Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100018306 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE AND LOCATION OF STRESS-INDUCING FORCES ON A ROD - The present invention relates to methods for determining the existence and location of parasitic stress-inducing forces on a substantially cylindrical rod portion | 01-28-2010 |
20100045278 | PROBE FOR ANALYSIS OF A COLLECTION OF RODS OR TUBES - The invention concerns a probe for analysis of a collection of rods or tubes comprising an elongated casing which bears, at a first end, at least one first magnetometer and, at a position sufficiently remote from the magnetometer, a permanent magnet, the north-south axis of which is perpendicular to the axis of the rods. | 02-25-2010 |
20100181994 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A ROD FIXING POINT - The invention concerns the methods for determining, relative to a point Po, the location of a fixing point Pf of a rod T located in an environment Mi wherein prevails a permanent magnetic field Ch. The inventive method is characterized in that it consists in studying the variations of the magnetic flux which passes through the windows F when the rod is and is not subjected to a torque about its axis A, said windows having substantially the same area and being connected to the rod T respectively in different points Px, Px+1, . . . located on the portion of the rod delimited by the assumed site of the fixing point Pf, and including the point Po, and having each a given position relative to the magnetic field lines of force when the rod is not subjected to the torque. The invention also concerns a device for implementing said method. The invention is advantageously applicable to determining the location of the sticking point of a string of hollow drill rods in an oil well. | 07-22-2010 |
20110227564 | PROBE FOR ANALYSIS OF A STRING OF RODS OR TUBES IN A WELL - Various embodiments comprise a probe for analysis of a collection of rods or tubes, including an elongated casing which bears, at a first end, at least one first magnetometer and, at a position sufficiently remote from the magnetometer, a permanent magnet, the north-south axis of which may be perpendicular to the axis of the rods. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 09-22-2011 |
20120313632 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE AND LOCATION OF STRESS-INDUCING FORCES ON A ROD - In various embodiments, apparatus and methods of operating the apparatus are provided to determine existence and location of parasitic stress threes on a rod portion, the rod portion made of a magnetostrictive material and having a hollow tube. The apparatus may include a device comprising an envelope made of a non-magnetic material, a magnetic field source disposed inside the envelope, a motor to set the magnetic field source in rotational motion on the inside of the envelope, and a sensor to measure a value of the magnetic field and to deliver a signal representative of the value of the magnetic field. Operation of the apparatus may include penetration of the envelope into a portion of the hollow tube of the rod portion and translation of the envelope along the portion of the hollow tube. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100018306 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE AND LOCATION OF STRESS-INDUCING FORCES ON A ROD - The present invention relates to methods for determining the existence and location of parasitic stress-inducing forces on a substantially cylindrical rod portion | 01-28-2010 |
20100045278 | PROBE FOR ANALYSIS OF A COLLECTION OF RODS OR TUBES - The invention concerns a probe for analysis of a collection of rods or tubes comprising an elongated casing which bears, at a first end, at least one first magnetometer and, at a position sufficiently remote from the magnetometer, a permanent magnet, the north-south axis of which is perpendicular to the axis of the rods. | 02-25-2010 |
20100156403 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF THE STICKING POINT OF A ROD MADE OF MAGNETORESTRICTIVE MATERIAL LOCATED IN A WELL - The present invention relates to methods for determining the location of the sticking point Pc of a hollow rod or pipe | 06-24-2010 |
20100181994 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A ROD FIXING POINT - The invention concerns the methods for determining, relative to a point Po, the location of a fixing point Pf of a rod T located in an environment Mi wherein prevails a permanent magnetic field Ch. The inventive method is characterized in that it consists in studying the variations of the magnetic flux which passes through the windows F when the rod is and is not subjected to a torque about its axis A, said windows having substantially the same area and being connected to the rod T respectively in different points Px, Px+1, . . . located on the portion of the rod delimited by the assumed site of the fixing point Pf, and including the point Po, and having each a given position relative to the magnetic field lines of force when the rod is not subjected to the torque. The invention also concerns a device for implementing said method. The invention is advantageously applicable to determining the location of the sticking point of a string of hollow drill rods in an oil well. | 07-22-2010 |
20110227564 | PROBE FOR ANALYSIS OF A STRING OF RODS OR TUBES IN A WELL - Various embodiments comprise a probe for analysis of a collection of rods or tubes, including an elongated casing which bears, at a first end, at least one first magnetometer and, at a position sufficiently remote from the magnetometer, a permanent magnet, the north-south axis of which may be perpendicular to the axis of the rods. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 09-22-2011 |
20120313632 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE AND LOCATION OF STRESS-INDUCING FORCES ON A ROD - In various embodiments, apparatus and methods of operating the apparatus are provided to determine existence and location of parasitic stress threes on a rod portion, the rod portion made of a magnetostrictive material and having a hollow tube. The apparatus may include a device comprising an envelope made of a non-magnetic material, a magnetic field source disposed inside the envelope, a motor to set the magnetic field source in rotational motion on the inside of the envelope, and a sensor to measure a value of the magnetic field and to deliver a signal representative of the value of the magnetic field. Operation of the apparatus may include penetration of the envelope into a portion of the hollow tube of the rod portion and translation of the envelope along the portion of the hollow tube. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |