Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

Baker Hughes Corporation

Gunnar Michaelis

Harald Grimmer

Witali Huber

Christian Fulda

Thorsten Regener

Carsten Hohl

Erik Bartscherer

Dorothea Marion Fischer

Christoph Wangenheim

Hans Hendrik Wolters

Frederik Goeing

Marc Aldag

A stator for a downhole motor configured for use in a downhole environment. includes an inner tubular member formed from a first metallic material having an outer surface and a helically lobed inner surface, and an outer tubular member comprising a second metallic material that is different from the first metallic material. The inner tubular member is connected to the outer tubular member by compressive force passing from the outer tubular member through the inner tubular member to a rigid mandrel removably disposed within the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member and the outer tubular member form the stator of the downhole motor.

Method of forming stators for downhole motors

A method of making a stator includes positioning an inner tubular member having an inner surface within an outer tubular member, installing a rigid mandrel within the inner tubular member, and applying a compressive force to at least one of the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member.

An ECM method involves the use of a thin hollow electrode assembly that carries the electrolyte within and that is advanced relatively to the workpiece. The small profile of the electrode results in a minimal removal of metal in forming the desired rotor or stator shape. The electrode profile allows significant power consumption reduction or increased machining speed for a given rate of power input. The electrode can be a unitary ring shape or can be made of segments that are placed adjacent each other so that a continuous shape is cut. Not all the lobes of the stator or rotor have to be cut in the same pass. Electrode segments can be used to sequentially provide the desired lobe count in separate passes. The lobe shapes in the electrode can be slanted to get the desired rotor or stator pitch or they can be aligned with the workpiece axis.

Electrochemical machining method for rotors or stators for moineau pumps

In one aspect, an apparatus for determining an internal profile of a measured device is provided, which method in one embodiment may include: a housing having a first axis, a measuring device configured to emit a light beam along a second axis offset from the first axis; a deflection device configured to direct the emitted light beam to an inner surface of the measured device; and a driver configured to rotate the measuring device about the first axis.

Apparatus and method for determining inner profiles of hollow devices

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Hambuehren, Germany

Gunnar Michaelis