O-ring seal for rock bit bearings

Details O-ring seal for rock bit bearings O-ring seal for rock bit bearings

1994-03-08

1995-10-10

Novosad, Stephen J.

Boring or penetrating the earth

Bit or bit element

Rolling cutter bit or rolling cutter bit element

175228, 175374, 384 94, 277 962, E21B 1024

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054563275

ABSTRACT:
An improved O-ring seal for rock bit bearings comprises a body formed from a resilient elastomeric composition and a modified surface comprising a surface enhancing material integral with the body. The surface comprises a layer of surface enhancing material that encapsulates and is molecularly bonded to an underlying surface of an elastomeric seal body. The surface enhancing material selected may include metal disulfides, fluoropolymers, ethylene polymers, silicone polymers, and urethane polymers. The O-ring surface displays enhanced properties of reduced break-off friction, increased lubricity and wettablity, and increased thermal resistance. These enhanced surface properties serve to minimize stick-slip and material loss from the O-ring surface resulting from stick-slip, thereby increasing the service life of the O-ring seal and rock bit.

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patent: 5323863 (1994-06-01), Denton

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