Additively manufactured components for downhole operations
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorRyan P. Semple
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Abstract
Downhole tools for use in downhole operations and electrical submersible pumping systems having an additively manufactured first part including a first layer having a first predetermined material property and a second layer having a second predetermined material property, wherein the first and second layers are layers of an integral piece and the first predetermined material property is different from the second predetermined material property and a second part configured to rotationally engage with the additively manufactured first part. One of the first part and the second part is rotated relative to the other of the first part and the second part in operation.
Claims20
A downhole tool for use in downhole operations, the downhole tool comprising:
- an additively manufactured first part including an inner layer having a first predetermined material property and an outer layer having a second predetermined material property, wherein the inner and outer layers are layers of an integral piece and the first predetermined material property is different from the second predetermined material property;
- and
- a second part configured to rotationally engage with the additively manufactured first part,
- wherein one of the first part and the second part is rotated relative to the other of the first part and the second part in operation, and
- at least one seal configured to define a sealed volume within the inner layer of the first part, the sealed volume bounded by the at least one seal, the outer layer, and the second part.
An electrical submersible pumping system comprising:
- an additively manufactured first part including an inner layer having a first predetermined material property and an outer layer having a second predetermined material property, wherein the inner and outer layers are layers of an integral piece and the first predetermined material property is different from the second predetermined material property;
- and
- a second part configured to rotationally engage with the additively manufactured first part,
- wherein one of the first part and the second part is rotated relative to the other of the first part and the second part in operation, and
- at least one seal configured to define a sealed volume within the outer layer of the first part, the sealed volume bounded by the at least one seal, the outer layer, and the second part and a pressurized fluid within the inner layer of the first part.
A downhole tool for use in downhole operations, the downhole tool comprising:
- an additively manufactured first part including an inner layer having a first predetermined material property and an outer layer having a second predetermined material property, wherein the inner and outer layers are layers of an integral piece and the first predetermined material property is different from the second predetermined material property;
- and
- a second part configured to rotationally engage with the additively manufactured first part,
- wherein one of the first part and the second part is rotated relative to the other of the first part and the second part in operation, and
- a pressurized fluid within the inner layer of the first part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.