Pulsed high-power drill bit and drilling tool
AssigneeI-Cube Research
InventorGilles Avrillaud
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AssigneeI-Cube Research
InventorGilles Avrillaud
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Drill bit (230) for a drilling tool (1) comprising a drill bit member (231) which delimits a through-channel (231C) for the passage of the fluid flow and comprising an external surface (232), from which there extend a plurality of drilling members (233) which are uniformly distributed over the external surface (232), each drilling member (233) comprising a fin (233A) which extends from the external surface (232) and a plurality of drilling teeth (233B) which extend from the fin (233A) and which each comprise a base (233B1) and a cutting element (233B2) which is arranged at the end of the base (233B1), the drill bit comprising a high-voltage electrode (232C) which is arranged at the centre of the central facial opening (231A1) and each drilling member (233) comprising an earth electrode (233C) which is positioned at the end of the fin (233A), at the high-voltage electrode (232C), so as to at least partially extend in line with the central facial opening (231A1).
A bit for drilling tool, said bit comprising a bit body having a drilling face and an attachment face for attaching the bit to a rotor assembly of the drilling tool, said bit body delimiting a through channel for passing fluid flow connecting the attachment face to the drilling face by opening at a circular central face opening of the drilling face, the drilling face comprising an outer surface connecting the central face opening to the attachment face and from which a plurality of drilling members evenly distributed on said outer surface extend, each drilling member comprising a fin, extending radially from the outer surface from the attachment face into the central face opening, and a plurality of drilling teeth extending from said fin by being disposed side-by-side between a first drilling tooth located at the end of the drilling face and a last drilling tooth located on the side of the attachment face, and each comprising a base and a cutting element disposed at the end of said base, the bit comprising a high-voltage electrode disposed in the through channel, in the center of the central face opening recessed from the first drilling tooth of each drilling member, each drilling member comprising a ground electrode placed at the end of the fin, at said high-voltage electrode, so as to extend at least partially in line with the central face opening recessed from the first drilling tooth of said drilling member.
A pulsed high-power rotary drilling tool, said drilling tool comprising a stator assembly and a rotor assembly, said stator assembly comprising a hollow cylindrical body comprising an attachment end, adapted to be connected to a drilling rod, and a free end, said rotor assembly comprising a turbine, mounted inside the body at the attachment end and configured to be driven by a fluid flow provided by the drilling rod in order to rotatably drive said rotor assembly, a high-power pulse generator mounted inside the body and integrally connected to the turbine, and a bit according to one of the preceding claims extending out of the cylindrical body at the free end of the stator assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.