CA1039266A - Drill bit - Google Patents

Drill bit

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CA1039266A
CA1039266A CA258,777A CA258777A CA1039266A CA 1039266 A CA1039266 A CA 1039266A CA 258777 A CA258777 A CA 258777A CA 1039266 A CA1039266 A CA 1039266A
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sleeve
drill bit
bit according
journal
silver
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CA258,777A
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French (fr)
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Henry W. Murdoch
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Reed Tool Co
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Reed Tool Co
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Priority claimed from US05/604,264 external-priority patent/US3990751A/en
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B10/00Drill bits
    • E21B10/08Roller bits
    • E21B10/22Roller bits characterised by bearing, lubrication or sealing details
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C17/00Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C17/12Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement characterised by features not related to the direction of the load
    • F16C17/18Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement characterised by features not related to the direction of the load with floating brasses or brushing, rotatable at a reduced speed
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C33/00Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
    • F16C33/02Parts of sliding-contact bearings
    • F16C33/04Brasses; Bushes; Linings
    • F16C33/06Sliding surface mainly made of metal
    • F16C33/12Structural composition; Use of special materials or surface treatments, e.g. for rust-proofing
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C33/00Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
    • F16C33/02Parts of sliding-contact bearings
    • F16C33/04Brasses; Bushes; Linings
    • F16C33/06Sliding surface mainly made of metal
    • F16C33/12Structural composition; Use of special materials or surface treatments, e.g. for rust-proofing
    • F16C33/122Multilayer structures of sleeves, washers or liners
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C2352/00Apparatus for drilling

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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A roller cutter drill bit comprises a body having a journal, a roller cutter, bearing means for rotatively mounting a roller cutter on the journal and a part of said bearing means including a hard, tough metal bushing with a lubricant metal coated thereon, and positioned between the sleeve and the journal and between the sleeve and the roller cutter to prevent galling.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF T~E INVENTION
The drilling industry has devoted considerable effort to the improvement of bearings for roller cutter drill bits.
To have a suffiGiently long drilling life to be commercially -useful, the bearings should have a minimum of friction and wear. ;
Many hard, tough bearing metals have the disadvantage that they tend to gall badly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides an improved roller cutter drill bit bearing of a hard, tough metal having sufficient lubricity that the tendency toward galling is overcome.
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improved roller cutter drill bit having a bearing means with ~15 a long life. ~. --A further object is to provide an improved roller cutter I drill bit having a bearing of hard tough metal which is not subject to galling.
~ Those objects are attained by the invention which con-j 20 templates a drill bit which comprises a body having a journal '~ extending therefrom, a roller cutter, and bearing means for : A ~ `
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3~3Z66 rotatively mounting the roller cutter on the journal. At leas-t part oE the bearing means i~ncludes a hard tough metal sleeve, haviny a Rockwell C hardness of at least 35 -~ posit~oned around the journal within the roller cutter, and a metal coating on thatsleeve has lubricating properties positioned between the sleeve and the journal and between the sleeve and the roller cutter. The metal coating imparts sufficient ~ ;
lubricity to the sleeve to prevent galling oE the roller cutter and the journal.
BRI~F DE~CRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The figure is a sectional view of a portlon of a drill bit embodying the improved structure of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF T~IE PREFERRED EM~ODIMENTS
; The drill bit 10 shown in the figure includes the body 12 having at least one leg 14 extendiny therefrom. The leg l~ terminates in the journal 16 about which the roller cutter 18 is rotatively mounted by suitable bearing means. The bear-ing means includes the ball bearings 20, the sleeve bearing 22 and the bearing surfaces 24 and 26. The seal 28 is positioned in the groove 30 in roller cutter 18. The seal 28 functions as the outer seal for the lubricant system (not shown) which supplies lubricant to the bearings.
Sleeve bearing 22 is of a floating sleeve type of bearing or bushing. The sleeve bearing 22 is made of a hard tough metal which has a Rockwell C hardness of at least 35 and is treated to provide a lubricated surface which mitigates or substantially `~
eliminates the tendency toward galling. The metal of the bearing should be hard and tough to resist the high wear encountered in a drill bit. The bearing may be of a beryllium-copper alloy such as an alloy of copper containing 0.25-3.0~ beryllium, preferably about 1.80-2.05%. The alloy may contain lesser amounts of cobalt, nickel and iron, e.g. 0.20-0 30% cobalt or a mixture : of cobalt and nickel of at least 0.2% or a mixture of cobalt, : : ~ . .

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nickel and iron not exceeding '~.6~. An alloy of this type may have a modulus of elasticity of 18,500,000 and may be solution annealed and age hardened to a tensile strength of 165,000 to 190,000 PSI haviny a Rockwell C hardness of 36 to ~1.
Alternatively, the bearing 22 may be of a maraging steel alloy which has been heat treated to a maximum of hardness ' which is preferably of about Rockwell C 50 to 55. Other hard 1 tough alloys may be used and the properties required are a ~' combination of strength, hardness and toughness. The metal should have a high tensile strength accompanied by considerable toughness and a Rockwell C hardness in excess of 35.
' In order to prevent galling, the sleeve bearing 22 is coated, as by plating or by various metalizing techniques, ' with a soft lubricant metal such as lead, indium, tin, copper or ' 15 s;lver. A silver plating or other silver coa-ting is the preferred ,, lubricant for the bearing 22 and is coated on the exterior and interior to a reasonab'le thickness, such as one mi'l. Also ' multiple coatings may be used, e.g. lead over silver, indium over lead over silver, tin over silver, etc.
The bit may also be provided with supplemental lubrication consisting of fine particles oP a lubricating metal such as .' :
copper or silver suspended in the grease which is loaded into the lubrication system. In this manner, the particles are initially all around the bearing sleeve 22 and during operation ' 25 the particles provide additional lubricity which assists in avoiding the galling problems encountered with most hard tough ' ~ nietal bearinas.
' ' In a bit constructed as described above, the bearing sleeve is resistent to extrusion under hedvy loads and the sleeve func-tions better as a bearing because it has greater hardness and ' toughness. The'coating or plating of silver or copper or :` other soft lubricant metal on the bearing sleeve provides a Case No. 127 ' ' .

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greater resistance to ~alling since -the metal coating may transfer back and forth between the bedring and the surface ;~ contacted by the bearing under conditi.ons of use. The metal coating on the bearing transfers freely between the contact surfaces and prevents yalling. .
From the foregoing, it could be seen that the present invention provides an improved drill bit with a sleeve beariny having greater toughness, hardness and temperature resistance than prior sleeve bearings and as a result of the lubricant .
:~ ld coating is not subject to appreciable g.alling.
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Claims (17)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A drill bit, comprising a body having a journal extending therefrom, a roller cutter, bearing means for rotatively mounting said roller cutter on said journal, at least part of said bearing means including a hard tough metal sleeve having a Rockwell C hardness of at least 35 positioned around said journal within said roller cutter, and a metal coating on said sleeve having lubricating properties positioned between said sleeve and said journal and between said sleeve and said roller cutter, said metal coating imparting sufficient lubricity to said sleeve to prevent galling of said roller cutter and said journal.
2. A drill bit according to Claim 1 wherein said hard tough metal sleeve is a heat-treated maraging steel sleeve having a Rockwell C hardness of at least 50.
3. A drill bit according to Claim 1 wherein said metal coating is at least one layer of silver, copper, tin, lead or indium.
4. A drill bit according to Claim 2 wherein said metal coating is at least one layer of silver, copper, tin, lead or indium.
5. A drill bit according to Claim 1 wherein said metal coating is plated on said sleeve.
6. A drill bit according to Claim 2, Claim 3 or Claim 4 wherein said metal coating is plated on said sleeve.
7. A drill bit according to Claim 1, Claim 2 or Claim 4 wherein said metal coating is applied to said sleeve by metalizing.
8. A drill bit according to Claim 1, Claim 2 or Claim 4 wherein said metal coating comprises a plurality of layers of lubricating metal.
9. A drill bit according to Claim 3 or Claim 4 wherein said metal coating includes at least one additional layer of metal coating, wherein said additional layer is copper, silver, tin, lead or indium.
10. A drill bit according to Claim 1, Claim 2 or Claim 3 wherein said sleeve is of beryllium-copper alloy.
11. A drill bit according to Claim 1 or Claim 3 wherein there is provided between said sleeve, said journal, and said cutter, supplemental lubricating material comprising a grease containing metallic particles, wherein said particles consist of indium, tin, lead, silver or copper.
12. A drill bit according to Claim 2 wherein there is provided supplemental lubricating material selected from the group consisting of silver and copper.
13. A drill bit according to Claim 1, including a lubrication system within said body and in communication with said bearing means, a lubricant grease having metallic particles dispersed therein, wherein said metallic particles consist of silver or copper, and said lubricant grease being added to said lubrication system whereby the grease and particles are delivered to the areas of contact on said sleeve with said journal and said roller cutter.
14. A drill bit according to Claim 3, including a lubrication system within said body and in communication with said bearing means, a lubricant grease having metallic particles dispersed therein, wherein said metallic particles consist of silver or copper, and said lubricant grease being added to said lubrication system whereby the grease and particles are delivered to the areas of contact on said sleeve with said journal and said roller cutter.
15. A drill bit according to Claim 2 or Claim 4, including a lubrication system within said body and in communication with said bearing means, a lubricant grease having particles selected from the group consisting of silver and copper dispersed therein, said lubricant grease being added to said lubrication system whereby the grease and particles are delivered to the areas of contact on said sleeve with said journal and said roller cutter.
16. A drill bit according to Claim 5, Claim 13 or Claim 14 wherein said metal coating is silver.
17. A drill bit according to Claim 12 wherein said supplemental lubricating material is a lubricant grease having particles selected from the group consisting of silver and copper dispersed therein, and said grease is supplied to the area between said sleeve and said journal and between said sleeve and said roller cutter.
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US05/604,264 US3990751A (en) 1975-08-13 1975-08-13 Drill bit
US05/695,505 US4074922A (en) 1975-08-13 1976-06-11 Drill bit

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