Hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts
A hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts is disclosed, includes a bit body, blades and roller cones. All the fixed cutting elements at the inner cone section, nose section and shoulder section of blades herein constitutes two sets of corresponding fixed cutting elements respectively, forming two profile envelopes of fixed cutting elements at least in the interval at the nose section and shoulder section, the two profile envelopes of fixed cutting elements are spaced at high and low intervals at the nose section and shoulder section, forming two stages of cutting by fixed cutting elements; and the cutting position of the cone insert mainly corresponds to the nose section and shoulder section of blades, the outermost cutting profile envelope of cone inserts formed by all or part of cutting elements on cones herein is higher than the outermost cutting profile envelope of fixed cutting elements, forming the third stage of cutting. The invention can effectively develop rate of penetration in hard and plastic formation, maintain and prolong the service life of the hybrid bit, and broaden the formation suitability of the hybrid bit.
1. A hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts, comprising:
a bit body;
blades disposed on the bit body;
a plurality of fixed cutting elements arranged side by side along an outer edge of the blades;
roller cones mounted on the bit body and alternately arranged with the blades along the circumferential direction of the bit body;
wherein the outer edge of the blades comprises an inner cone section, a nose section, a shoulder section and a gage section arranged sequentially along a direction away from the axis of the bit body; and
wherein the hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts comprises two sets of the fixed cutting elements, with each set of the fixed cutting elements comprising a plurality of the fixed cutting elements arranged along the direction away from the axis of the bit body, two sets of cutting profile envelopes of the fixed cutting elements are a first cutting profile envelope and a second cutting profile envelope respectively, the second cutting profile envelope is farther away from the axis of the bit body than the first cutting profile envelope at the nose section and the shoulder section, a cutting profile envelope of cone inserts is a third cutting profile envelope, the second cutting profile envelope is closer to the axis of the bit body than the third cutting profile envelope at the nose section and shoulder section,
the hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts comprising two sets of the cone inserts, each set of the cone inserts comprises a plurality of the cone inserts arranged along the direction away from the axis of the bit body, distances between one of cutting profile envelopes of the two sets of cone inserts and the axis of the bit body and between the other of cutting profile envelopes of the two sets of cone inserts and the axis of the bit body are different.
2. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein a nozzle for jetting cutting fluid are mounted at the bit body.
3. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , further comprising a head disposed between two adjacent blades, with an upper end of the head connected with the bit body, and the roller cone mounted at the lower end of the head.
4. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein,
the second cutting profile envelope is lower than the first cutting profile envelope at the nose section and shoulder section; and
the second cutting profile envelope is higher than the third cutting profile envelope at the nose section and shoulder section.
5. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein the third cutting profile envelope is 0.5˜2 mm farther away from the bit body than the second cutting profile envelope.
6. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein the third cutting profile envelope is at least partially parallel to and spaced from the second cutting profile envelope.
7. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting profile envelope of one of the two sets of cone inserts is 0.5˜2 mm farther away from the axis of the bit body than the cutting profile envelope of the other of the two sets of cone inserts.
8. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein the second cutting profile envelope is 0.2˜2 mm farther away from the axis of the bit body than the first cutting profile envelope.
9. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein gyration radiuses of all fixed cutting elements at the blades are different from each other, and the cutting trajectories of cutting elements are different from each other.
10. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein a cutting trajectory of the cone insert at the lowest point overlaps with or approximates to a cutting trajectory of one of the fixed cutting elements on the blades.
11. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein,
the number of the blades is 2 to 6;
the number of the roller cones is 2 to 4; and
the number of roller cones is less than or equal to that of the blades.
12. The hybrid bit with roller cones having inserts according to claim 1 , wherein,
the cone inserts are cemented carbide inserts or cemented carbide and PDC mixed cutting elements; and
the fixed cutting elements are polycrystalline diamond cutters.