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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2019
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Daniel Brendan Voglewede, Spring, TX (US);
Yi Pan, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an earth-boring drill bit including a bit head and a shank. The shank includes a blank and a mandrel. The mandrel is concurrently formed by and secured to the blank by additive manufacturing. The mandrel includes a first region including a first alloy and a second region including a second alloy. The first alloy and the second alloy have a different modulus of elasticity, yield strength, resilience, ductility, hardness, fracture toughness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, or erosion resistance. The disclosure also provides a mandrel wherein the second region comprises a sensor region or a fluid passageway having a geometry that is not obtainable in a mandrel that is cast, machined, or both. The disclosure additionally provides method of manufacturing such bits and mandrels.