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US 11,536,110 B2Granted
Sealing element
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsRory Archibald Napier, Winston James Webber, Chad William Glaesman, Timothy Alan Freeney
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Abstract
This disclosure may generally relate to additive manufacturing operations and, more particularly, to systems and methods for three dimensional (3D) printing a sealing element. Specifically, examples of the present disclosure may be implemented to manufacture a sealing element which may be disposed in a wellbore to seal off a portion of a well.
Claims20
A method of producing a sealing element for a downhole tool, comprising:
- depositing a first layer of a first material comprising a lattice structure, onto a bed plate of a 3D printer;
- and
- depositing a second material in intermittent spaces of the lattice structure;
- and
- depositing additional layers sequentially, wherein each sequential layer is disposed on a previous layer, produce the sealing element.
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