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drag bit [2 records]

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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Record 2 2001-06-06

English

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

A rotary bit used to drill soft formations. The blade is flattened and divided, the divided ends curving away from the direction of rotation. It resembles a fishtail.

DEF

A bit usually employed in the rotary system of drilling. It is used for drilling in soft strata, such as sand and clay.

OBS

Fish-tail bit is generally used for drilling through overburden or soft formations free of boulders.

OBS

Although obsolete, some fishtail bits are still used.

OBS

This bit was first used when the rotary system of drilling was developed about 1900 and is still useful in drilling soft formations in which there is adequate fluid flow.

French

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

Trépan en forme de queue de poisson.

CONT

Le plus connu et le plus simple est le trépan à deux lames ou fish-tail [...]. Comme son nom l'indique, il affecte la forme d'une queue de poisson.

Spanish

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