Mill with adjustable gauge diameter
AssigneeWellbore Integrity Solutions LLC
InventorsKenneth Daniel Hora, Kenneth M. Nevlud
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Abstract
Milling tools, systems, and assemblies may have an adjustable gauge diameter. An example mill may include a body with tracks thereon. The tracks may slope in an axial direction and may be configured to couple to multiple blades. A locking collar may be positioned on the body and may be movable between multiple locking positions. Each locking position may be axially offset from another. At each locking position, the blades may be located at a different axial position on the body. Where the tracks slope, each different axial positions of the blades may also correspond to a different radial position for the blades. A gauge diameter of the blades may be based on the locking positions of the locking collar.
Claims7
A mill, comprising:
- a body having a plurality of sloped tracks axially along the body;
- a locking collar coupled to the body, the locking collar being axially movable along an outer surface of the body between a plurality of locking positions, the locking collar having a threaded connection to the body;
- a plurality of blades coupled to the plurality of sloped tracks and located axially downhole relative to the locking collar, a gauge diameter of the plurality of blades being variable based on axial positions of the plurality blades on the plurality of sloped tracks, and the axial positions of the plurality of blades corresponding to the plurality of locking positions of the locking collar, the plurality of blades collectively defining a plurality of teeth configured to distribute forces away from the plurality of sloped tracks;
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- a locking head coupled to the body, the plurality of blades being located axially uphole relative to the locking head and axially fixed between the locking collar and the locking head, the plurality of teeth configured to rotationally engage the locking collar, the locking head, or the locking collar and the locking head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.