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drill rod [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground-Drilling Facilities (Mining)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Hollow, externally flush-coupled rods connecting the bit and core barrel in a borehole to the swivel head of a rotary-drill rig on the surface.

CONT

The drill pipe transmits the rotating motion from the rotary table to the bit and conducts the drilling mud from the surface to the bottom of the hole.

OBS

drill pipe: A petroleum driller's term for drill rods.

OBS

bore red; boring red: Terms used primarily by soil and foundation testing engineers for the equipment customarily called a drill rod by drillers and miners.

PHR

Drill-pipe sticking.

Key term(s)
  • diamond drill pipe
  • diamond drill rod

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de forage minier
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Chacune des tiges métalliques qui se vissent bout à bout, et qui relient la sondeuse à l'outil de sondage. (Elles sont généralement creuses, pour permettre l'injection de la boue de curage par le canal central.)

CONT

Les tiges de forage ont, en général, 9 m de longueur et leur diamètre est compris entre 6 et 16,8 cm. Elles portent à leurs extrémités des raccords spéciaux [...] au moyen desquels on les visse l'une à l'autre.

PHR

Blocage de tige de forage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones de perforación minera
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
CONT

El tubo de perforación (drill pipe) es la tubería hueca, gruesa amurallada, de acero que se usa sobre plataformas de perforación para facilitar la perforación de un wellbore y viene en una variedad de tamaños, fuerzas y pesos, pero son típicamente de 30 a 33 pies de longitud. Son huecos para permitir fluido de petróleo que esta bombeado por ellos.

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Record 2 2005-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

... an annealed and polished high carbon tool steel rod usually round and centerless ground.

CONT

Level graphite bearings: ... 2. Blank steel rod (8 mm drill rod).

OBS

Part of a sawing machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Tige rectifiée en acier dur recuit.

OBS

Partie d'une machine de sciage.

Spanish

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