US20130247475A1 - Matrix drill bit with dual surface compositions and methods of manufacture - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates in general to matrix drill bits and other well tools with matrix bodies having one or more layers of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions thereof and, more particularly, to forming one or more layers of hard material at selected locations during manufacture of a matrix body or applying one or more layers of hard material at selected locations on exterior portions of a used matrix body.
- Rotary drill bits are frequently used to drill oil and gas wells, geothermal wells and water wells.
- Rotary drill bits may be generally classified as rotary cone or roller cone drill bits and fixed cutter drill bits or drag bits.
- Fixed cutter drill bits or drag bits may be formed with a matrix bit body having cutting elements or inserts disposed at select locations of exterior portions of the matrix bit body. Fluid flow passageways are typically formed in the matrix bit body to allow communication of drilling fluids from associated surface drilling equipment through a drill string or drill pipe attached to the matrix bit body.
- Such fixed cutter drill bits or drag bits may sometimes be referred to as “matrix drill bits.”
- Matrix drill bits are typically formed by placing loose matrix material (sometimes referred to as “matrix powder”) into a mold and infiltrating the matrix material with a hot, liquid binder such as a copper alloy.
- the mold may be formed by various techniques including, but not limited to, milling a block of material such as graphite to define a mold cavity with features that correspond generally with desired features of the resulting matrix drill bit.
- Various features of the resulting matrix drill bit such as blades, cutter pockets, and/or fluid flow passageways may be provided by shaping the mold cavity, positioning one or more mold inserts within the mold cavity and/or by positioning temporary displacement materials within the mold cavity.
- machining hard, abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistant materials is generally both difficult and expensive, it is common practice to form some metal parts with a desired configuration and subsequently treat one or more portions of the metal part to provide desired abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistance.
- Examples may include directly hardening such surfaces (carburizing and/or nitriding) one or more surfaces of a metal part or applying a layer of hard, abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistant material (hardfacing) to one or more surfaces of a metal part depending upon desired amounts of abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistance for such surfaces.
- a layer of hard, abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistant material be applied to the working surface to protect the associated substrate.
- hard facing to matrix materials such as a matrix bit body is often more difficult and technically challenging as compared with applying the same hardfacing to a generally uniform, non-matrix metal surface.
- Hardfacing may be generally defined as a layer of hard, abrasion resistant material applied to a less resistant surface or substrate by plating, welding, spraying or other well known deposition techniques. Hardfacing is frequently used to extend the service life of drill bits and other downhole tools used in the oil and gas industry. Tungsten carbide and various alloys of tungsten carbide are examples of hardfacing materials widely used to protect drill bits and other downhole tools associated with drilling and producing oil and gas wells.
- hard materials have been applied to exterior portions of rotary drill bits and other downhole tools.
- Frequently used hard materials include, but are not limited to, sintered tungsten carbide particles in a steel alloy matrix deposit.
- Tungsten carbide particles may include grains of monotungsten carbide, ditungsten carbide and/or macrocrystalline tungsten carbide.
- Spherical cast tungsten carbide may typically be formed with no binding material. Examples of binding materials used to form tungsten carbide particles may include, but are not limited to, cobalt, nickel, boron, molybdenum, niobium, chromium, iron and alloys of these elements.
- the present disclosure provides matrix bit bodies for rotary drill bits or matrix bodies for other downhole tools with one or more layers of hard material disposed at selected locations to provide substantially enhanced resistance to erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces as compared with prior matrix bodies without such layers of hard material.
- layers of hard material may include tungsten carbide particles, formed with an optimum amount of binding material, particles of other superabrasive and/or superhard materials.
- hard materials satisfactory for use with the present disclosure may include, but are not limited to, encrusted diamond particles, coated diamond particles, silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ), silicon carbide (SiC), boron carbide (B 4 C) and cubic boron nitride (CBN).
- Such hard materials may also be used to rebuild exterior portions of used drill bits (sometimes referred to as “dull bits”) in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- One or more layers of hard material may be disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of a matrix bit body associated with a matrix drill bit or at selected locations on other downhole tools in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure during molding of an associated matrix body and/or after molding of the associated matrix body.
- the resulting matrix body may be described as having a dual phase exterior or dual surface composition.
- One aspect of the present disclosure may include placing one or more layers of one or more hard materials at selected locations in a mold corresponding generally with respective selected locations on exterior portion of blades, cutter pockets, junk slots and/or other components of an associated matrix bit body.
- a preformed hollow bit blank or casting mandrel may be disposed in the mold.
- One or more matrix materials may be added to the mold.
- the matrix materials may be selected to form a hard, matrix bit body.
- a binder material may also be added to the mold. During heating of the mold, liquid binder material may flow through the matrix materials and the one or more layers of the hard material.
- the layer or layers of hard material may provide desired enhancement to resist erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces at respective selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix bit body.
- a composite layer of hard material may be disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of a matrix bit body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- Each composite layer of hard material may include two, three or more smaller (thinner) layers or sublayers of hard material.
- Each sublayer of hard material may include a plurality of large hard particles including, but not limited to, low alloy sintered materials in the form of pellets and/or low alloy sintered material in the form of crushed powder. Other forms of low alloy sintered material may also be used to enhance downhole drilling performance and/or associated matrix drill bit life.
- a low percentage of binder material (4% plus or minus 1% Co, Ni, B, Mo, Cr or Se binder or any combination thereof) may be used to bind fine tungsten carbide grains to form generally spherical tungsten carbide particles or pellets.
- the use of such particles or pellets may provide substantially increased carbide content at one or more selected locations on exterior portions of an associated matrix body as compared to hard materials with twenty to thirty percent (20% to 30%) binder.
- the size of the resulting tungsten carbide particles or pellets may be substantially enlarged such that only one layer of the second hard material is required to provide satisfactory resistance to erosion, abrasion, impact and/or fatigue forces at a selected location.
- Used matrix drill bits may be repaired by forming one or more layers of hard material at selected locations on exterior portions of an associated matrix bit body.
- one or more layers of the low alloy sintered material may also include matrix materials used to form an associated matrix bit body.
- matrix materials used to form an associated matrix bit body.
- Various binding processes including, but not limited to, sintering and/or sinter-hipping may be used to form spherical tungsten carbide particles or pellets in a sintering furnace.
- a sintered tungsten carbide pellet may be used in combination with conventional matrix materials to form a matrix drill bit. Such materials may be used to rebuild a matrix bit body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- Various techniques may be satisfactorily used to determine the location or locations for forming one or more layers of hard material on exterior portions of an associated matrix body. For example, simulation of fluid flow over exterior portions of a matrix drill bit or other downhole tools having a matrix body in combination with analysis of wear patterns on exterior portions of an associated matrix drill bit and/or other downhole tools may help to identify one or more locations for forming such layers of hard material. Three dimensional (3D) scanning of used drill bits, visual inspection or other techniques may also be used to select locations for forming one or more layers of hard material with enhanced erosion, war, abrasion, impact and/or fatigue resistance on exterior portions of a matrix bit body during manufacture of an associated matrix drill bit.
- Matrix materials including, but are not limited to, cemented carbides of tungsten, macrocrystalline tungsten carbide, tungsten cast carbide, titanium, tantalum, niobium, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, hafnium independently or in combination and/or spherical carbides may be used to form one or more layers of hard material at selected locations matrix bodies in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- the present disclosure is not limited to cemented tungsten carbides, spherical carbides, macrocrystalline tungsten carbide and/or cast tungsten carbides or mixtures thereof.
- one or more layers of hard material may be disposed on exterior portions of a matrix body with at least one layer having both large particles or pellets and small particles or pellets.
- the ratio of larger pellets to small pellets may vary from approximately one to one or fifty percent large pellets and fifty percent small pellets to approximately three (3) large pellets for every small pellet (3 to 1) or seventy five percent (75%) large pellets and twenty five percent (25%) small pellets.
- the size of a typical small pellet of hard material may be approximately 20 mesh (850 ⁇ ) to 30 mesh (600 ⁇ ).
- the size of a typical large pellet of hard material may be approximately 16 mesh (1180 ⁇ ) to 20 mesh (850 ⁇ ).
- FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing showing an isometric view of one example of a matrix drill bit having a matrix bit body with one or more layers of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix bit body;
- FIG. 2A is a schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing a mold assembly satisfactory to form a matrix body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure
- FIG. 2B is a schematic drawing showing multiple layers of hard material or a composite layer of hard material which may be disposed at one or more locations on interior portions of the mold shown in FIG. 2A ;
- FIG. 2C is a schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing a single layer of hard material which may be disposed at one or more locations on interior portions of the mold shown in FIG. 2A ;
- FIG. 3A is a schematic drawing in elevation with portions broken away showing a welding rod with hard materials disposed therein in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure
- FIG. 3B is an enlarged schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing tungsten carbide pellets and other hard materials disposed within the welding rod of FIG. 3A ;
- FIG. 3C is an enlarged schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing tungsten carbide pellets formed with an optimum weight percentage of binding material and bonded to a matrix deposit disposed on and bonded to a substrate or matrix body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure;
- FIG. 4A is a schematic drawing in elevation with portions broken away showing a welding rod with hard materials disposed therein in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure
- FIG. 4B is an enlarged schematic drawing in elevation and in section with portions broken away showing tungsten carbide pellets, encrusted diamond particles and other hard materials disposed within the welding rod of FIG. 4A ;
- FIG. 4C is an enlarged schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing tungsten carbide pellets formed with an optimum weight percentage of binding material along with encrusted diamond particles and bonded to a matrix deposit disposed on and bonded to a substrate or matrix body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing a mold assembly with mold inserts, matrix materials and other materials disposed therein satisfactory to form a matrix bit body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing a matrix bit body with recesses formed in exterior portions thereof in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- FIGS. 1-6 of the drawings in which like numerals refer to like parts.
- matrix bit may be used in this application to refer to “rotary drag bits”, “drag bits”, “fixed cutter drill bits” or any other drill bit incorporating teaching of the present disclosure.
- Such drill bits may be used to form well bores or boreholes in subterranean formations.
- Matrix drill bits incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a matrix bit body formed by one or more matrix materials.
- a matrix bit body may be formed with at least a first matrix material and a second matrix material.
- the first matrix material may have increased toughness or high resistance to fracture and also provide erosion, abrasion and wear resistance.
- the second matrix material (not expressly shown) with only a limited amount of alloy materials or other contaminates may also be used to form the matrix bit body.
- the first matrix material may include, but is not limited to, cemented carbides or spherical carbides.
- the second matrix material may include, but is not limited to, macrocrystalline tungsten carbides and/or cast carbides.
- One or more layers of hard material may be disposed at selected locations on matrix bodies formed from matrix materials in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- Binder materials may be used to infiltrate matrix materials disposed in a mold to form a matrix bit body.
- Binder materials may include, but are not limited to, copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), molybdenum (Mo) individually or alloys based on these metals.
- the alloying elements may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following elements—manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), tin (Sn), zinc (Zn), silicon (Si), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), boron (B) and phosphorous (P).
- the matrix bit body may be attached to a hollow bit blank or casting mandrel.
- a generally hollow shank or hollow tool joint with a threaded connection may be attached to the hollow bit blank or casting mandrel for use in releasably engaging the associated matrix drill bit with a drill string, drill pipe, bottom hole assembly or downhole drilling motor (not expressly shown).
- cemented carbide and “cemented carbides” may be used within this application to include WC, MoC, TiC, TaC, NbC, Cr 3 C 2 , VC and solid solutions of mixed carbides such as WC—TiC, WC—TiC—TaC, WC—TiC ⁇ (Ta,Nb)C in a metallic binder (matrix) phase. Typically, Co, Ni, Fe, Mo and/or their alloys may be used to form the metallic binder.
- Cemented carbides may sometimes be referred to as “composite” carbides or sintered carbides. Some cemented carbides may also be referred to as spherical carbides. However, cemented carbides may have many configurations and shapes other than spherical.
- Cemented carbides may be generally described as powdered refractory carbides which have been united by compression and heat with binder materials such as powdered cobalt, iron, nickel, molybdenum and/or their alloys. Cemented carbides may also be sintered, crushed, screened and/or further processed as appropriate. Cemented carbide pellets may be used to form a matrix bit body.
- the binder material may provide ductility and toughness which often results in greater resistance to fracture (toughness) of cemented carbide pellets, spheres or other configurations as compared to cast carbides, macrocrystalline tungsten carbide and/or formulates thereof.
- Binder materials used to form cemented carbides may sometimes be referred to as “bonding materials” in this Application to help distinguish between binder materials used to form cemented carbides and binder materials used to form a matrix drill bit.
- computational fluid dynamics and/or “CFD” may be used in this application to include various commercially available computer programs and algorithms used to simulate and evaluate complex fluid interactions. Such simulations may include calculating mass transfer, turbulence, velocity changes and other characteristics associated with multiphase, complex fluid flow associated with a matrix drill bit forming a wellbore. Such fluids may often be a mixture of liquids, solids and/or gases with varying concentrations depending on associated downhole drilling conditions.
- Simulations using CFD programs may be used to determine optimum locations for forming one or more layers of hard material on exterior portions of a matrix body based on anticipated fluid flow for the type/size of pump used on an associated drilling rig (not expressly shown), size of associated drill string (not expressly shown), size and configuration of an associated matrix drill bit or other downhole tool and/or anticipated downhole drilling conditions.
- digital scanning may be used to describe a wide variety of equipment and techniques satisfactory for measuring exterior dimensions of a matrix drill bit and other downhole tools with a very high degree of accuracy and to create a three dimensional image of exterior portions of such well tools.
- the results of digital scanning may be used with other computer programs such as “computational fluid dynamics” or CFD programs to evaluate fluid flow characteristics over exterior portions of matrix drill bits and other downhole tools.
- CFD programs are available from various vendors.
- One example of a CFD program satisfactory for use with the present invention is FLUENT, available from ANSYS, Inc. located in Canonsburg, Pa.
- dual surface compositions may be used to describe a matrix body having one or more layers of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix body.
- the matrix body may be formed from one or more matrix materials.
- Hard materials forming the layer or layers at the selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix body may generally have a hardness greater than the hardness of matrix materials used to form the associated matrix body.
- gag pad may include a gage, gage segment or gage portion disposed on exterior portion of a blade. Gage pads may often contact adjacent portions of a wellbore formed by an associated rotary drill bit. Exterior portions of blades and/or associated gage pads may be disposed at various angles, either positive or negative and/or parallel, relative to adjacent portions of a straight wellbore.
- a gage pad may include one or more layers of material formed in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. One or more gage pads may be disposed on a blade.
- matrix deposit and/or “metallic matrix deposit” may refer to a layer or layers of hard material disposed at selected exterior portions of a matrix body and/or substrate to protect the matrix body and/or the substrate at the selected locations from abrasion, erosion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces.
- a matrix deposit may also sometimes be referred to as “metallic alloy material” or as a “deposit matrix.”
- Various binders and/or binding materials such as cobalt, nickel, copper, iron and alloys thereof may be used to form a matrix deposit with hard, abrasion resistant materials and/or particles dispersed therein and bonded thereto.
- Nickel based alloys with increased ductility may be used at locations subject to erosion and/or abrasion.
- tungsten carbide particles and/or pellets having an optimum size and/or optimum weight percentage of binder or binding material may be included as part of a matrix deposit or layer of hard material incorporating teachings of the present disclosure.
- One or more layers of hard material may be formed on a matrix body from a wide range of hard metal alloys and other hard materials.
- tungsten carbide may include monotungsten carbide (WC), ditungsten carbide (W 2 C), macrocrystalline tungsten carbide.
- tungsten carbide pellet may refer to nuggets, spheres and/or particles of tungsten carbide formed with an optimum size and/or weight percentage of binding material in accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure.
- binding material may be used interchangeably in this Application.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing showing one example of a fixed cutter drill bit or matrix drill bit having one or more layers of hard material disposed on exterior portion thereof in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- Matrix drill bit 20 as shown in FIG. 1 may sometimes be referred to as a “rotary drill bit,” “fixed cutter drill bit” or “drag bit”.
- Matrix drill bit 20 may include matrix bit body 50 having a plurality of blades 54 extending radially therefrom. Respective fluid flow paths (sometimes referred to as “junk slots”) 56 may be disposed between adjacent blades 54 .
- Each blade 54 may include respective leading surface 51 and trailing surface 52 .
- Arrow 24 indicates the general direction of rotation of rotary drill bit 20 relative to an associated bit rotational axis (not expressly shown) during formation of a wellbore (not expressly shown).
- First end or downhole end 21 of matrix drill bit 20 may include a plurality of cutting elements 60 operable to engage downhole formation materials and remove such materials to form a wellbore.
- Each cutting element 60 may be disposed in respective pocket 62 formed on exterior portion 58 of respective blade 54 .
- Each cutting element 60 may include respective cutting surface 64 formed from hard materials satisfactory for engaging and removing adjacent downhole formation materials (not expressly shown).
- Cutting elements 60 may scrape and gouge formation materials from the bottom and sides of a wellbore (not expressly shown) during rotation of matrix drill bit 20 .
- various types of polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutters may be satisfactorily used as cutting elements 60 .
- a matrix drill bit having PDC cutters may sometimes be referred to as a “PDC bit”.
- Second end 22 of matrix drill bit 20 may include shank or tool joint 30 operable to releasably engage matrix drill bit 20 with a drill string (not expressly shown), bottom hole assembly (not expressly shown) and/or a downhole drilling motor (not expressly shown) to rotate matrix drill bit 20 during formation of a wellbore.
- Shank 30 and associated bit blank 36 may be described as having respective generally hollow cylindrical configurations defined in part by a fluid flow passageway extending therethrough. See, for example fluid flow passageway 32 in FIG. 6 .
- Various types of threaded connections such as American Petroleum Institute (API) drill pipe connection or threaded pin 34 may be formed on shank 30 proximate second end 22 of matrix drill bit 20 .
- Shank 30 may also include bit breaker slots 35 .
- weld 39 may be formed in groove 38 disposed between and extending around the perimeter of shank 30 and bit blank 36 .
- each blade 54 may include respective recess 70 formed in exterior portion 58 of each blade 54 .
- the location and dimensions of each recess 70 may be selected to correspond generally with a selected location for forming a gage pad on associated blade 54 .
- FIGS. 5 and 6 show one example of techniques which may be satisfactorily used to form respective recess 70 at selected locations on exterior portion 58 of each blade 54 .
- One or more layers of hard material may be disposed within each recess 70 in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B and FIGS. 4A and 4B show examples of welding rods 71 and 71 a which may be used to form one or more layers of hard material in recess 70 in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- Welding rods 71 and 71 a may also be used to repair or rebuild a used matrix drill bit or matrix body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- One or more nozzle openings 66 may be formed in exterior portions of matrix bit body 50 . Respective nozzle 68 may be disposed in each nozzle opening 66 .
- Various types of drilling fluid may be pumped from surface drilling equipment (not expressly shown) through an associated drill string (not expressly shown) attached to threaded connection 34 of shank or tool joint 30 to fluid flow passageway 32 disposed within matrix bit body 50 .
- One or more fluid flow paths may be formed in matrix bit body 50 to communicate drilling fluid and/or other fluids to associated nozzle 68 . See for example fluid passageways 72 and 74 in FIG. 6 .
- one or more layers 101 of hard material may be disposed on exterior portions of matrix bit body 50 adjacent to nozzle opening 66 . See for example FIG. 1 .
- One or more layers of hard material 102 may be disposed on exterior portions of one or more blades 54 proximate a transition or junction between adjacent junk slot 56 and associated leading surface 51 .
- One or more layers 103 of hard material may be disposed on trailing surface 52 of one or more blades 54 .
- one or more layers 104 of hard material may be disposed on exterior portion 58 of each blade 54 proximate associated pockets 62 and/or cutting elements 60 .
- One or more layers 105 of hard material may be disposed exterior portions of selected pockets 62 .
- Respective locations, dimensions and configurations for layers 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 and 105 and associated hard materials on new matrix drill bits and/or used matrix drill bits may be selected using CFD analysis, digital scanning, visual scanning and drill bit design techniques in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,296,069 entitled Bladed Drill Bit with Centrally Distributed Diamond Cutters and U.S. Pat. No. 6,302,224 entitled Drag-Bit Drilling with Multiaxial Tooth Inserts show various examples of blades and/or cutting elements which may be used with a matrix bit body incorporating teachings of the present disclosure. It will be apparent to persons having ordinary skill in the art that a wide variety of fixed cutter drill bits, drag bits and other drill bits may be satisfactorily formed with a matrix bit body incorporating teachings of the present disclosure. The present disclosure is not limited to matrix drill bit 20 or any specific features as shown in FIGS. 1-6 .
- Mold assembly 200 shown in FIG. 2A and mold assembly 200 a shown in FIG. 5 represents only two examples of mold assemblies satisfactory for use in forming a matrix bit body incorporating teachings of the present disclosure.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,373,907 entitled Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing And Inspecting The Quality Of A Matrix Body Drill Bit shows additional details concerning mold assemblies and conventional matrix bit bodies.
- Layers 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 and 105 of various hard materials may be placed in mold assembly 200 at locations 101 a , 102 a , 103 a , 104 a and 105 a corresponding generally with selected locations for forming corresponding layers of hard material on exterior portions of matrix drill bit 20 .
- One or more layers 101 - 105 of hard material may be disposed at each location in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- a composite layer or multiple layers of hard material may be disposed at each location in mold assembly 200 . See for example FIG. 2B .
- a single layer of hard material may be disposed at each location in mold assembly 200 . See for example FIG. 2C .
- Mold assemblies 200 and 200 a as shown in FIGS. 2A , 5 and 6 represent only two examples of molds and/or mold assemblies which may be satisfactorily used to form a matrix body incorporating teachings of the present disclosure.
- Mold assemblies 200 and 200 a may be generally described as having cylindrical configurations defined in part by respective first, opened end 201 and second, closed end 202 with respective mold cavity 252 and 252 a disposed there between.
- Mold cavities 252 and 252 a may be generally described as negative images or inverse images of a matrix bit body formed by the respective mold assemblies 200 and 200 a.
- interior portions of mold cavities 252 and/or 252 a may be coated with a mold wash to prevent gasses, produced by heating and/or cooling of associated mold assemblies 200 and 200 a , from entering into matrix materials disposed within respective mold cavities 252 and 252 a .
- a mold wash may be satisfactorily used.
- Mold assemblies 200 and/or 200 a may also be placed within a container (not expressly shown). Interior portions of such containers may be designed to receive exterior portions of mold assemblies 200 and/or 200 a .
- Such containers may sometimes be referred to as a “housing”, “crucible” and/or “bucket”.
- Mold assembly 200 as shown in FIG. 2A may include a plurality of displacements 208 disposed on interior portions of mold cavity 252 .
- the configuration and dimensions associated with each displacement 208 may be selected to generally correspond with blades 54 and fluid flow paths 56 formed on exterior portions of matrix bit body 50 .
- a plurality of internal flow paths may be formed within mold assembly 200 .
- Such fluid flow paths may communicate gasses associated with heating and cooling of mold assembly 200 through fluid flow channels 206 and/or exterior portions of mold assembly 200 .
- Mold cavity 252 as shown in FIG. 2A may be formed with a plurality of negative blade profiles 210 disposed between respective displacements 208 .
- mold assembly 200 and associated components may be formed using a 3D printer in combination with 3D design data.
- a plurality of negative pocket recesses or pocket profiles 262 may be formed within each negative blade profile 210 .
- Negative pocket recesses 262 may have complex configurations and/or orientations as desired for respective pocket 62 and associated cutting element 60 .
- Locations 101 a - 105 a within mold assembly 200 may be selected to correspond generally with locations on exterior portions of associated matrix drill bit 20 where high erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigued forces may be applied.
- one or more layers of hard material may be disposed at location 101 a to minimize erosion from fluid flowing from associated nozzle 68 .
- One or more layers of hard material may be disposed at locations 102 a and 103 a to minimize abrasion and/or wear associated with fluid flowing through associated flow path or junk slot 56 .
- One or more layers of a second hard material may be disposed at locations 104 a to minimize erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces applied to exterior portions 58 of associated blade 54 during engagement of associated cutting elements 60 with adjacent downhole formation materials.
- One or more layers of hard material may be disposed at location 105 a on exterior portions of associated pocket 62 to minimize erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces resulting from respective cutting element 60 engaging and removing downhole formation materials.
- FIGS. 2B and 2C show examples of layers of hard materials which may be disposed at one or more locations 101 a - 105 a in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2B shows first layer or sublayer 111 , second layer or sublayer 112 and third layer or sublayer 113 disposed at location 101 a in mold assembly 200 .
- the resulting configuration of layers or sublayers 111 , 112 and 113 may sometimes be referred to as “composite layer” 101 .
- Each sublayer 111 , 112 and 113 may have approximately the same general configuration and dimensions including thickness.
- Each layer 111 , 112 and 113 may include a plurality of large pellets 130 and/or 140 . Also, a plurality of smaller pellets and matrix material 131 used to form associated matrix drill bit 20 may also be disposed within layers 111 , 112 and/or 113 .
- first layer 111 may start with a layer of glue disposed at location 101 a .
- glue and/or adhesive materials including, but not limited to, aerosol adhesives such as Super 77 Multipurpose Adhesive available from 3M Company located in St. Paul, Minn. may be satisfactorily used.
- Hard particles or hard pellets 130 as shown in FIGS. 2B and 3C and/or hard pellets 140 as shown in FIGS. 4B and 4C may then be disbursed within the glue of first layer 111 .
- Matrix material 131 may also be disbursed within first layer 111 .
- the ratio of hard pellets or hard particles with respect to matrix material may be selected to provide desired uniformity of the resulting first layer 111 and desired hardness.
- a second layer of glue may be disposed on first layer 110 at location 101 a . Additional hard pellets 130 and/or 140 may then be distributed within the glue at second layer 112 . Matrix material 131 may be disbursed within the glue at second layer 112 . Similar procedures may be used to form third layer 113 and additional layers of glue, hard pellets and/or matrix material as desired for each selected location on exterior portions of matrix drill bit 20 .
- each layer of glue may be selected to correspond with desired dimensions and configuration of corresponding layers 101 - 105 of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of matrix drill bit 20 .
- the total thickness of the hard material disposed at respective locations 101 a - 105 a may be between approximately 0.25 inches and 0.5 inches.
- FIG. 2C is a schematic drawing showing single layer 114 and hard materials which may also be disposed at location 101 a or any other desired location in mold assembly 200 .
- the overall configuration and dimensions of layer 114 in FIG. 2C may be approximately the same as composite layer 101 in FIG. 2B .
- pellets 130 and/or 140 as shown in FIG. 2C may be larger than corresponding pellets 130 and/or 140 as shown in FIG. 2B .
- increasing the size of the pellets may accommodate forming layer 114 in FIG.
- the types of hard materials used to form layers 111 , 112 , 113 and 114 may be selected to be compatible with infiltration of binder material therethrough during infiltration of matrix materials 131 and 132 to form matrix bit body 50 .
- Some examples of hard materials which may be satisfactory used to form one or more layers of hard material disposed on exterior portions of a matrix drill bit in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure are shown in FIGS. 3B , 3 C, 4 B and 4 D.
- FIGS. 3C and 4C are schematic representations of respective layers of hard material disposed on matrix material 131 in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- surface 122 as shown in FIGS. 3C and 4C may be representative of respective exterior surfaces 122 associated with layers 101 - 105 of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of matrix drill bit 50 . See FIG. 1 .
- Respective surfaces 122 of layers 101 - 105 may conform with and be tightly bonded to adjacent matrix materials used to form matrix bit body 50 .
- the cross sections of a layer of hard material disposed on matrix material as shown in FIGS. 3C and 4C may also be representative of one or more layers of hard material disposed in recesses 70 to form a gage pad (not expressly shown) on respective blades 54 .
- Layer 103 as shown in FIG. 3C may include tungsten carbide particles or pellets 130 disposed in matrix 146 in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- Other hard materials and/or hard particles selected from a wide variety of metals, metal alloys, ceramic alloys and/or cermets may also be used to form one or more layers 103 of hard material.
- layer 103 may enhance erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue resistance as compared with exterior portions of matrix bit body 50 which do not include such layers of hard material.
- Layer 104 as shown in FIG. 4C may include tungsten carbide particles or pellets 130 and encapsulated diamond particles 140 .
- Other hard materials and/or hard particles selected from a wide variety of metals, metal alloys, ceramic alloys and/or cermets may also be used to form one or more layers 104 of hard material.
- layer 104 may have enhanced erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigues resistance as compared with exterior portions of matrix bit body 50 which do not include such layers of hard material.
- FIGS. 3A and 4A shows examples of welding rods which may be satisfactory used to form one or more layers of hard material on exterior portions of matrix bit body 50 such as respective recesses 70 formed on blades 54 following removal of matrix bit body 50 from as associated mold assembly.
- the welding rods 71 and 71 a may also be used to form one or more layers of hard material to repair a used matrix drill bit in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- both new matrix bit bodies and used matrix drill bits may be heated to a desired temperature such as approximately seven hundred degrees Fahrenheit (700° F.) and allowed to “soak” prior to forming one or more layers of hard material on exterior portions thereof using welding rods 71 or 71 a .
- the desired temperature may vary depending on materials used to form an associated matrix bit body and hard particles used to form the layers of hard material.
- Heating a matrix bit body to an appropriate, relatively uniform temperature may minimize potential cracking or damage to the matrix bit body during welding.
- the matrix bit body may be slowly cooled at a desired rate to ambient temperature. The cooling rate may be selected to prevent cracking or damage to the matrix bit body and/or layers of hard material.
- Welding rod 71 as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B may be used to form a layer of hard material with characteristics similar to layer 103 as shown in FIG. 3C .
- Welding rod 71 a as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B may be used to form a layer of hard material with characteristics similar to layer 104 a shown in FIG. 4C .
- Welding rods 71 and 71 a may include respective hollow steel tube 76 which may be closed at both ends with filler 78 and hard particles 130 and/or 140 or other hard materials disposed therein.
- tungsten carbide pellets may have generally spherical configurations (see FIGS. 3C and 4C ) with a weight percentage of binder between approximately four percent (4%) plus or minus one percent (1%) of the total weight of each tungsten carbide pellet in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. Tungsten carbide pellets may also be formed with an optimum weight percentage of binder and various non-spherical or partially spherical configurations (not expressly shown). For some applications crushed tungsten carbide pellets may also be used.
- Spherical tungsten carbide pellets formed with no binding material or substantially 0% binder may tend to crack and/or fracture during formation of a matrix deposit or hardfacing layer containing such pellets.
- Tungsten carbide pellets formed with no binding material or substantially 0% binder may also fracture or crack when exposed to thermal stress and/or impact stress.
- Spherical tungsten carbide pellets formed with relatively high percentages (5% or greater) by weight of binding material or binder may tend to break down or dissolve into solution during formation of an associated matrix deposit or hardfacing layer.
- such spherical tungsten carbide pellets and associated matrix deposit or hardfacing layer may have less abrasion, erosion, wear, impact, and/or fatigue resistance than desired.
- Spherical tungsten carbide pellets with more than 5% binder may crack when exposed to thermal stress and/or impact stress.
- Tungsten carbide pellets formed with an optimum percentage of binding material or binder may neither crack nor dissolve into solution in associated matrix material during formation of one or more layers of hard material.
- Spherical tungsten carbide pellets formed with an optimum percentage of binding material and/or binder may also neither crack nor fracture when exposed to thermal stress and/or impact stress.
- Forming tungsten carbide pellets with an optimum weight percentage of binding material in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure may improve weldability of the tungsten carbide pellets and may substantially improve temperature stress resistance and/or impact stress resistance of the tungsten carbide pellets to fracturing and/or cracking.
- layers of hard material formed with spherical tungsten carbide particles having an optimum weight percentage of binder have shown improved wear properties during testing of associated layers and/or matrix deposits.
- improvement in wear properties may increase approximately forty-five percent (45%) during wear testing in accordance with ASTM B611 as compared with a matrix deposits or layers of hard material having spherical tungsten carbide particles with binding material representing five percent (5%) or greater the total weight of each tungsten carbide particle.
- Layers of hard material may be formed with tungsten carbide pellets having an optimum weight percentage of binding material in a wide range of mesh sizes.
- the size of such tungsten carbide pellets may vary between approximately 12 U.S. mesh and 100 U.S. mesh.
- the ability to use a wide range of mesh sizes may substantially reduce costs of manufacturing such tungsten carbide pellets and costs associated with forming a deposit matrix or hardfacing with such tungsten carbide pellets.
- tungsten carbide pellets 130 as shown in FIG. 3C or 4 C may have a size range from approximately 12 to 100 U.S. Mesh.
- tungsten carbide pellets 130 may be selected within a more limited size range such as 40 U.S. Mesh to 80 U.S. Mesh. For other applications, tungsten carbide pellets 130 may be selected from two or more different size ranges such as 30 to 60 mesh and 80 to 100 mesh. Tungsten carbide pellets 130 may have approximately the same general spherical configuration. However, by including tungsten carbide pellets 130 or other hard particles with different configurations and/or mesh ranges, wear, erosion, abrasion, impact, and/or fatigue resistance of resulting layers of hard material may be modified to accommodate specific downhole operating environments for an associated matrix drill bit.
- tungsten carbide pellets 130 By increasing the size of tungsten carbide pellets 130 , a single layer of hard material having optimum thickness may be deposited within mold assembly 200 with a single pass. For some applications the optimum size for tungsten carbide pellets may be approximately sixteen (16) mesh to thirty (30) mesh.
- Tungsten carbide pellets may be formed by cementing, sintering, and/or HIP-sintering (sometimes referred to as “sinter-hipping”) fine grains of tungsten carbide with an optimum weight percentage of binding material.
- Sintered tungsten carbide pellets may be made from a mixture of tungsten carbide and binding material such as cobalt powder.
- binding materials include, but are not limited to cobalt, nickel, boron, molybdenum, niobium, chromium, iron, and alloys of these elements.
- Various alloys of such binding materials may also be used to form tungsten carbide pellets in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- the weight percentage of the binding material may be approximately four percent (4%) plus or minus one percent (1%) of the total weight of each tungsten carbide pellet.
- a mixture of tungsten carbide and binding material may be used to form green pellets.
- the green pellets may then be sintered or HIP-sintered at temperatures near the melting point of cobalt to form either sintered or HIP-sintered tungsten carbide pellets with an optimum weight percentage of binding material.
- HIP-sintering may sometimes be referred to as “over pressure sintering” or as “sinter-hipping.”
- Sintering a green pellet generally includes heating the green pellet to a desired temperature at approximately atmospheric pressure in a furnace with no force or pressure applied to the green pellet.
- HIP-sintering a green pellet generally includes heating the green pellet to a desired temperature in a vacuum furnace with pressure or force applied to the green pellet.
- a hot isostatic press (HIP) sintering vacuum furnace generally uses higher pressures and lower temperatures as compared to a conventional sintering vacuum furnace.
- a sinter-HIP vacuum furnace may operate at approximately 1400° C. with a pressure or force of approximately 800 ⁇ si applied to one or more hot tungsten carbide pellets. Construction and operation of sinter-HIP vacuum furnaces are well known.
- the melting point of binding material used to form tungsten carbide pellets may generally decrease with increased pressure. Furnaces associated with sintering and HIP-sintering are typically able to finely control temperature during formation of tungsten carbide pellets.
- Layers of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of a matrix body may include tungsten carbide particles or pellets 130 having an optimum weight percentage of binding material in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- Other hard materials and/or hard particles selected from a wide variety of metals, metal alloys, ceramic alloys, and cermets may be used to form layers 101 - 105 of hard material.
- layers 101 - 105 of hard material may have significantly enhanced abrasion, erosion, wear, impact, and/or fatigue resistance.
- a plurality of tungsten carbide pellets 130 having an optimum weight percentage of binding material in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure may be dispersed within filler 78 .
- a plurality of coated diamond particles 140 may also be dispersed within filler 78 of welding rod 71 a .
- Conventional tungsten carbide particles or pellets (not expressly shown) which do not have an optimum weight percentage of binder material may sometimes be included as part of filler 78 .
- filler 78 may include a deoxidizer and a temporary resin binder. Examples of deoxidizers satisfactory for use with the present disclosure may include various alloys of iron, manganese, and silicon.
- the weight of welding rods 71 and/or 71 a may be approximately fifty-five percent to eighty percent filler 78 and twenty to thirty percent or more steel tube 76 .
- Layers of hard material formed by welding rods with less than approximately fifty-five percent by weight of filler 78 may not provide sufficient wear resistance.
- Welding rods with more than approximately eighty percent by weight of filler 78 may be difficult to use to form layers of hard material with desired dimensions including thickness and/or desired configurations.
- Loose material such as powders of hard material selected from the group consisting of tungsten, niobium, vanadium, molybdenum, silicon, titanium, tantalum, zirconium, chromium, yttrium, boron, carbon and carbides, nitrides, oxides, or silicides of these materials may be included as part of filler 78 .
- the loose material may also include a powdered mixture selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, iron, cobalt, and alloys of these elements to form matrix bit body 50 .
- Powders of materials selected from the group consisting of metal borides, metal carbides, metal oxides, metal nitrides, and other superhard or superabrasive alloys may be included within filler 78 .
- the specific compounds and elements selected for filler 78 will generally depend upon intended applications for the resulting matrix drill bit and selected welding technique.
- both types of hard particles may have approximately the same density.
- One of the technical benefits of the present disclosure may include varying the percentage of binding materials associated with tungsten carbide pellets 130 and thus the density of tungsten carbide pellets 130 to ensure compatibility with coated diamond particles 140 and/or matrix portion 146 of layers 101 - 105 of hard material.
- Tungsten carbide pellets 130 with or without coated diamond particles 140 and selected loose materials may be included as part of a continuous welding rod (not expressly shown), composite welding rod (not expressly shown), core wire (not expressly shown) and/or welding rope (not expressly shown).
- flexible, hard facing ropes may be satisfactorily used to form one or more layers of hard material at selected locations on exterior portions of a new matrix drill bit or a used (dull) matrix drill bit.
- Flexible welding rope or hard facing rope may be available from several vendors including, but not limited to, Technogenia, Inc. having offices in Conroe, Tex. and Atlanta, Ga.
- Some welding ropes may include a central small diameter nickel wire coated with a thick layer of hard particles and matrix material such shown in FIGS. 3B and 4B .
- Oxyacetylene welding, atomic hydrogen welding techniques, tungsten inert gas (TIG-GTA), stick welding, SMAW and/or GMAW welding techniques may be satisfactorily used to form layers of hard material at selected locations on used matrix drill bit or new matrix bit bodies using welding rods, welding rope, etc.
- a mixture of tungsten carbide pellets 130 and coated diamond particles 140 may be blended and thermally sprayed onto select portions of a matrix body of a matrix body using techniques well known in the art. A laser may then be used to densify and fuse the resulting powdered mixture at selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix body.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,781,770 entitled “A process For Laser Hardfacing Drill Bit Cones Having Hard Cutter Inserts” shows one process satisfactory for use with the present disclosure.
- Layers of hard material 103 and 104 as shown in FIG. 3C and FIG. 4C may include a plurality of tungsten carbide particles 130 embedded or encapsulated in matrix portions 146 and 146 a .
- Various materials including cobalt, copper, nickel, iron, and alloys of these elements may be used to form matrix portions 146 and 146 a .
- matrix portions 146 and 146 a may be similar to and operable to bond with adjacent portion of matrix 131 .
- Coated diamond particles or encrusted diamond particles 140 may be formed using various techniques such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,770,907 entitled “Method for Forming Metal-Coated Abrasive Grain Granules” and U.S. Pat. No. 5,405,573 entitled “Diamond Pellets and Saw Blade Segments Made Therewith.”
- Coated diamond particles 140 may include diamond 144 with coating 142 disposed thereon.
- Materials used to form coating 142 may be metallurgically and chemically compatible with materials used to form both matrix portion 146 a and binder for tungsten carbide pellets 130 .
- the same material or materials used to form coating 142 will also be used to form matrix portion 146 a and associated matrix bit body.
- Metallurgical bonds may be formed between coating 142 of each coated diamond particle 140 and matrix portion 146 a .
- coated diamond particles 140 may remain fixed within layers of hard material 101 - 105 until the adjacent tungsten carbide pellets 130 and/or other hard materials in matrix portion 146 a have been worn away.
- Coated diamond particles 140 may provide high levels of abrasion, erosion and wear resistance to protect an associated matrix body as compared with hardfacing formed from only matrix portion 146 a and tungsten carbide pellets 130 .
- High abrasion, erosion, wear, impact, and/or fatigue resistance of the newly exposed tungsten carbide pellets 130 and/or coated diamond particles 140 may increase overall abrasion, erosion, wear, impact, and/or fatigue resistance of layers of hard material 101 - 105 . As surrounding matrix portion 146 a continues to be worn away, additional tungsten carbide pellets 130 and/or coated diamond particles 140 may be exposed to provide continued protection and increased useful life of an associated matrix drill bit.
- the ratio of coated diamond particles 140 or other hard particles with respect to tungsten carbide pellets 130 disposed within layers of hard material 101 - 105 may be varied to provide desired erosion, abrasion, wear, impact, and fatigue resistance for an associated matrix bit body depending upon anticipated downhole operating environment. For some extremely harsh environments, the ratio of coated diamond particles 140 to tungsten carbide particles 130 may be 10:1. For other downhole drilling environments, the ratio may be substantially reversed.
- Tube rod welding with an oxyacetylene torch may be satisfactorily used to form metallurgical bonds between layers of hard material and adjacent portions of matrix bit body 50 and metallurgical and/or mechanical bonds between matrix portion 146 and tungsten carbide pellets 130 .
- laser welding techniques may be used to form layers of hard material on exterior portions of a matrix body.
- Mold assembly 200 a as shown in FIG. 5 may include several components such as mold 203 a , gauge ring or connector ring 204 a , and funnel 220 a .
- Mold 203 a , gauge ring 204 a , and funnel 220 a may be formed from graphite or other suitable materials.
- Various techniques may be used including, but not limited to, machining a graphite blank to form mold cavity 252 a having a negative profile or a reverse profile of desired exterior features for a resulting fixed cutter drill bit.
- mold cavity 204 a may have a negative profile which corresponds with the exterior profile or configuration of blades 54 and junk slots 56 as shown in FIG. 1 .
- mold inserts 70 a may be formed from various materials such as consolidated sand and/or graphite may be disposed within mold cavity 104 .
- Various resins may be satisfactorily used to form consolidated sand.
- Mold inserts 70 a may have configurations and dimensions corresponding with desired features of matrix bit body 50 such as recess 70 formed in exterior portion 58 of blades 54 .
- the dimensions and configuration of mold inserts 70 a and associated recesses 70 may be selected to correspond with desired dimensions and configuration for resulting gage pads (not expressly shown) on respective blades 54 .
- Matrix bit body 50 may include relatively large fluid cavity or chamber 32 with multiple fluid flow passageways 72 and 74 extending therefrom. See FIG. 6 .
- displacement materials such as consolidated sand may be installed within mold assembly 200 a at desired locations to form portions of cavity 32 and fluid flow passages 72 and 74 extending therefrom.
- the orientation and configuration of consolidated sand legs 172 and 174 may be selected to correspond with desired locations and configurations of associated fluid flow passageways 72 and 74 communicating from cavity 32 to respective nozzles 68 .
- a relatively large, generally cylindrically shaped consolidated sand core 150 may be placed on the legs 172 and 174 .
- the number of legs extending from sand core 150 will depend upon the desired number of nozzle openings in a resulting matrix bit body.
- matrix material 131 having desired characteristics for matrix bit body 50 may be placed within mold assembly 200 a .
- the present disclosure allows the use of matrix materials having characteristics of toughness and wear resistance for forming a fix cutter drill bit or drag bit.
- a generally hollow, cylindrical bit blank 36 may then be placed within mold assembly 200 a .
- Bit blank 36 preferably includes inside diameter 37 which is larger than the outside diameter of sand core 150 .
- Various fixtures (not expressly shown) may be used to position bit blank 36 within mold assembly 200 a at a desired location spaced from first matrix material 131 .
- second matrix material 132 such as tungsten powder may then be placed in mold assembly 200 a between exterior portions of bit blank 36 and adjacent interior portions of funnel 220 a .
- Second matrix material 132 may be a relatively soft powder which forms a matrix that may subsequently be machined to provide a desired exterior configuration and transition between matrix bit body 50 and bit blank 36 . See FIG. 6 .
- Second matrix material 132 may sometimes be described as an “infiltrated machinable powder.”
- Matrix material 131 may be cemented carbides and/or spherical carbides as previously discussed. Alloys of cobalt, iron, and/or nickel may be used to form cemented carbides and/or spherical carbides. For some matrix drill bit designs an alloy concentration of approximately six percent in the first matrix material may provide optimum results. Alloy concentrations between three percent and six percent and between approximately six percent and fifteen percent may also be satisfactory for some matrix drill bit designs. However, alloy concentrations greater than approximately fifteen percent and alloy concentrations less than approximately three percent may result in less than optimum characteristics of a resulting matrix bit body.
- a typical infiltration process for forming matrix bit body 50 may begin by forming mold assembly 200 a .
- Gage ring 204 a may be threaded onto the top of mold 203 a .
- Funnel 220 a may be threaded onto the top of gage ring 204 a to extend mold assembly 200 a to a desired height to hold previously described matrix materials and binder material.
- Displacement materials such as, but not limited to, mold inserts 70 a , legs 172 and 174 , and sand core 150 may then be loaded into mold assembly 200 a if not previously placed in mold cavity 252 a .
- Matrix materials 131 and 132 and bit blank 36 may be loaded into mold assembly 200 a as previously described.
- a series of vibration cycles may be induced in each mold assembly 200 or 200 a to assist desired distribution of each layer or zone of matrix materials 131 and 132 . Vibrations help to ensure consistent density of each layer of matrix materials 131 and 132 within respective ranges required to achieve desired characteristics for matrix bit body 50 .
- Binder material 160 may be placed on top of layer 132 , bit blank 36 and core 150 . Binder material 160 may be covered with a flux layer (not expressly shown). A cover or lid (not expressly shown) may be placed over mold assembly 200 a . Mold assembly 200 a and materials disposed therein may be preheated and then placed in a furnace (not expressly shown). When the furnace temperature reaches the melting point of binder material 160 , liquid binder material 160 may infiltrate matrix materials 131 and 132 and layer 101 - 105 of hard material. See FIG. 2A .
- Mold assembly 200 a may then be removed from the furnace and cooled at a controlled rate. Once cooled, mold assembly 200 a may be broken away to expose matrix bit body 50 . See for example FIG. 6 .
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Abstract
Matrix drill bits and other downhole tools may be formed with one or more layers of hard materials disposed on exterior portions thereof. Exterior portions of used rotary drill bits or other downhole tools may be measured using three dimensional (3D) scanning techniques or other techniques to determine specific locations of undesired abrasion, erosion and/or wear. During the design of a new rotary drill bit or other downhole tool, computational flow analysis techniques may be used to determine potential locations for excessive erosions, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue on exterior portions of the rotary drill bit or other downhole tools. One or more layers of hard material may be disposed at such locations on exterior portions of matrix bit bodies and other matrix bodies based on analyzing exterior portions of used downhole tools and/or computational flow analysis.
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- This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/148,665 entitled “Matrix Drill Bit With Dual Surface Compositions And Methods of Manufacture” filed Jan. 30, 2009, the contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- The present disclosure relates in general to matrix drill bits and other well tools with matrix bodies having one or more layers of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions thereof and, more particularly, to forming one or more layers of hard material at selected locations during manufacture of a matrix body or applying one or more layers of hard material at selected locations on exterior portions of a used matrix body.
- Rotary drill bits are frequently used to drill oil and gas wells, geothermal wells and water wells. Rotary drill bits may be generally classified as rotary cone or roller cone drill bits and fixed cutter drill bits or drag bits. Fixed cutter drill bits or drag bits may be formed with a matrix bit body having cutting elements or inserts disposed at select locations of exterior portions of the matrix bit body. Fluid flow passageways are typically formed in the matrix bit body to allow communication of drilling fluids from associated surface drilling equipment through a drill string or drill pipe attached to the matrix bit body. Such fixed cutter drill bits or drag bits may sometimes be referred to as “matrix drill bits.”
- Matrix drill bits are typically formed by placing loose matrix material (sometimes referred to as “matrix powder”) into a mold and infiltrating the matrix material with a hot, liquid binder such as a copper alloy. The mold may be formed by various techniques including, but not limited to, milling a block of material such as graphite to define a mold cavity with features that correspond generally with desired features of the resulting matrix drill bit. Various features of the resulting matrix drill bit such as blades, cutter pockets, and/or fluid flow passageways may be provided by shaping the mold cavity, positioning one or more mold inserts within the mold cavity and/or by positioning temporary displacement materials within the mold cavity.
- Since machining hard, abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistant materials is generally both difficult and expensive, it is common practice to form some metal parts with a desired configuration and subsequently treat one or more portions of the metal part to provide desired abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistance. Examples may include directly hardening such surfaces (carburizing and/or nitriding) one or more surfaces of a metal part or applying a layer of hard, abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistant material (hardfacing) to one or more surfaces of a metal part depending upon desired amounts of abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistance for such surfaces. For applications when resistance to extreme abrasion, erosion and/or wear of a working surface and/or associated substrate is desired, a layer of hard, abrasion, erosion and/or wear resistant material (hardfacing) be applied to the working surface to protect the associated substrate. Apply hard facing to matrix materials such as a matrix bit body is often more difficult and technically challenging as compared with applying the same hardfacing to a generally uniform, non-matrix metal surface.
- Hardfacing may be generally defined as a layer of hard, abrasion resistant material applied to a less resistant surface or substrate by plating, welding, spraying or other well known deposition techniques. Hardfacing is frequently used to extend the service life of drill bits and other downhole tools used in the oil and gas industry. Tungsten carbide and various alloys of tungsten carbide are examples of hardfacing materials widely used to protect drill bits and other downhole tools associated with drilling and producing oil and gas wells.
- A wide variety of hard materials have been applied to exterior portions of rotary drill bits and other downhole tools. Frequently used hard materials include, but are not limited to, sintered tungsten carbide particles in a steel alloy matrix deposit. Tungsten carbide particles may include grains of monotungsten carbide, ditungsten carbide and/or macrocrystalline tungsten carbide. Spherical cast tungsten carbide may typically be formed with no binding material. Examples of binding materials used to form tungsten carbide particles may include, but are not limited to, cobalt, nickel, boron, molybdenum, niobium, chromium, iron and alloys of these elements.
- The present disclosure provides matrix bit bodies for rotary drill bits or matrix bodies for other downhole tools with one or more layers of hard material disposed at selected locations to provide substantially enhanced resistance to erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces as compared with prior matrix bodies without such layers of hard material. In accordance with teachings of the present disclosure, such layers of hard material may include tungsten carbide particles, formed with an optimum amount of binding material, particles of other superabrasive and/or superhard materials. Examples of such hard materials satisfactory for use with the present disclosure may include, but are not limited to, encrusted diamond particles, coated diamond particles, silicon nitride (Si3N4), silicon carbide (SiC), boron carbide (B4C) and cubic boron nitride (CBN). Such hard materials may also be used to rebuild exterior portions of used drill bits (sometimes referred to as “dull bits”) in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- One or more layers of hard material may be disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of a matrix bit body associated with a matrix drill bit or at selected locations on other downhole tools in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure during molding of an associated matrix body and/or after molding of the associated matrix body. The resulting matrix body may be described as having a dual phase exterior or dual surface composition.
- One aspect of the present disclosure may include placing one or more layers of one or more hard materials at selected locations in a mold corresponding generally with respective selected locations on exterior portion of blades, cutter pockets, junk slots and/or other components of an associated matrix bit body. A preformed hollow bit blank or casting mandrel may be disposed in the mold. One or more matrix materials may be added to the mold. The matrix materials may be selected to form a hard, matrix bit body. A binder material may also be added to the mold. During heating of the mold, liquid binder material may flow through the matrix materials and the one or more layers of the hard material. The layer or layers of hard material may provide desired enhancement to resist erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces at respective selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix bit body.
- For some applications, a composite layer of hard material may be disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of a matrix bit body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. Each composite layer of hard material may include two, three or more smaller (thinner) layers or sublayers of hard material. Each sublayer of hard material may include a plurality of large hard particles including, but not limited to, low alloy sintered materials in the form of pellets and/or low alloy sintered material in the form of crushed powder. Other forms of low alloy sintered material may also be used to enhance downhole drilling performance and/or associated matrix drill bit life.
- For some applications, a low percentage of binder material (4% plus or minus 1% Co, Ni, B, Mo, Cr or Se binder or any combination thereof) may be used to bind fine tungsten carbide grains to form generally spherical tungsten carbide particles or pellets. The use of such particles or pellets may provide substantially increased carbide content at one or more selected locations on exterior portions of an associated matrix body as compared to hard materials with twenty to thirty percent (20% to 30%) binder. For some applications, the size of the resulting tungsten carbide particles or pellets may be substantially enlarged such that only one layer of the second hard material is required to provide satisfactory resistance to erosion, abrasion, impact and/or fatigue forces at a selected location. Used matrix drill bits may be repaired by forming one or more layers of hard material at selected locations on exterior portions of an associated matrix bit body.
- For some applications, one or more layers of the low alloy sintered material may also include matrix materials used to form an associated matrix bit body. Various binding processes including, but not limited to, sintering and/or sinter-hipping may be used to form spherical tungsten carbide particles or pellets in a sintering furnace. For some applications a sintered tungsten carbide pellet may be used in combination with conventional matrix materials to form a matrix drill bit. Such materials may be used to rebuild a matrix bit body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- Various techniques may be satisfactorily used to determine the location or locations for forming one or more layers of hard material on exterior portions of an associated matrix body. For example, simulation of fluid flow over exterior portions of a matrix drill bit or other downhole tools having a matrix body in combination with analysis of wear patterns on exterior portions of an associated matrix drill bit and/or other downhole tools may help to identify one or more locations for forming such layers of hard material. Three dimensional (3D) scanning of used drill bits, visual inspection or other techniques may also be used to select locations for forming one or more layers of hard material with enhanced erosion, war, abrasion, impact and/or fatigue resistance on exterior portions of a matrix bit body during manufacture of an associated matrix drill bit.
- Matrix materials including, but are not limited to, cemented carbides of tungsten, macrocrystalline tungsten carbide, tungsten cast carbide, titanium, tantalum, niobium, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, hafnium independently or in combination and/or spherical carbides may be used to form one or more layers of hard material at selected locations matrix bodies in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. However, the present disclosure is not limited to cemented tungsten carbides, spherical carbides, macrocrystalline tungsten carbide and/or cast tungsten carbides or mixtures thereof.
- Some embodiments one or more layers of hard material may be disposed on exterior portions of a matrix body with at least one layer having both large particles or pellets and small particles or pellets. The ratio of larger pellets to small pellets may vary from approximately one to one or fifty percent large pellets and fifty percent small pellets to approximately three (3) large pellets for every small pellet (3 to 1) or seventy five percent (75%) large pellets and twenty five percent (25%) small pellets. The size of a typical small pellet of hard material may be approximately 20 mesh (850μ) to 30 mesh (600μ). The size of a typical large pellet of hard material may be approximately 16 mesh (1180μ) to 20 mesh (850μ).
- Additional features, steps, technical advantages and/or benefits of the present disclosure may be discussed in the Detailed Description and/or Claims. The above Summary is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all features, steps, technical advantages and/or benefits of the present disclosure.
- For a more complete understanding of the present disclosure and its advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following brief descriptions, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and detailed description, wherein like reference numerals represent like parts, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing showing an isometric view of one example of a matrix drill bit having a matrix bit body with one or more layers of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix bit body; -
FIG. 2A is a schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing a mold assembly satisfactory to form a matrix body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 2B is a schematic drawing showing multiple layers of hard material or a composite layer of hard material which may be disposed at one or more locations on interior portions of the mold shown inFIG. 2A ; -
FIG. 2C is a schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing a single layer of hard material which may be disposed at one or more locations on interior portions of the mold shown inFIG. 2A ; -
FIG. 3A is a schematic drawing in elevation with portions broken away showing a welding rod with hard materials disposed therein in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 3B is an enlarged schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing tungsten carbide pellets and other hard materials disposed within the welding rod ofFIG. 3A ; -
FIG. 3C is an enlarged schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing tungsten carbide pellets formed with an optimum weight percentage of binding material and bonded to a matrix deposit disposed on and bonded to a substrate or matrix body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 4A is a schematic drawing in elevation with portions broken away showing a welding rod with hard materials disposed therein in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 4B is an enlarged schematic drawing in elevation and in section with portions broken away showing tungsten carbide pellets, encrusted diamond particles and other hard materials disposed within the welding rod ofFIG. 4A ; -
FIG. 4C is an enlarged schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing tungsten carbide pellets formed with an optimum weight percentage of binding material along with encrusted diamond particles and bonded to a matrix deposit disposed on and bonded to a substrate or matrix body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing a mold assembly with mold inserts, matrix materials and other materials disposed therein satisfactory to form a matrix bit body in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure; and -
FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing in section with portions broken away showing a matrix bit body with recesses formed in exterior portions thereof in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. - Preferred embodiments and various advantages may be understood by referring in more detail to
FIGS. 1-6 of the drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts. - The terms “matrix bit”, “matrix drill bit” and “matrix rotary drill bit” may be used in this application to refer to “rotary drag bits”, “drag bits”, “fixed cutter drill bits” or any other drill bit incorporating teaching of the present disclosure. Such drill bits may be used to form well bores or boreholes in subterranean formations.
- Matrix drill bits incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a matrix bit body formed by one or more matrix materials. For other embodiments (not expressly shown) a matrix bit body may be formed with at least a first matrix material and a second matrix material. For some applications the first matrix material may have increased toughness or high resistance to fracture and also provide erosion, abrasion and wear resistance. The second matrix material (not expressly shown) with only a limited amount of alloy materials or other contaminates may also be used to form the matrix bit body. The first matrix material may include, but is not limited to, cemented carbides or spherical carbides. The second matrix material may include, but is not limited to, macrocrystalline tungsten carbides and/or cast carbides. One or more layers of hard material may be disposed at selected locations on matrix bodies formed from matrix materials in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
- Various types of binder materials may be used to infiltrate matrix materials disposed in a mold to form a matrix bit body. Binder materials may include, but are not limited to, copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), molybdenum (Mo) individually or alloys based on these metals. The alloying elements may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following elements—manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), tin (Sn), zinc (Zn), silicon (Si), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), boron (B) and phosphorous (P). The matrix bit body may be attached to a hollow bit blank or casting mandrel. A generally hollow shank or hollow tool joint with a threaded connection may be attached to the hollow bit blank or casting mandrel for use in releasably engaging the associated matrix drill bit with a drill string, drill pipe, bottom hole assembly or downhole drilling motor (not expressly shown).
- The terms “cemented carbide” and “cemented carbides” may be used within this application to include WC, MoC, TiC, TaC, NbC, Cr3C2, VC and solid solutions of mixed carbides such as WC—TiC, WC—TiC—TaC, WC—TiC−(Ta,Nb)C in a metallic binder (matrix) phase. Typically, Co, Ni, Fe, Mo and/or their alloys may be used to form the metallic binder. Cemented carbides may sometimes be referred to as “composite” carbides or sintered carbides. Some cemented carbides may also be referred to as spherical carbides. However, cemented carbides may have many configurations and shapes other than spherical.
- Cemented carbides may be generally described as powdered refractory carbides which have been united by compression and heat with binder materials such as powdered cobalt, iron, nickel, molybdenum and/or their alloys. Cemented carbides may also be sintered, crushed, screened and/or further processed as appropriate. Cemented carbide pellets may be used to form a matrix bit body. The binder material may provide ductility and toughness which often results in greater resistance to fracture (toughness) of cemented carbide pellets, spheres or other configurations as compared to cast carbides, macrocrystalline tungsten carbide and/or formulates thereof.
- Binder materials used to form cemented carbides may sometimes be referred to as “bonding materials” in this Application to help distinguish between binder materials used to form cemented carbides and binder materials used to form a matrix drill bit.
- The terms “computational fluid dynamics” and/or “CFD” may be used in this application to include various commercially available computer programs and algorithms used to simulate and evaluate complex fluid interactions. Such simulations may include calculating mass transfer, turbulence, velocity changes and other characteristics associated with multiphase, complex fluid flow associated with a matrix drill bit forming a wellbore. Such fluids may often be a mixture of liquids, solids and/or gases with varying concentrations depending on associated downhole drilling conditions. Simulations using CFD programs may be used to determine optimum locations for forming one or more layers of hard material on exterior portions of a matrix body based on anticipated fluid flow for the type/size of pump used on an associated drilling rig (not expressly shown), size of associated drill string (not expressly shown), size and configuration of an associated matrix drill bit or other downhole tool and/or anticipated downhole drilling conditions.
- The term “digital scanning” may be used to describe a wide variety of equipment and techniques satisfactory for measuring exterior dimensions of a matrix drill bit and other downhole tools with a very high degree of accuracy and to create a three dimensional image of exterior portions of such well tools. The results of digital scanning may be used with other computer programs such as “computational fluid dynamics” or CFD programs to evaluate fluid flow characteristics over exterior portions of matrix drill bits and other downhole tools.
- Some examples of digital scanning equipment and techniques are discussed in U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/992,392; Filing Date: Dec. 5, 2007, entitled “Method and Apparatus to Improve Design, Manufacture, Performance and/or Use of Well Tools” now U.S. patent Ser. No. ______. CFD programs are available from various vendors. One example of a CFD program satisfactory for use with the present invention is FLUENT, available from ANSYS, Inc. located in Canonsburg, Pa.
- Various computer programs and computer models may be used to design blades, cutting elements, fluid flow paths and/or associated rotary drill bits. Examples of such methods and systems which may be used to design and evaluate performance of cutting elements and rotary drill bits are shown in U.S. Patent Applications entitled “Methods and Systems for Designing and/or Selecting Drilling Equipment Using Predictions of Rotary Drill Bit Walk,” application Ser. No. 11/462,898, filing date Aug. 7, 2006, (now U.S. patent Ser. No. ______); U.S. patent application entitled “Methods and Systems of Rotary Drill Bit Steerability Prediction, Rotary Drill Bit Design and Operation,” application Ser. No. 11/462,918, filed Aug. 7, 2006, (now U.S. patent Ser. No. ______) and U.S. Patent Application entitled “Methods and Systems for Design and/or Selection of Drilling Equipment Based on Wellbore Simulations,” application Ser. No. 11/462,929, filing date Aug. 7, 2006, (now U.S. patent Ser. No. ______).
- The terms “dual surface compositions”, “dual exterior composition”, dual phase surface” and/or “dual phase exterior” may be used to describe a matrix body having one or more layers of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix body. The matrix body may be formed from one or more matrix materials. Hard materials forming the layer or layers at the selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix body may generally have a hardness greater than the hardness of matrix materials used to form the associated matrix body.
- The term “gage pad” as used in this application may include a gage, gage segment or gage portion disposed on exterior portion of a blade. Gage pads may often contact adjacent portions of a wellbore formed by an associated rotary drill bit. Exterior portions of blades and/or associated gage pads may be disposed at various angles, either positive or negative and/or parallel, relative to adjacent portions of a straight wellbore. A gage pad may include one or more layers of material formed in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. One or more gage pads may be disposed on a blade.
- The terms “matrix deposit” and/or “metallic matrix deposit” may refer to a layer or layers of hard material disposed at selected exterior portions of a matrix body and/or substrate to protect the matrix body and/or the substrate at the selected locations from abrasion, erosion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces. A matrix deposit may also sometimes be referred to as “metallic alloy material” or as a “deposit matrix.” Various binders and/or binding materials such as cobalt, nickel, copper, iron and alloys thereof may be used to form a matrix deposit with hard, abrasion resistant materials and/or particles dispersed therein and bonded thereto. Nickel based alloys with increased ductility may be used at locations subject to erosion and/or abrasion.
- Various types of tungsten carbide particles and/or pellets having an optimum size and/or optimum weight percentage of binder or binding material may be included as part of a matrix deposit or layer of hard material incorporating teachings of the present disclosure. One or more layers of hard material may be formed on a matrix body from a wide range of hard metal alloys and other hard materials.
- The term “tungsten carbide” may include monotungsten carbide (WC), ditungsten carbide (W2C), macrocrystalline tungsten carbide.
- The terms “tungsten carbide pellet,” “WC pellet,” “tungsten carbide pellets” and “WC pellets” may refer to nuggets, spheres and/or particles of tungsten carbide formed with an optimum size and/or weight percentage of binding material in accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure. The terms “binder”, “binding material” and/or “binder materials” may be used interchangeably in this Application.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing showing one example of a fixed cutter drill bit or matrix drill bit having one or more layers of hard material disposed on exterior portion thereof in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.Matrix drill bit 20 as shown inFIG. 1 may sometimes be referred to as a “rotary drill bit,” “fixed cutter drill bit” or “drag bit”.Matrix drill bit 20 may includematrix bit body 50 having a plurality ofblades 54 extending radially therefrom. Respective fluid flow paths (sometimes referred to as “junk slots”) 56 may be disposed betweenadjacent blades 54. Eachblade 54 may include respective leadingsurface 51 and trailingsurface 52.Arrow 24 indicates the general direction of rotation ofrotary drill bit 20 relative to an associated bit rotational axis (not expressly shown) during formation of a wellbore (not expressly shown). - First end or
downhole end 21 ofmatrix drill bit 20 may include a plurality of cuttingelements 60 operable to engage downhole formation materials and remove such materials to form a wellbore. Each cuttingelement 60 may be disposed inrespective pocket 62 formed onexterior portion 58 ofrespective blade 54. Each cuttingelement 60 may includerespective cutting surface 64 formed from hard materials satisfactory for engaging and removing adjacent downhole formation materials (not expressly shown). -
Cutting elements 60 may scrape and gouge formation materials from the bottom and sides of a wellbore (not expressly shown) during rotation ofmatrix drill bit 20. For some applications, various types of polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutters may be satisfactorily used as cuttingelements 60. A matrix drill bit having PDC cutters may sometimes be referred to as a “PDC bit”. -
Second end 22 ofmatrix drill bit 20 may include shank or tool joint 30 operable to releasably engagematrix drill bit 20 with a drill string (not expressly shown), bottom hole assembly (not expressly shown) and/or a downhole drilling motor (not expressly shown) to rotatematrix drill bit 20 during formation of a wellbore.Shank 30 and associated bit blank 36 may be described as having respective generally hollow cylindrical configurations defined in part by a fluid flow passageway extending therethrough. See, for examplefluid flow passageway 32 inFIG. 6 . Various types of threaded connections such as American Petroleum Institute (API) drill pipe connection or threadedpin 34 may be formed onshank 30 proximatesecond end 22 ofmatrix drill bit 20.Shank 30 may also includebit breaker slots 35. - Various techniques may be used to securely engage generally
hollow shank 30 with portions of bit blank 36 extending frommatrix bit body 50. See for exampleFIGS. 1 and 6 . For example,weld 39 may be formed ingroove 38 disposed between and extending around the perimeter ofshank 30 and bit blank 36. - For some applications each
blade 54 may includerespective recess 70 formed inexterior portion 58 of eachblade 54. The location and dimensions of eachrecess 70 may be selected to correspond generally with a selected location for forming a gage pad on associatedblade 54.FIGS. 5 and 6 show one example of techniques which may be satisfactorily used to formrespective recess 70 at selected locations onexterior portion 58 of eachblade 54. One or more layers of hard material may be disposed within eachrecess 70 in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. -
FIGS. 3A and 3B andFIGS. 4A and 4B show examples ofwelding rods recess 70 in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. Weldingrods - One or
more nozzle openings 66 may be formed in exterior portions ofmatrix bit body 50. Respective nozzle 68 may be disposed in eachnozzle opening 66. Various types of drilling fluid may be pumped from surface drilling equipment (not expressly shown) through an associated drill string (not expressly shown) attached to threadedconnection 34 of shank or tool joint 30 tofluid flow passageway 32 disposed withinmatrix bit body 50. One or more fluid flow paths may be formed inmatrix bit body 50 to communicate drilling fluid and/or other fluids to associated nozzle 68. See forexample fluid passageways FIG. 6 . For some embodiments, one ormore layers 101 of hard material may be disposed on exterior portions ofmatrix bit body 50 adjacent tonozzle opening 66. See for exampleFIG. 1 . - One or more layers of
hard material 102 may be disposed on exterior portions of one ormore blades 54 proximate a transition or junction betweenadjacent junk slot 56 and associated leadingsurface 51. One ormore layers 103 of hard material may be disposed on trailingsurface 52 of one ormore blades 54. In a similar manner, one ormore layers 104 of hard material may be disposed onexterior portion 58 of eachblade 54 proximate associatedpockets 62 and/or cuttingelements 60. One ormore layers 105 of hard material may be disposed exterior portions of selected pockets 62. Respective locations, dimensions and configurations forlayers - U.S. Pat. No. 6,296,069 entitled Bladed Drill Bit with Centrally Distributed Diamond Cutters and U.S. Pat. No. 6,302,224 entitled Drag-Bit Drilling with Multiaxial Tooth Inserts show various examples of blades and/or cutting elements which may be used with a matrix bit body incorporating teachings of the present disclosure. It will be apparent to persons having ordinary skill in the art that a wide variety of fixed cutter drill bits, drag bits and other drill bits may be satisfactorily formed with a matrix bit body incorporating teachings of the present disclosure. The present disclosure is not limited to
matrix drill bit 20 or any specific features as shown inFIGS. 1-6 . - A wide variety of molds may be satisfactorily used to form a matrix bit body and associated matrix drill bit in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.
Mold assembly 200 shown inFIG. 2A andmold assembly 200 a shown inFIG. 5 represents only two examples of mold assemblies satisfactory for use in forming a matrix bit body incorporating teachings of the present disclosure. U.S. Pat. No. 5,373,907 entitled Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing And Inspecting The Quality Of A Matrix Body Drill Bit shows additional details concerning mold assemblies and conventional matrix bit bodies. -
Layers mold assembly 200 atlocations matrix drill bit 20. One or more layers 101-105 of hard material may be disposed at each location in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. For some applications a composite layer or multiple layers of hard material may be disposed at each location inmold assembly 200. See for exampleFIG. 2B . For other applications a single layer of hard material may be disposed at each location inmold assembly 200. See for exampleFIG. 2C . -
Mold assemblies FIGS. 2A , 5 and 6 represent only two examples of molds and/or mold assemblies which may be satisfactorily used to form a matrix body incorporating teachings of the present disclosure.Mold assemblies end 201 and second,closed end 202 withrespective mold cavity Mold cavities respective mold assemblies - For some embodiments, interior portions of
mold cavities 252 and/or 252 a may be coated with a mold wash to prevent gasses, produced by heating and/or cooling of associatedmold assemblies respective mold cavities Mold assemblies 200 and/or 200 a may also be placed within a container (not expressly shown). Interior portions of such containers may be designed to receive exterior portions ofmold assemblies 200 and/or 200 a. Such containers may sometimes be referred to as a “housing”, “crucible” and/or “bucket”. -
Mold assembly 200 as shown inFIG. 2A may include a plurality ofdisplacements 208 disposed on interior portions ofmold cavity 252. The configuration and dimensions associated with eachdisplacement 208 may be selected to generally correspond withblades 54 andfluid flow paths 56 formed on exterior portions ofmatrix bit body 50. - Depending on the type of materials used to form
mold assembly 200 and/or heating and cooling cycles associated with formingmatrix bit body 50, out gassing may occur. For such applications, a plurality of internal flow paths (not expressly shown) may be formed withinmold assembly 200. Such fluid flow paths may communicate gasses associated with heating and cooling ofmold assembly 200 throughfluid flow channels 206 and/or exterior portions ofmold assembly 200. -
Mold cavity 252 as shown inFIG. 2A may be formed with a plurality ofnegative blade profiles 210 disposed betweenrespective displacements 208. For some applications,mold assembly 200 and associated components may be formed using a 3D printer in combination with 3D design data. A plurality of negative pocket recesses orpocket profiles 262 may be formed within eachnegative blade profile 210. Negative pocket recesses 262 may have complex configurations and/or orientations as desired forrespective pocket 62 and associated cuttingelement 60. -
Locations 101 a-105 a withinmold assembly 200 may be selected to correspond generally with locations on exterior portions of associatedmatrix drill bit 20 where high erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigued forces may be applied. For example, one or more layers of hard material may be disposed atlocation 101 a to minimize erosion from fluid flowing from associated nozzle 68. One or more layers of hard material may be disposed atlocations junk slot 56. One or more layers of a second hard material may be disposed atlocations 104 a to minimize erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces applied toexterior portions 58 of associatedblade 54 during engagement of associated cuttingelements 60 with adjacent downhole formation materials. One or more layers of hard material may be disposed atlocation 105 a on exterior portions of associatedpocket 62 to minimize erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue forces resulting from respective cuttingelement 60 engaging and removing downhole formation materials. -
FIGS. 2B and 2C show examples of layers of hard materials which may be disposed at one ormore locations 101 a-105 a in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure.FIG. 2B shows first layer orsublayer 111, second layer orsublayer 112 and third layer orsublayer 113 disposed atlocation 101 a inmold assembly 200. The resulting configuration of layers orsublayers sublayer layer large pellets 130 and/or 140. Also, a plurality of smaller pellets andmatrix material 131 used to form associatedmatrix drill bit 20 may also be disposed withinlayers - For embodiments such as shown in
FIG. 2B ,first layer 111 may start with a layer of glue disposed atlocation 101 a. Various types of glue and/or adhesive materials including, but not limited to, aerosol adhesives such as Super 77 Multipurpose Adhesive available from 3M Company located in St. Paul, Minn. may be satisfactorily used. Hard particles orhard pellets 130 as shown inFIGS. 2B and 3C and/orhard pellets 140 as shown inFIGS. 4B and 4C may then be disbursed within the glue offirst layer 111.Matrix material 131 may also be disbursed withinfirst layer 111. The ratio of hard pellets or hard particles with respect to matrix material may be selected to provide desired uniformity of the resultingfirst layer 111 and desired hardness. - A second layer of glue may be disposed on first layer 110 at
location 101 a. Additionalhard pellets 130 and/or 140 may then be distributed within the glue atsecond layer 112.Matrix material 131 may be disbursed within the glue atsecond layer 112. Similar procedures may be used to formthird layer 113 and additional layers of glue, hard pellets and/or matrix material as desired for each selected location on exterior portions ofmatrix drill bit 20. - The dimensions and configuration of each layer of glue may be selected to correspond with desired dimensions and configuration of corresponding layers 101-105 of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of
matrix drill bit 20. For some applications, the total thickness of the hard material disposed atrespective locations 101 a-105 a may be between approximately 0.25 inches and 0.5 inches. -
FIG. 2C is a schematic drawing showingsingle layer 114 and hard materials which may also be disposed atlocation 101 a or any other desired location inmold assembly 200. The overall configuration and dimensions oflayer 114 inFIG. 2C may be approximately the same ascomposite layer 101 inFIG. 2B . For some applications,pellets 130 and/or 140 as shown inFIG. 2C may be larger than correspondingpellets 130 and/or 140 as shown inFIG. 2B . For some applications increasing the size of the pellets may accommodate forminglayer 114 inFIG. 2C in a “single pass” of adhesive material and a “single pass” to disperse hard materials therein as compared withcomposite layer 101 formed by using three separate layers orsublayers - The types of hard materials used to form
layers matrix materials matrix bit body 50. Some examples of hard materials which may be satisfactory used to form one or more layers of hard material disposed on exterior portions of a matrix drill bit in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure are shown inFIGS. 3B , 3C, 4B and 4D. -
FIGS. 3C and 4C are schematic representations of respective layers of hard material disposed onmatrix material 131 in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. For purposes of explanation,surface 122 as shown inFIGS. 3C and 4C may be representative of respectiveexterior surfaces 122 associated with layers 101-105 of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions ofmatrix drill bit 50. SeeFIG. 1 .Respective surfaces 122 of layers 101-105 may conform with and be tightly bonded to adjacent matrix materials used to formmatrix bit body 50. The cross sections of a layer of hard material disposed on matrix material as shown inFIGS. 3C and 4C may also be representative of one or more layers of hard material disposed inrecesses 70 to form a gage pad (not expressly shown) onrespective blades 54. -
Layer 103 as shown inFIG. 3C may include tungsten carbide particles orpellets 130 disposed inmatrix 146 in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. Other hard materials and/or hard particles selected from a wide variety of metals, metal alloys, ceramic alloys and/or cermets may also be used to form one ormore layers 103 of hard material. As a result of usingtungsten carbide particles 130 having an optimum weight percentage of binder material,layer 103 may enhance erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigue resistance as compared with exterior portions ofmatrix bit body 50 which do not include such layers of hard material. -
Layer 104 as shown inFIG. 4C may include tungsten carbide particles orpellets 130 and encapsulateddiamond particles 140. In accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. Other hard materials and/or hard particles selected from a wide variety of metals, metal alloys, ceramic alloys and/or cermets may also be used to form one ormore layers 104 of hard material. By including both a combination oftungsten carbide pellets 130 and diamond encrusted particles orpellets 140,layer 104 may have enhanced erosion, abrasion, wear, impact and/or fatigues resistance as compared with exterior portions ofmatrix bit body 50 which do not include such layers of hard material. -
FIGS. 3A and 4A shows examples of welding rods which may be satisfactory used to form one or more layers of hard material on exterior portions ofmatrix bit body 50 such asrespective recesses 70 formed onblades 54 following removal ofmatrix bit body 50 from as associated mold assembly. Thewelding rods - For some applications both new matrix bit bodies and used matrix drill bits may be heated to a desired temperature such as approximately seven hundred degrees Fahrenheit (700° F.) and allowed to “soak” prior to forming one or more layers of hard material on exterior portions thereof using
welding rods - Heating a matrix bit body to an appropriate, relatively uniform temperature may minimize potential cracking or damage to the matrix bit body during welding. After one or more layers of hard material have been disposed at selected locations on the associated matrix bit body, the matrix bit body may be slowly cooled at a desired rate to ambient temperature. The cooling rate may be selected to prevent cracking or damage to the matrix bit body and/or layers of hard material.
- Welding
rod 71 as shown inFIGS. 3A and 3B may be used to form a layer of hard material with characteristics similar tolayer 103 as shown inFIG. 3C . Weldingrod 71 a as shown inFIGS. 4A and 4B may be used to form a layer of hard material with characteristics similar tolayer 104 a shown inFIG. 4C . Weldingrods hollow steel tube 76 which may be closed at both ends withfiller 78 andhard particles 130 and/or 140 or other hard materials disposed therein. - For some applications tungsten carbide pellets may have generally spherical configurations (see
FIGS. 3C and 4C ) with a weight percentage of binder between approximately four percent (4%) plus or minus one percent (1%) of the total weight of each tungsten carbide pellet in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. Tungsten carbide pellets may also be formed with an optimum weight percentage of binder and various non-spherical or partially spherical configurations (not expressly shown). For some applications crushed tungsten carbide pellets may also be used. - Spherical tungsten carbide pellets formed with no binding material or substantially 0% binder may tend to crack and/or fracture during formation of a matrix deposit or hardfacing layer containing such pellets. Tungsten carbide pellets formed with no binding material or substantially 0% binder may also fracture or crack when exposed to thermal stress and/or impact stress. Spherical tungsten carbide pellets formed with relatively high percentages (5% or greater) by weight of binding material or binder may tend to break down or dissolve into solution during formation of an associated matrix deposit or hardfacing layer. As a result, such spherical tungsten carbide pellets and associated matrix deposit or hardfacing layer may have less abrasion, erosion, wear, impact, and/or fatigue resistance than desired. Spherical tungsten carbide pellets with more than 5% binder may crack when exposed to thermal stress and/or impact stress.
- Tungsten carbide pellets formed with an optimum percentage of binding material or binder may neither crack nor dissolve into solution in associated matrix material during formation of one or more layers of hard material. Spherical tungsten carbide pellets formed with an optimum percentage of binding material and/or binder may also neither crack nor fracture when exposed to thermal stress and/or impact stress. Forming tungsten carbide pellets with an optimum weight percentage of binding material in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure may improve weldability of the tungsten carbide pellets and may substantially improve temperature stress resistance and/or impact stress resistance of the tungsten carbide pellets to fracturing and/or cracking.
- For some applications layers of hard material formed with spherical tungsten carbide particles having an optimum weight percentage of binder have shown improved wear properties during testing of associated layers and/or matrix deposits. For some applications improvement in wear properties may increase approximately forty-five percent (45%) during wear testing in accordance with ASTM B611 as compared with a matrix deposits or layers of hard material having spherical tungsten carbide particles with binding material representing five percent (5%) or greater the total weight of each tungsten carbide particle.
- Layers of hard material may be formed with tungsten carbide pellets having an optimum weight percentage of binding material in a wide range of mesh sizes. For some applications the size of such tungsten carbide pellets may vary between approximately 12 U.S. mesh and 100 U.S. mesh. The ability to use a wide range of mesh sizes may substantially reduce costs of manufacturing such tungsten carbide pellets and costs associated with forming a deposit matrix or hardfacing with such tungsten carbide pellets. For example,
tungsten carbide pellets 130 as shown inFIG. 3C or 4C may have a size range from approximately 12 to 100 U.S. Mesh. - Depending upon selected locations for depositing one or more layers of hard material on a matrix bit body,
tungsten carbide pellets 130 may be selected within a more limited size range such as 40 U.S. Mesh to 80 U.S. Mesh. For other applications,tungsten carbide pellets 130 may be selected from two or more different size ranges such as 30 to 60 mesh and 80 to 100 mesh.Tungsten carbide pellets 130 may have approximately the same general spherical configuration. However, by includingtungsten carbide pellets 130 or other hard particles with different configurations and/or mesh ranges, wear, erosion, abrasion, impact, and/or fatigue resistance of resulting layers of hard material may be modified to accommodate specific downhole operating environments for an associated matrix drill bit. By increasing the size oftungsten carbide pellets 130, a single layer of hard material having optimum thickness may be deposited withinmold assembly 200 with a single pass. For some applications the optimum size for tungsten carbide pellets may be approximately sixteen (16) mesh to thirty (30) mesh. - Tungsten carbide pellets may be formed by cementing, sintering, and/or HIP-sintering (sometimes referred to as “sinter-hipping”) fine grains of tungsten carbide with an optimum weight percentage of binding material. Sintered tungsten carbide pellets may be made from a mixture of tungsten carbide and binding material such as cobalt powder. Other examples of binding materials include, but are not limited to cobalt, nickel, boron, molybdenum, niobium, chromium, iron, and alloys of these elements. Various alloys of such binding materials may also be used to form tungsten carbide pellets in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. The weight percentage of the binding material may be approximately four percent (4%) plus or minus one percent (1%) of the total weight of each tungsten carbide pellet.
- A mixture of tungsten carbide and binding material may be used to form green pellets. The green pellets may then be sintered or HIP-sintered at temperatures near the melting point of cobalt to form either sintered or HIP-sintered tungsten carbide pellets with an optimum weight percentage of binding material. HIP-sintering may sometimes be referred to as “over pressure sintering” or as “sinter-hipping.”
- Sintering a green pellet generally includes heating the green pellet to a desired temperature at approximately atmospheric pressure in a furnace with no force or pressure applied to the green pellet. HIP-sintering a green pellet generally includes heating the green pellet to a desired temperature in a vacuum furnace with pressure or force applied to the green pellet.
- A hot isostatic press (HIP) sintering vacuum furnace generally uses higher pressures and lower temperatures as compared to a conventional sintering vacuum furnace. For example, a sinter-HIP vacuum furnace may operate at approximately 1400° C. with a pressure or force of approximately 800 μsi applied to one or more hot tungsten carbide pellets. Construction and operation of sinter-HIP vacuum furnaces are well known. The melting point of binding material used to form tungsten carbide pellets may generally decrease with increased pressure. Furnaces associated with sintering and HIP-sintering are typically able to finely control temperature during formation of tungsten carbide pellets.
- Layers of hard material disposed at selected locations on exterior portions of a matrix body may include tungsten carbide particles or
pellets 130 having an optimum weight percentage of binding material in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure. Other hard materials and/or hard particles selected from a wide variety of metals, metal alloys, ceramic alloys, and cermets may be used to form layers 101-105 of hard material. As a result of usingtungsten carbide particles 130 having an optimum weight percentage of binding material, layers 101-105 of hard material may have significantly enhanced abrasion, erosion, wear, impact, and/or fatigue resistance. - A plurality of
tungsten carbide pellets 130 having an optimum weight percentage of binding material in accordance with teachings of the present disclosure may be dispersed withinfiller 78. A plurality ofcoated diamond particles 140 may also be dispersed withinfiller 78 ofwelding rod 71 a. Conventional tungsten carbide particles or pellets (not expressly shown) which do not have an optimum weight percentage of binder material may sometimes be included as part offiller 78. For some applications,filler 78 may include a deoxidizer and a temporary resin binder. Examples of deoxidizers satisfactory for use with the present disclosure may include various alloys of iron, manganese, and silicon. - For some applications, the weight of
welding rods 71 and/or 71 a may be approximately fifty-five percent to eightypercent filler 78 and twenty to thirty percent ormore steel tube 76. Layers of hard material formed by welding rods with less than approximately fifty-five percent by weight offiller 78 may not provide sufficient wear resistance. Welding rods with more than approximately eighty percent by weight offiller 78 may be difficult to use to form layers of hard material with desired dimensions including thickness and/or desired configurations. - Loose material such as powders of hard material selected from the group consisting of tungsten, niobium, vanadium, molybdenum, silicon, titanium, tantalum, zirconium, chromium, yttrium, boron, carbon and carbides, nitrides, oxides, or silicides of these materials may be included as part of
filler 78. The loose material may also include a powdered mixture selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, iron, cobalt, and alloys of these elements to formmatrix bit body 50. Powders of materials selected from the group consisting of metal borides, metal carbides, metal oxides, metal nitrides, and other superhard or superabrasive alloys may be included withinfiller 78. The specific compounds and elements selected forfiller 78 will generally depend upon intended applications for the resulting matrix drill bit and selected welding technique. - When
tungsten carbide pellets 130 are mixed with other hard particles, such ascoated diamond particles 140, both types of hard particles may have approximately the same density. One of the technical benefits of the present disclosure may include varying the percentage of binding materials associated withtungsten carbide pellets 130 and thus the density oftungsten carbide pellets 130 to ensure compatibility withcoated diamond particles 140 and/ormatrix portion 146 of layers 101-105 of hard material. -
Tungsten carbide pellets 130 with or withoutcoated diamond particles 140 and selected loose materials may be included as part of a continuous welding rod (not expressly shown), composite welding rod (not expressly shown), core wire (not expressly shown) and/or welding rope (not expressly shown). For some applications flexible, hard facing ropes may be satisfactorily used to form one or more layers of hard material at selected locations on exterior portions of a new matrix drill bit or a used (dull) matrix drill bit. Flexible welding rope or hard facing rope may be available from several vendors including, but not limited to, Technogenia, Inc. having offices in Conroe, Tex. and Atlanta, Ga. Some welding ropes may include a central small diameter nickel wire coated with a thick layer of hard particles and matrix material such shown inFIGS. 3B and 4B . - Oxyacetylene welding, atomic hydrogen welding techniques, tungsten inert gas (TIG-GTA), stick welding, SMAW and/or GMAW welding techniques may be satisfactorily used to form layers of hard material at selected locations on used matrix drill bit or new matrix bit bodies using welding rods, welding rope, etc.
- For some applications, a mixture of
tungsten carbide pellets 130 andcoated diamond particles 140 may be blended and thermally sprayed onto select portions of a matrix body of a matrix body using techniques well known in the art. A laser may then be used to densify and fuse the resulting powdered mixture at selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix body. U.S. Pat. No. 4,781,770 entitled “A process For Laser Hardfacing Drill Bit Cones Having Hard Cutter Inserts” shows one process satisfactory for use with the present disclosure. - Layers of
hard material FIG. 3C andFIG. 4C may include a plurality oftungsten carbide particles 130 embedded or encapsulated inmatrix portions matrix portions applications matrix portions matrix 131. - Coated diamond particles or encrusted
diamond particles 140 may be formed using various techniques such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,770,907 entitled “Method for Forming Metal-Coated Abrasive Grain Granules” and U.S. Pat. No. 5,405,573 entitled “Diamond Pellets and Saw Blade Segments Made Therewith.” -
Coated diamond particles 140 may includediamond 144 withcoating 142 disposed thereon. Materials used to form coating 142 may be metallurgically and chemically compatible with materials used to form bothmatrix portion 146 a and binder fortungsten carbide pellets 130. For many applications, the same material or materials used to form coating 142 will also be used to formmatrix portion 146 a and associated matrix bit body. - Metallurgical bonds may be formed between
coating 142 of eachcoated diamond particle 140 andmatrix portion 146 a. As a result of such metallurgical or chemical bonds coateddiamond particles 140 may remain fixed within layers of hard material 101-105 until the adjacenttungsten carbide pellets 130 and/or other hard materials inmatrix portion 146 a have been worn away.Coated diamond particles 140 may provide high levels of abrasion, erosion and wear resistance to protect an associated matrix body as compared with hardfacing formed fromonly matrix portion 146 a andtungsten carbide pellets 130. High abrasion, erosion, wear, impact, and/or fatigue resistance of the newly exposedtungsten carbide pellets 130 and/orcoated diamond particles 140 may increase overall abrasion, erosion, wear, impact, and/or fatigue resistance of layers of hard material 101-105. As surroundingmatrix portion 146 a continues to be worn away, additionaltungsten carbide pellets 130 and/orcoated diamond particles 140 may be exposed to provide continued protection and increased useful life of an associated matrix drill bit. - Additional information about coated or encrusted diamond particles and other hard particles may be found in U.S. Pat. No. 6,469,278 entitled “Hardfacing Having Coated Ceramic Particles Or Coated Particles Of Other Hard Materials;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,170,583 entitled “Inserts And Compacts Having Coated Or Encrusted Cubic Boron Nitride Particles;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,138,779 entitled “Hardfacing Having Coated Ceramic Particles Or Coated Particles Of Other Hard Materials Placed On A Rotary Cone Cutter” and U.S. Pat. No. 6,102,140 entitled “Inserts And Compacts Having Coated Or Encrusted Diamond Particles.”
- The ratio of
coated diamond particles 140 or other hard particles with respect totungsten carbide pellets 130 disposed within layers of hard material 101-105 may be varied to provide desired erosion, abrasion, wear, impact, and fatigue resistance for an associated matrix bit body depending upon anticipated downhole operating environment. For some extremely harsh environments, the ratio ofcoated diamond particles 140 totungsten carbide particles 130 may be 10:1. For other downhole drilling environments, the ratio may be substantially reversed. - Tube rod welding with an oxyacetylene torch (not shown) may be satisfactorily used to form metallurgical bonds between layers of hard material and adjacent portions of
matrix bit body 50 and metallurgical and/or mechanical bonds betweenmatrix portion 146 andtungsten carbide pellets 130. For other applications, laser welding techniques may be used to form layers of hard material on exterior portions of a matrix body. -
Mold assembly 200 a as shown inFIG. 5 may include several components such asmold 203 a, gauge ring orconnector ring 204 a, and funnel 220 a. Mold 203 a,gauge ring 204 a, and funnel 220 a may be formed from graphite or other suitable materials. Various techniques may be used including, but not limited to, machining a graphite blank to formmold cavity 252 a having a negative profile or a reverse profile of desired exterior features for a resulting fixed cutter drill bit. Forexample mold cavity 204 a may have a negative profile which corresponds with the exterior profile or configuration ofblades 54 andjunk slots 56 as shown inFIG. 1 . - Various types of temporary displacement materials and mold insert may be satisfactorily installed within
mold cavity 252 a depending on the desired configuration of a resulting matrix drill bit. For example mold inserts 70 a may be formed from various materials such as consolidated sand and/or graphite may be disposed withinmold cavity 104. Various resins may be satisfactorily used to form consolidated sand. Mold inserts 70 a may have configurations and dimensions corresponding with desired features ofmatrix bit body 50 such asrecess 70 formed inexterior portion 58 ofblades 54. The dimensions and configuration of mold inserts 70 a and associatedrecesses 70 may be selected to correspond with desired dimensions and configuration for resulting gage pads (not expressly shown) onrespective blades 54. -
Matrix bit body 50 may include relatively large fluid cavity orchamber 32 with multiplefluid flow passageways FIG. 6 . As shown inFIG. 5 , displacement materials such as consolidated sand may be installed withinmold assembly 200 a at desired locations to form portions ofcavity 32 andfluid flow passages consolidated sand legs fluid flow passageways cavity 32 to respective nozzles 68. - A relatively large, generally cylindrically shaped
consolidated sand core 150 may be placed on thelegs sand core 150 will depend upon the desired number of nozzle openings in a resulting matrix bit body. - After desired displacement materials, including
core 150 andlegs mold assembly 200 a,matrix material 131 having desired characteristics formatrix bit body 50 may be placed withinmold assembly 200 a. The present disclosure allows the use of matrix materials having characteristics of toughness and wear resistance for forming a fix cutter drill bit or drag bit. - A generally hollow, cylindrical bit blank 36 may then be placed within
mold assembly 200 a. Bit blank 36 preferably includes insidediameter 37 which is larger than the outside diameter ofsand core 150. Various fixtures (not expressly shown) may be used to position bit blank 36 withinmold assembly 200 a at a desired location spaced fromfirst matrix material 131. - For some applications
second matrix material 132 such as tungsten powder may then be placed inmold assembly 200 a between exterior portions of bit blank 36 and adjacent interior portions offunnel 220 a.Second matrix material 132 may be a relatively soft powder which forms a matrix that may subsequently be machined to provide a desired exterior configuration and transition betweenmatrix bit body 50 and bit blank 36. SeeFIG. 6 .Second matrix material 132 may sometimes be described as an “infiltrated machinable powder.” -
Matrix material 131 may be cemented carbides and/or spherical carbides as previously discussed. Alloys of cobalt, iron, and/or nickel may be used to form cemented carbides and/or spherical carbides. For some matrix drill bit designs an alloy concentration of approximately six percent in the first matrix material may provide optimum results. Alloy concentrations between three percent and six percent and between approximately six percent and fifteen percent may also be satisfactory for some matrix drill bit designs. However, alloy concentrations greater than approximately fifteen percent and alloy concentrations less than approximately three percent may result in less than optimum characteristics of a resulting matrix bit body. - A typical infiltration process for forming
matrix bit body 50 may begin by formingmold assembly 200 a.Gage ring 204 a may be threaded onto the top ofmold 203 a. Funnel 220 a may be threaded onto the top ofgage ring 204 a to extendmold assembly 200 a to a desired height to hold previously described matrix materials and binder material. Displacement materials such as, but not limited to, mold inserts 70 a,legs sand core 150 may then be loaded intomold assembly 200 a if not previously placed inmold cavity 252 a.Matrix materials mold assembly 200 a as previously described. - As
mold assemblies mold assembly matrix materials matrix materials matrix bit body 50. -
Binder material 160 may be placed on top oflayer 132, bit blank 36 andcore 150.Binder material 160 may be covered with a flux layer (not expressly shown). A cover or lid (not expressly shown) may be placed overmold assembly 200 a.Mold assembly 200 a and materials disposed therein may be preheated and then placed in a furnace (not expressly shown). When the furnace temperature reaches the melting point ofbinder material 160,liquid binder material 160 may infiltratematrix materials FIG. 2A . -
Mold assembly 200 a may then be removed from the furnace and cooled at a controlled rate. Once cooled,mold assembly 200 a may be broken away to exposematrix bit body 50. See for exampleFIG. 6 . - Although the present disclosure has been described with several embodiments, various changes and modifications may be suggested to one skilled in the art. It is intended that the present disclosure encompass such changes and modifications as fall within the scope of the present appended claims.
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1-22. (canceled)
24. A method of making a matrix drill bit comprising:
determining potential locations for excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of a matrix bit body;
placing layers of hard material at selected locations on interior portions of a matrix bit body mold corresponding with the potential locations for excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of the associated matrix bit body;
placing a hollow bit blank in the matrix bit body mold;
placing at least one matrix material selected from the group consisting of cemented carbides, composite carbides, spherical carbides, macrocrystalline tungsten carbide and cast carbide and formulates thereof in the mold;
placing a binder material in the mold with the binder material disposed proximate the matrix material and the hollow bit blank;
heating the mold and the materials disposed therein to a selected temperature to allow the binder material to melt and infiltrate the matrix material and the layers of hard material and associated tungsten carbide pellets with hot, liquid binder material; and
cooling the mold and materials disposed therein to form a matrix bit body with multiple layers of hard material disposed proximate selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix bit body.
24. The method of claim 23 further comprising forming interior portions of the matrix bit body with more than one matrix material.
25. The method of claim 23 further comprising forming multiple layers of tungsten carbide pellets at selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix bit body associated with engaging and removing downhole formation materials during formation of a wellbore.
26. The method of claim 23 further comprising forming multiple layers of crushed sintered tungsten carbide at selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix bit body associated with engaging and removing downhole formation materials during formation of a wellbore.
27. (canceled)
28. The method of claim 23 further comprising forming the layers of the hard material with respective dimensions including thickness selected to minimize erosion, abrasion and/or wear proximate the corresponding selected location on exterior portions of the matrix bit body.
29. A method of making a matrix drill bit comprising:
determining potential locations for excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of a matrix bit body;
placing first layers of adhesive material at selected locations on interior portions of a matrix bit body mold corresponding with the potential locations for excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of a matrix bit body;
placing tungsten carbide pellets in each first layer of adhesive material;
placing a respective second layer of adhesive material on each first layer of adhesive material and associated tungsten carbide pellets;
placing additional tungsten carbide pellets in each second layer of adhesive material;
placing a hollow bit blank in the matrix bit body mold;
placing at least one matrix material selected from the group consisting of cemented carbides, composite carbides, spherical carbides, macrocrystalline tungsten carbide and cast carbide and formulates thereof in the mold;
placing a binder material in the mold with the binder material disposed proximate the matrix material and the hollow bit blank;
heating the mold and the materials disposed therein to a selected temperature to allow the binder material to melt and infiltrate the matrix material and the layers of adhesive material and associated tungsten carbide pellets with hot, liquid binder material; and
cooling the mold and materials disposed therein to form a matrix bit body with multiple layers of tungsten carbide pellets disposed proximate selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix bit body.
30. The method of claim 29 further comprising forming interior portions of the matrix bit body with more than one matrix material.
31. The method of claim 29 further comprising forming multiple layers of tungsten carbide pellets at selected locations on exterior portions of the matrix bit body associated with engaging and removing downhole formation materials during formation of a wellbore.
32. (canceled)
33. The method of claim 29 further comprising selecting the adhesive material from the group consisting of one component adhesives and two component adhesives.
34. The method of claim 29 further comprising forming the layers of second material with respective dimensions including thickness selected to minimize erosion, abrasion and/or wear proximate the corresponding selected location on exterior portions of the matrix bit body.
35. The method of claim 29 further comprising:
forming the mold cavity with a plurality of displacements disposed therein and each displacement having a complex, arcuate configuration corresponding with a desired configuration for a respective fluid flow path disposed on exterior portions of the a head; and
forming the mold cavity with a plurality of negative blade profiles with each negative blade profile disposed between associated displacements and each negative blade profile having a complex, arcuate configuration corresponding with a desired configuration for a respective blade disposed on exterior portions of the bit head.
36. The method of claim 29 further comprising selecting an infiltration material from the group consisting of tungsten carbide, monotungsten carbide, ditungsten carbide, macro crystalline tungsten carbide, other metal carbides, metal borides, metal oxides, metal nitrides, polycrystalline diamond (PCD) or mixtures of such infiltration materials.
37-55. (canceled)
56. The method of claim 24 , wherein determining comprises simulating fluid flow over exterior portions of the matrix drill bit in combination with analyzing wear patterns on exterior portions of a similar used matrix drill bit.
57. The method of claim 56 , wherein simulating fluid flow comprises using a computational fluid dynamics program.
58. The method of claim 56 , wherein analyzing wear patterns comprises three dimensional (3D) scanning of the similar used matrix drill bit to determine areas of excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of the used matrix bit body.
59. The method of claim 58 , wherein 3D scanning comprises digital scanning.
60. The method of claim 56 , wherein analyzing wear patterns comprises visual inspection of the similar used matrix drill bit to determine areas of excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of the used matrix bit body.
61. The method of claim 24 , wherein determining comprises three dimensional (3D) scanning of a similar used matrix drill bit to determine areas of excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of the used matrix bit body.
62. The method of claim 61 , wherein 3D scanning comprises digital scanning.
63. The method of claim 24 , wherein determining comprises visual inspection of a similar used matrix drill bit to determine areas of excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of the used matrix bit body.
64. The method of claim 29 , wherein determining comprises simulating fluid flow over exterior portions of the matrix drill bit in combination with analyzing wear patterns on exterior portions of a similar used matrix drill bit.
65. The method of claim 64 , wherein simulating fluid flow comprises using a computational fluid dynamics program.
66. The method of claim 64 , wherein analyzing wear patterns comprises three dimensional (3D) scanning of the similar used matrix drill bit to determine areas of excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of the used matrix bit body.
67. The method of claim 66 , wherein 3D scanning comprises digital scanning.
68. The method of claim 64 , wherein analyzing wear patterns comprises visual inspection of the similar used matrix drill bit to determine areas of excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of the used matrix bit body.
69. The method of claim 29 , wherein determining comprises three dimensional (3D) scanning of a similar used matrix drill bit to determine areas of excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of the used matrix bit body.
70. The method of claim 69 , wherein 3D scanning comprises digital scanning.
71. The method of claim 29 , wherein determining comprises visual inspection of a similar used matrix drill bit to determine areas of excessive erosion, abrasion and/or wear of exterior portions of the used matrix bit body.
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