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07 April 2008
A partnership for better drill performance
Source: The Star, 2 April 2008
Dr Yin Nan Kok, from the University of Sheffield’s Research Centre in Surface Engineering, has teamed up with a Rotherham company to develop defect free products to be used in oil well applications.
Better performance of drills used in arduous oil well applications and an end to cracks forming in high-tensile steels in contact with particular brazing alloys could be the fruits of a new partnership involving a Rotherham company and Sheffield University.
Cutting and Wear Resistant Development has teamed up with Dr Yin Nan Kok from the university's Surface Engineering Research Centre in a three year Knowledge Transfer Partnership.
The company, which has more than 40 years' experience in engineering hard faced tools and manufacturing hard facing materials for use in the oil drilling industry, is hoping the partnership will result in new hard facings and coatings to enhance wear, erosion and corrosion resistance for downhole drilling equipment.
Since the project started, Dr Kok has been working to identify the causes of cracking in high-tensile steels in contact with particular brazing alloys.
Cutting and Wear says once the causes are know, solutions can be developed to provide defect free products.
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