Methods for automated application of hardfacing material to drill bits

Methods for depositing hardfacing material on portions of drill bits comprise providing a vertically oriented plasma transfer arc torch secured to a positioner having controllable movement in a substantially vertical plane. A rolling cutter is secured to a chuck mounted on an articulated arm of a ro...

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Hauptverfasser:	LUCE DAVID KEITH, NEHRING KEITH L, MASSEY ALAN J, GILMORE KENNETH E, UNO TIMOTHY P
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL ATOMISING APPARATUS CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT CHEMISTRY CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL COATING METALLIC MATERIAL CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR METALLURGY MINING NOZZLES OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS PERFORMING OPERATIONS SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING SPRAYING APPARATUS SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION TRANSPORTING WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods for depositing hardfacing material on portions of drill bits comprise providing a vertically oriented plasma transfer arc torch secured to a positioner having controllable movement in a substantially vertical plane. A rolling cutter is secured to a chuck mounted on an articulated arm of a robot. A surface of a tooth of the rolling cutter is positioned in a substantially perpendicular relationship beneath the torch. The torch is oscillated along a substantially horizontal axis. The rolling cutter is moved with the articulated arm of the robot in a plane beneath the oscillating torch. A hardfacing material is deposited on the tooth of the rolling cutter.