Atlas Copco Tricones And Mill Bits For Well Completion

Atlas Copco has dramatically expanded its presence in the well completion drill bit market by offering customers a high quality tricone product at a low cost.

Atlas Copco Button Bits For Well Workover

Atlas Copco Button Bit
*Specific steel chemistry and metallurgical evaluation.

*Exact dies and forging parameters designed by Focus RocBit.

*Button hole drilling performed by 5 axis CNC machine to ensure exactness.

*Button pressing by hydraulic press.

*High hardness bearing race turned on CNC for accuracy.

*Center circulation only.

*Available in open bearing button - IADC 522.

For more information on bearing types, click here.

For more information on the IADC Classification system for tricones, click here.

Atlas Copco Well Completion Tooth Bits

Atlas Copco Tooth Bits
*Cutting structure designed for maximum life and high ROP.

*Selected grades of tungsten carbide used to hardface tooth bits.

*Open bearing, sealed roller bearing and sealed journal bearing available.

*Center circulation and jet circulation available.

*Available in: Open bearing tooth - IADC 231 and 321,

Sealed roller bearing tooth - IADC 214 and 314 and

Sealed journal bearing tooth - IADC 217 and 317.

One Piece Drill Bits For Well Completion And Workover

Some operators prefer to use one piece bits rather than roller cones. The Chomp, Bear Claw, Hurricane and Aardvark well completion mill bits are an excellent choice because they guarantee no lost rig time fishing for cones.

Heavy duty design combined with over 50 years of experience of drill bit tooling and manufacturing ensures a high success rate. As a matter of fact, the current success rate is 99.09%.

Each well completion drill bit is specifically designed for a particular purpose: drilling cement, milling cast iron or other metals, high pressure multiple plugs and cemented pipe, milling composite plugs and other extremely hard and abrasive materials.

Chomp Well Completion Milling Bit
Full Body Chomp Mills are ideal in applications that involve milling of cast iron and other metal or combination of cement and cast iron.

Large ports for reverse circulation.

Recommended WOB 4000 - 6000
(can be adjusted as needed)
RPM 80-100 rotary, 400 - motor
Bear Claw Well Completion Milling Bit
Full Body Bear Claw Mills are ideal for drilling cement. Not recommended for drilling metal.

Large ports for reverse circulation.

Recommended WOB 4000 - 6000
(can be adjusted as needed)
RPM 80-100 rotary, 400 - motor
Hurricane Well Completion Milling Bit
FBC1S Hurricane Mills are recommended for milling cement and composite plugs.

The FBC1S Hurricane has domed inserts on the outer diameter for increased durability and chisel inserts in the inner rows for faster penetration.
Hurricane Well Completion Milling Bit
For applications involving the drilling of metal, the FBCS Hurricane Mill has all domed inserts and is recommended for use in applications that involve milling composite and cast iron plugs, other metal and cement. The FBCS is suitable for a wider range of applications.

Both the FBC1S and FBCS Hurricane mills incorporate a spiral design with channels for improved cleaning and circulation.

Recommended WOB 4000 - 6000
(can be adjusted as needed)
RPM 80-100 rotary, 400 - motor
Aardvark Well Completion Milling Bit
Aardvark full body tapered mill is recommended for milling high pressure composite plugs. It can also be used for cement and cast iron milling. The Aardvark's unique design can rapidly mill multiple
(from 1 to 20) composite plugs.

Recommended WOB 6000 - 8000
(can be adjusted as needed)
RPM 80-100 rotary, 400 - motor
PDC Well Completion Milling Bit
PDC Mills are used for milling extremely hard and abrasive materials. Uses range from milling hard cement and sand to milling hard scales, such as barium scale. Not to be used when any metal will be encountered.

Hurricane style PDC Mills are available in limited sizes.

PDC Mills offer the ability to mill very hard cement and scales without changing mills.

PDC inserts for extended wear and abrasion resistance.

Full body design (no fishing for lost cones).

CNC machined bodies and threads for accuracy.

Bodies manufactured from 4140 HT steel.

Sizes available from 1 3/4 inch to 8 3/4 inch in 1/8 inch increments.

Circulation ports from 5/16 inch to 1 1/8 inch.

The above mills are all CNC machined for accuracy, and all bodies are manufactured from 4140 HT steel. Various threads are available for customer's needs:
AVAILABLE THREAD PATTERNS
1 in. MT DSI
1 1/4 in. MT DSI
1 1/2 in. MT DSI
2 3/8 in. API REG
2 7/8 in. API REG
3 1/2 in. API REG
4 1/2 in. API REG
2 3/8 in. PAC
Twister Well Completion Milling Bit
The Twister is an economical, well workover bit that is great for milling cement, composite plugs, cast iron plugs and other difficult to drill applications.

*Precision machined 4140 heat treated steel

*Equipped with break out flats

*Forced balance cutter layout to drill a precise, round hole

*High speed motor applications or lower RPM standard circulation applications

*Gage pads have 10 tungsten carbide inserts for increased wear resistance

*Lowest cost

*Available in three designs:

Model XYG has special modified chisel type inserts on outside rows to cut cast iron plug rings, and longer aggressive chisel inserts for composite material on well plugs.

Model XG has aggressive chisel inserts throughout allowing maximum ROP and aggressive cutting.

Model YG has special modified chisel type inserts

Available in 3 5/8, 3 3/4, 3 7/8, 4 5/8, 4 3/4, 4 7/8 and 6 1/4.

Related Pages:

API Standards:  API standards, including pin sizes for drill bits and acceptable tolerances for rock bits and pdc bits.  

Atlas Copco:  Atlas Copco bit selection guide, examples of shirttail protection, and TCI and steel tooth cutting structure. 

Button Bits:  Button bits offer several advantages over PDC drill bits: they are less expensive and can withstand higher impact.

Drag Bits:  Drag Bits manufactured as one solid piece of alloy steel offer greater durability and reliability.  Available in step and chevron styles for hard rock drilling.

Dull Grading:  Dull grading drill bits is important but often overlooked.  This process provides valuable information for proper bit selection.

IADC:  The IADC classification system for tooth and button bits explained as well as dull grading codes and what they mean.

IADC Classification:  The IADC classification system for PDC bits:  pictures and explanation of what it means and how to use it.

PDC Cutters:  Because of PDC cutters, PDC bits drill sixty-five percent of total footage.  Their shearing action is more efficient than the crushing action of tricones.

PDC Drill Bits:  Available in either matrix or steel bodies, PDC drill bits  offer higher rate of penetration than tricones in many different formations.

Tricones:  With the exception of cutting structure, tricone bits are designed in the same manner regardless of manufacturer. 

Well Completion Bits:  Well completion drill bits from Atlas Copco in both tooth and button bits.  Bear Claw, Hurricane, Aardvark, and PDC diamond mill bits from KC Bit & Supply.



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