Offshore staff
ROTHERHAM, UK -- Cutting & Wear Resistant Development has embarked on a three-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) research and development project in partnership with the Research Center in Surface Engineering at the University of Sheffield.
The project is focused on the development of unique hard facings and new coatings to enhance wear, erosion, and corrosion resistance for downhole drilling equipment. This partnership will enable the company to access the university's expertise and facilities – including advanced materials testing and analytical techniques – to enhance research and development capabilities.
Since the project started, Yin Nan Kok, Cutting & Wear's KTP associate, has been working to identify the causes of cracking in high-tensile steels, when in contact with particular brazing alloys. Once the causes are know, solutions can be found to provide defect-free products. Yin Nan Kok has also carried out a detailed study of the interfaces between tungsten carbide inserts and brazing alloys, as well as thermally stable polycrystalline (TSP) diamond inserts that have considerable potential to improve abrasion performance in arduous oil drilling operations.
03/26/2008
