounted in the peripheral edge and in the recess to fracture an earthen core formed as the drill cuts through a formation.
  • This solution is not meant for the installation of a casing pipe, which is why it doesn't comprise second drilling means to ream the hole for the casing pipe.
  • the down-the-hole drilling device according to the present invention is mainly characterized by what has been presented in the characterizing part of the independent claim directed thereto.
  • One benefit of the present invention is also the very easy manufacturing of drill bits provided with the protrusions according to the invention, while, however, in principle customary drill bits can still be used without major modifications.
  • the protrusions can easily be machined, processed or installed onto the drilling surface of the pilot during normal manufacturing process thereof, wherein no additional manufacturing steps are needed.
  • a drilling device of basically customary type can be significantly improved, which enables efficient use of the drill bit in every soil type or ground condition etc. Thanks to the invention, there is not a need for different types of drill bits for different ground conditions or soil types in order to drill efficiently. Moreover the increased efficiency will lower the cost per drill meter by enabling finishing the hole faster. This will also save time for the end user, lower fuel consumption during the drilling and cut down CO 2 emissions.
  • the invention relates to a down-the-hole drilling device 1 for drilling to be performed with a casing pipe 2, wherein the drilling device comprises in its drilling head I with reference to figure 2 : a drilling arrangement having first drilling means 4 for drilling a center hole and second drilling means 5 for reaming the center hole for the casing pipe 2; and a flushing flow arrangement 6 for feeding of a pressurized flushing medium onto a drilling surface P of the drilling arrangement by a feed flow arrangement 6a and for discharging the same from the drilling surface together with drilling waste backwards with respect to the drilling direction by an exhaust flow arrangement 6b.
  • the casing pipe 2 is arranged to be pulled into the hole to be drilled by power influence F directed thereto from the drilling arrangement.
  • the feed flow arrangement 6a is arranged to lead the flushing medium for drilling onto the drilling surface P1 of the first drilling means 4 at a flushing channel assembly 6a1 therein in essentially radial direction r.
  • the drilling surfaces P1, P2 of the first and second drilling means 4, 5 are provided with cutting inserts 10a submerged therein.
  • the drilling surface P1 of the first drilling means 4 i.e. the pilot comprises a protrusion assembly PT in order to enhance drilling efficiency and to guide drilling waste at the flushing channel assembly 6a1.
  • the drilling head I of the drilling device 1 consists of a first frame part 4a and a second frame part 5a, wherein the drilling surfaces P1, P2 of the first and second drilling means 4, 5 are formed of end surfaces of the frame parts.
  • the essentially rotationally symmetrical first and second drilling means 4, 5 are coupled with each other on the first hand at least during a drilling situation in a power transmitting manner by means of a coupling arrangement, in order to carry out co-operation thereof for a rotational motion, a feeding motion and/or a hammering motion and on the other hand removably in order to enable removal of the first drilling means 4 from a drilled hole.
  • the drilling device is provided with a casing shoe 8 for pulling the casing pipe 2 into the hole by means of a shoulder arrangement L enabling an independent rotational movement of the casing pipe 2 and the drilling device 1 with respect to each other and restricting mutual longitudinal s movement thereof, wherein the exhaust flow arrangement 6b comprises one or more longitudinal s return flow channels 6b' on the side surface of the first drilling means 4 for removing drilling waste between the first and second drilling means 4, 5 inside the casing pipe 2.
  • the first frame part 4a comprises a centric duct 6a" for delivering of the flushing medium therefrom through one or more essentially longitudinal feed channels 6a' onto the drilling surface P1 of the first drilling means 4 at one or more grooves of the flushing channel assembly 6a1, the flow cross section of which gets wider in radial direction r toward the outer periphery of the first frame part 4a.
  • the protrusion assembly PT is arranged in connection with a trailing edge of one or more grooves of the flushing channel assembly 6a1.
  • the trailing edge means, as shown in figure 1b , the rear edge of the grooves with respect to the rotation direction w in drilling.
  • length of the one or more protrusions of the protrusion assembly PT corresponds in a direct (see figures 1b , 3a, 3c ), an angled (see figure 3b ) or an arched manner essentially to the length of the one or more grooves of the flushing channel assembly 6a1.
  • a protrusion of the protrusion assembly PT has a constant cross section perpendicular to its longitudinal direction thereof over the whole length thereof.
  • the embodiments in figures 3b and 3c comprise furthermore supplementary flushing grooves 6a2 on the bottoms of the flushing grooves 6a1.
  • cross section of a protrusion of the protrusion assembly PT perpendicular to its longitudinal direction diminishes toward cutting edge CE thereof.
  • a protrusion of the protrusion assembly PT has rounded or conical cutting edge CE in a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal direction.
  • a protrusion of the protrusion assembly PT comprises essentially narrow protrusions that continue in an arched (see figure 3d ) or in an angled manner uninterruptedly over the center part of the first drilling surface P1 that is free of the flushing grooves 6a1.
  • a protrusion of the protrusion assembly PT is made of or coated with an essentially harder material, like carbide, tungsten carbide, titanium oxide etc., than the drilling head of the drilling device, such as the first frame part 4a.
  • the protrusion assembly may also comprise hard material inserts submerged onto the first frame part's drilling surface or replaceable single part or multi-part protrusions that are installed in place e.g. by pushing them in radial direction by exploiting slide grooves on the drilling surface.
  • the height of the protrusions of the protrusion assembly PT is e.g. between 0,5 - 15 mm and in most common applications typically between 1 - 8 mm.
  • the height of the protrusions in typical applications is, however, essentially lower than the height of the cutting inserts or at least it doesn't exceed the height of the cutting inserts.
  • the drilling device instead of the type of embodiments shown in the drawings, it is naturally possible to use as the drilling device also other drilling devices that are applicable for the same purpose, in which a casing pipe may be exploited in connection with the drilling that is drawn into the ground unrotatively without or with a casing shoe.
  • the casing pipe can naturally also be pulled into the hole ether by the second frame part i.e. the reamer (as in figure 2 ) or by the first frame part i.e. the pilot, in which case the reamer as a "reaming ring", may be situated further back in the longitudinal direction than the reamer presented in figure 2 .
  • the height of the protrusions of the protrusion assembly may vary depending e.g. on the drilling circumstances and on the size of the drilling device, in which context the exemplary limits given above for the height of the protrusions are simply examples of values suitable for most typical drillings.

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  1. Dispositif de forage fond de trou (1) pour un forage avec un tuyau d'enveloppe (2), où le dispositif de forage comprend dans sa tête de forage (I): un agencement de forage doté de premiers moyens de forage (4) pour le forage d'un trou central et de seconds moyens de forage (5) for aléser le trou central pour le tuyau de tubage (2); et un agencement de flux de rinçage (6) pour alimenter un moyen de rinçage pressurisé sur une surface de forage (P) de l'agencement de forage par un agencement de flux d'alimentation (6a) et pour évacuer ce flux de la surface de forage en même temps que les résidus de forage vers l'arrière par rapport au sens du forage au moyen d'un agencement de flux d'échappement (6b), qui comprend un ou plusieurs canaux d'écoulement de retour (6b') longitudinaux (s) sur la surface latérale des premiers moyens de forage (4) pour éliminer les résidus de forage entre les premiers et les seconds moyens de forage (4, 5) dans le tuyau de tubage (2), où le tuyau de tubage (2) est agencé pour être tiré dans le trou à forer par une force (F) provenant de l'agencement de forage, où l'agencement de flux d'alimentation (6a) est agencé pour conduire le moyen de rinçage pour le forage sur une surface de forage (P1) des premiers moyens de forage (4) à un assemblage de canal de rinçage (6a1) dans celui-ci essentiellement dans le sens radial (r), et dans lequel les surfaces de forage (P1) des premiers moyens de forage (4) et une surface de forage (P2) des seconds moyens de forage (5) sont pourvues d'inserts de découpe (10a) immergés dans celles-ci, caractérisé par le fait que la surface de forage (P1) des premiers moyens de forage (4) comprend un assemblage à saillies (PT) ayant une ou plusieurs saillies, lequel assemblage étant sur un bord de fuite d'une ou plusieurs rainures de l'assemblage de canal de rinçage (6a1) afin d'améliorer l'efficacité du forage en dirigeant les résidus de forage vers l'assemblage de canal de rinçage (6a1).
  2. Dispositif de forage fond de trou décrit dans la revendication 1, où la tête de forage (I) du dispositif de forage (1) se compose d'une première partie de cadre (4a) et d'une seconde partie de cadre (5a), où les surfaces de forage (P1, P2) des premiers et seconds moyens de forage (4, 5) sont constituées de surfaces d'extrémité des parties de cadre, dans lesquelles les premiers et seconds moyens de forage symétriques essentiellement rotatifs (4, 5) sont accouplés entre eux en premier lieu au moins durant une situation de forage en mode de transmission de puissance au moyen d'un dispositif de couplage afin qu'ils réalisent un mouvement rotatif, un mouvement d'alimentation et / ou un mouvement de percussion et d'autre part de façon amovible afin de permettre le retrait des premiers moyens de forage (4) d'un trou foré, où le dispositif de forage est pourvu d'un sabot de tubage (8) pour tirer le tuyau de tubage (2) dans le trou au moyen d'un arrangement d'épaulement (L) permettant un mouvement rotatif indépendant du tuyau de tubage (2) et du dispositif de forage (1) l'un par rapport à l'autre et en limitant le mouvement longitudinal mutuel (s), et où la première partie de cadre (4a) comprend une conduite centrale (6a") pour distribuer le moyen de rinçage par un ou plusieurs canaux d'alimentation essentiellement longitudinaux (6a') sur la surface de forage (P1) des premiers moyens de forage (4) à une ou plusieurs rainures de l'assemblage de canal de rinçage (6a1), dont la section transversale du flux s'élargit dans le sens radial (r) vers la périphérie externe de la première partie de cadre (4a), caractérisé par le fait qu'une longueur d'une ou plusieurs saillies de l'assemblage à saillies (PT) correspond essentiellement à la longueur de la ou des rainures de l'assemblage de canal de rinçage (6al).
  3. Dispositif de forage fond de trou décrit dans la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que la saillie de l'assemblage à saillie (PT) a une section transversale constante perpendiculaire à son sens longitudinal sur toute sa longueur.
  4. Dispositif de forage fond de trou décrit dans une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2 précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que la section transversale de la saillie de l'assemblage à saillie (PT) perpendiculaire à son sens longitudinal diminue vers un tranchant (CE)de celui-ci.
  5. Dispositif de forage fond de trou décrit dans la revendication 4, caractérisé par le fait que la saillie de l'assemblage à saillie (PT) a un tranchant arrondi ou conique (CE) dans un plan perpendiculaire à son sens longitudinal.
  6. Dispositif de forage fond de trou décrit dans les revendications précédentes 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que la saillie de l'assemblage à saillie (PT) comprend essentiellement des saillies étroites qui se prolongent de façon ininterrompue sur la partie centrale de la première surface de forage (P1) qui est exempte de rainures de rinçage (6a1).
  7. Dispositif de forage fond de trou décrit dans les revendications précédentes 1 à 6, caractérisé par le fait que la saillie de l'assemblage à saillie (PT) est confectionnée à partir ou recouverte d'un matériau essentiellement plus dur que la tête de forage ou le dispositif de forage, tel que la première partie de cadre (4a).
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