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9 Drill Bit

Drill bits are used to cut holes in rock formations and come in various types. The main types are drag bits, roller cutter bits, and diamond bits. Drag bits were the earliest type and drill through shoveling action, while roller cutter bits use rotating cones to cut. Roller cutter bits are further divided into steel tooth bits, tungsten carbide insert bits, and jet bits. Diamond bits are the most expensive but can drill the hardest formations using diamonds embedded in steel.

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9 Drill Bit

Drill bits are used to cut holes in rock formations and come in various types. The main types are drag bits, roller cutter bits, and diamond bits. Drag bits were the earliest type and drill through shoveling action, while roller cutter bits use rotating cones to cut. Roller cutter bits are further divided into steel tooth bits, tungsten carbide insert bits, and jet bits. Diamond bits are the most expensive but can drill the hardest formations using diamonds embedded in steel.

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DRILL BIT

Function: bit cuts the rock, make hole


into the ground.
Construction: made up of special strong
hard, resistant steel with teethes, bit
body & cones.
Classification:
Fish-tail or Drag.
Roller cutter.
Diamond.

i. Drag bit (fish tail)

Oldest & first used bit, drills soft &


sticky formations (but now roller
cuter bits are used)
Bit has no moving part & drills by
shoveling action of their blades on
encountered formation, where
water courses are placed in a way
that drilling fluid is directed on
blades & keeping them clean.
Blades & bit body is made up of
various alloy steels & are hard
faced with tungsten carbide.

ii. Roller cutter bit


Howard R. Hughes in 1909 initially
designed the bit for drilling the hard
formations (that cant drilled by drag
bits).
Classification:
a. Steel tooth (milled tooth) bit.
b. Tungsten carbide insert bit.
c. Jet bit.

a.steel (milled) tooth bit

Earlier made of two cones,


now these soft bits have
three cones.
For soft formation: widely
spaced, long & sharp teeth
bits are used.
For hard formation: more
closely spaced, shorter &
stronger teeth bits are used.
MT bits are available for all

b.tungsten carbide insert bit

Modern bits are of TCI or buttons


instead of teeth, run with high
speed of up to 180+ rpm.
Having 3 cones with buttons &
nozzles are below the cones.
Advantages: great durability &
good insert burial into formation,
drills excellently hardest
formations like quartzite or
chert.
Available for all soft, medium &

iii. Diamond bit

5 times expensive than roller cutter,


drills hardest formations with
scraping action on stones via steel
matrix.
Configurations:
Double cone bit having sharp
pointed nose, used for soft &
medium soft formations.
Modified double cone bit broader
nose, drills hard to hardest
formations.
Round cone bit allows large
amount of diamond coverage in

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