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Record 1 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

Various kinds of rigid steel bits provided with fixed (as contrasted to the movable or rolling cutting points of a roller bit) and sometimes replaceable cutting points, which are rotated to drill boreholes in soft to medium-hard rock formations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

«Les trépans à lames» [...] décollettent le fond du trou [dans la perforation au rotary] et [...] conviennent pour les terrains tendres (marnes et sables peu consolidés); [...] Ces trépans comportent deux, trois ou quatre lames en acier forgé ou coulé, très fréquemment fixées par soudure sur le corps du trépan.

Spanish

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