IP Library Granted Patent US 11,267,031
Granted Patent B2
US 11,267,031 · App. 16/145,485 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Expendable hollow carrier fabrication system and method

Inventor: Jason McCann (Cypress, TX)
Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC
B21D22/20B21B19/12E21B43/116B21B2261/04
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Patent No.
US 11,267,031
App. No.
16/145,485
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for fabricating a perforating gun including forming an expendable hollow carrier (EHC) via a drawing process. The method also includes determining a wall thickness of the EHC is above a threshold. The method includes machining a coupling component to at least one end of the EHC. The method further includes installing perforating components within an interior of the EHC.

Claims (20)

1. A method for fabricating a perforating gun, comprising:

forming an expendable hollow carrier (EHC) via a drawing process;

determining a wall thickness of the EHC is above a threshold;

machining a coupling component to at least one end of the EHC; and

installing perforating components within an interior of the EHC.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the EHC further comprises:

forming a first end of the EHC, the first end having an opening; and

forming a second end of the EHC, the second end being a solid component that is non-rotatably coupled to the first end.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the coupling component is machined on an outer diameter of the second end.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein an outer diameter of the first end is equal to the outer diameter of the second end before the coupling component is machined onto the second end.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

adjusting an outer diameter of the EHC via a flow forming process.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the coupling component is machined into a second end of the EHC, the method further comprising:

forming a second EHC via the drawing process;

machining the coupling component into a first end of the second EHC; and

coupling the second end of the EHC directly to the first end of the second EHC.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the coupling component on the first end of the second EHC is arranged on an interior diameter of the second EHC and the coupling component on the second end of the EHC is arranged on an outer diameter of the EHC.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming at least a portion of the EHC using a flow forming process.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein adjusting the outer diameter increases a length of the EHC.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 6, 2022
From: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
To: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 059616/0390 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2018
From: MCCANN, JASON
To: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 047003/0839 →
Continuity (1)
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