Modulated bias unit for rotary drilling

Details Modulated bias unit for rotary drilling Modulated bias unit for rotary drilling

1996-08-13

1997-10-07

Neuder, William P.

Boring or penetrating the earth

Means traveling with tool to constrain tool to bore along...

175 61, E21B 708

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056737637

ABSTRACT:
A modulated bias unit, for controlling the direction of drilling of a rotary drill bit when drilling boreholes in subsurface formations, comprises a number of hydraulic actuators spaced apart around the periphery of the unit. Each actuator comprises a movable thrust member which is hydraulically displaceable outwardly and a pivotally mounted formation-engaging pad which overlies the thrust member. An inlet passage supplies fluid under pressure to the chamber, and an outlet passage delivers fluid from the chamber to a lower pressure zone. A selector control valve modulates the fluid pressure supplied to each actuator in synchronism with rotation of the drill bit so that, as the drill bit rotates, each pad is displaced outwardly at the same selected rotational position so as to bias the drill bit laterally and thus control the direction of drilling. The outlet passage from the chamber passes through the thrust member so as to wash the region where the formation-engaging pad overlies the thrust member as the fluid flows to the annulus between the unit and the borehole.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5553678 (1996-09-01), Barr et al.
patent: 5553679 (1996-09-01), Thorp

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