It’s no secret that drilling tools can become damaged when they’re not stabilized in the hole and rotate eccentrically — a problem that is especially noticeable with the small-diameter pipe and heavy tools used in horizontal directional drilling. 

This eccentric rotation causes some areas of the tool to do a whole lot of work, and other areas to not do any work at all, which decreases your rate of penetration. This problem gets worse as the diameter of the tool increases, because the weight of the tool works against you as the tool rotates.

With PDC tools, when you get just a few cutters doing all the work, combined with the weight of the tool, you end up with damaged tools — many times damaged beyond repair. This is why you see a lot of rusty, used up PDC hole openers laying around repair shops.

Stabilizer ring

Evolution Drilling Tools are stabilized with the company’s Cross Guard stabilizer ring. This keeps the tool centered in the hole, drilling efficiently while avoiding costly damage. When the company’s hole openers are used in conjunction with its Pre-Ream near-bit stabilizer in front of the hole opener, the result is a stable assembly that drills quickly and avoids damage.

Modular design

Even with stabilization, damage is sometimes inevitable. Evolution hole openers are a modular design, and blades can be removed and replaced with new blades if necessary. >span class="s5">brand-new tool.

In addition, Evolution Drilling Tools has a proprietary repair method for its tools, allowing PDC cutters to be installed back where they should be, even if the pockets that the cutters sit in are totally worn away, according to the company spokesperson.

Evolution Drilling Tools is based out of Quanah, Texas, and Ogden Utah, and specializes in developing tooling for oil and gas, mining, HDD and general drilling applications.

940-704-5732 | info@evolutiondrillingtools.com 

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