Steel tooth cutter element with expanded crest

A cutter element for a drill bit. The cutter element has a base portion and an extending portion and the extending portion has either a zero draft or a negative draft with respect to the base portion. The non-positive draft allows more of the borehole bottom to be scraped using fewer cutter elements...

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Hauptverfasser: PORTWOOD GARY R, MORAN DAVID P, STEINKE STEPHEN C, NGUYEN QUAN V, GARCIA GARY E
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Zusammenfassung:A cutter element for a drill bit. The cutter element has a base portion and an extending portion and the extending portion has either a zero draft or a negative draft with respect to the base portion. The non-positive draft allows more of the borehole bottom to be scraped using fewer cutter elements. The cutter elements having non-positive draft can be either tungsten carbide inserts or steel teeth.