Top drive torque track and method of installing same

Details Top drive torque track and method of installing same Top drive torque track and method of installing same

1994-03-24

1995-01-17

Buiz, Michael Powell

Boring or penetrating the earth

With orienting or racking means for unconnected tools or...

E21B 1900

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053818679

ABSTRACT:
An improved top drive torque track system and method of installation. The apparatus includes a plurality of elongated segments having male and female ends and a mechanism for drawing up and securing adjacent members together. The installation process includes suspending adjacent segments from the top drive unit and threadably engaging the sections using a securing system which sequentially mates adjacent elongated housings until a torque track system the length of the mast is assembled.

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