Wednesday, November 14, 2018

What To Look For In A Rock Drilling Reamer

By Michael Barnes


Selecting the right drill tools can be daunting due to a variety of options. Most drill operators choose different types of rock drilling reamer to achieve pleasing results quickly, maximize tooling costs and reduce downtime. Operators face numerous challenges when digging holes. These challenges include frictional pullback, holes collapsing and difficulty removing fluid cuttings from the ground. To avoid such challenges, you need to choose a reamer with a diameter 1.5 times larger than that of the pipe designed for the hole.

The type of reamer you choose should drill through clay, rock, sand or mixed ground. Drilling through mixed ground is the most difficult task according to drill operators. Mixed ground is a combination of hard rock in sand, clay or normal ground. Far too often, people think there is one specific rotary cutter for each ground. However, there are different rotary cutting tools with overlapping designs which provide boring solutions to different ground types. Below is a simple description for each device type available in the market.

Working on a project in sandy soils requires a compaction reamer. This type of tool is designed to force bentonite clay slurry a drilling fluid inside soil matrix with the help of a bentonite filter cake. Fluids are pushed up the soil matrix using a filter cake to support drilled holes and prevent them from collapsing.

Forcing fluids designed for hole boring purposes using a compaction rotary cutting tool is simple. This is because they are designed with flutes which allow easy transportation of fluids in the ground and removal of cuttings. The tool is shaped like a cone which promotes the expansion of holes as it drills because the device size gradually increases.

Fluted compaction reamers are not created equal. There are fluted drill tools made of solid materials, others are fabricated or made out of cast. A fluted compaction cutting tool may be inconvenient due to weight but it is worthwhile because it is durable compared to other types.

Apart from being cone-shaped or fluted, the best compaction rotary precision cutter is designed with carbide teeth and built-in swivels. Carbide teeth help but through different ground types allowing the flow of fluids. This makes compaction reamer tools ideal for drilling variety soils. The built-in swivels do not only prevent pipes from sticking in mud, they help drill operators pull back without the use of jack tools in case of an emergency.

Another drilling tool option to consider is the mixing reamers. Just like the name suggests, this type promotes fluid mixing in the ground. Chances of ground especially clay clogging inside holes after mixing with water or drilling fluids is very high. To prevent clogging, mixing reamers either fly cut, beavertail or ripped enhances mixing breaking down soil particles to allow smooth flow of cuttings.

Before choosing mixing reamers, it is crucial to consider fluid pumping action. Any type of mixing reamers should remove cutting fluids outside the drilled hole using the backward angled mud jet and allow you to adjust cutting blades to act as boat propellers. This helps push mixed cutting fluids out the borehole.




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