Journal and pilot bearings with alternating surface areas of wear resistant and anti-galling materials
AssigneeDresser Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert K. Sorensen, Anthony T. Rallis
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Abstract
The journal and/or pilot bearings of a rotary cone earth boring bit are constructed to include alternating areas of wear resistant materials and anti-galling materials. The bearing matrix is formed by compressing a powdered alloy in the shape of the desired bearing element. The bearing matrix is sintered, thereby forming a porous bearing element. An anti-galling material is infiltrated into the porous matrix of the bearing element and the bearing element is hardened. The resulting bearing element includes areas of wear resistant materials and areas of anti-galling materials.
Claims5
A bearing element, comprising:
- a bearing shaft,
- a rotatable member mounted on said bearing shaft,
- a bearing element between said bearing shaft andsaid rotatable member, said bearing element having an uninterrupted matrix of pressed porous sintered ferrous alloy powder, said matrix having a surface, and
- an anti-galling metal infiltrated into said pressed porous sintered ferrous alloy powder matrix substantially deeper than said surface and extending substantially throughout the entire matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.