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Vol. 58 No. 12

December 2006

Bit Technology

Faster and Longer Bit Runs With New-Generation PDC Cutter

A new process for manufacturing polycrystalline-diamond compact (PDC) cutters creates a wrapped thermostable region across the face and around the periphery of the PDC cutter. This differs significantly from existing first-generation thermostable product because the treated region has complex geometry in three dimensions. The full-length paper describes the new cutter geometry and shows how the thermostable region supports the cutter as it slowly wears.

View a Synopsis of SPE 102067

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 102067, "Faster, Longer, and More-Reliable Bit Runs With New-Generation PDC Cutter," by J. Clegg, SPE, ReedHycalog, prepared for the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 24-27 September. The paper has not been peer reviewed.

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