C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 21 – D
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
21
D
148/28, 255/68,
C21D 1/09 (2006.01) C21D 9/22 (2006.01) C21D 9/40 (2006.01) E21B 10/22 (2006.01) E21B 10/50 (2006.01) E21B 10/52 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1286207
PROCESS FOR LASER HARDENING DRILLING BIT CONES HAVING HARD CUTTER INSERTS Abstract of the Disclosure A medium to high carbon steel body (30) of a roller cone (20) for a drilling bit is machined to final dimensions, and is thereafter rendered absorbent to laser light by application of black paint or black etch. Holes (46) for hard tungsten carbine inserts (42) are drilled in the light absorbent steel body (30). The steel body is irradiated by a laser beam (52) which is effective to raise to above austenitizing temperature only the dark light absorbent surfaces. Walls (48) of the insert holes (46), being shiny, reflect the laser light and are not affected by it. Rapid self-quenching of the laser heated surfaces results in a hard martensitic layer (54) in the external surface. In an alternative process, hard tung- sten carbide inserts 42 are press fitted into the holes (46) before the laser treatment. The subsequent laser treatment does not affect the inserts adversely, because the inserts, too, have shiny light reflective surfaces, and therefore do not absorb the laser light.
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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala Llp
Smith International Inc.
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