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RATE-OF-PENETRATION RECORDER [1 record]

Record 1 2005-04-01

English

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

... a patented device that automatically records the rate of penetration and depth during drilling operations ...

OBS

... a Geolograph is a rate-of-penetration recorder. Interestingly, this term is applied to almost any brand of rate-of-penetration recorder, much as Jell-O is used to refer to any brand of flavored-gelatin dessert.

Key term(s)
  • rate-of-penetration recorder

French

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

Appareil servant à mesurer la vitesse d'avancement d'un outil de forage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
DEF

En la perforación de pozos, instrumento que indica la velocidad de penetración del trépano en el subsuelo.

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