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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
James L Overstreet, Webster, TX (US);
Ronald L Jones, Cleveland, TX (US);
Alan J Massey, Houston, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An earth boring bit rotatable cutter having a first hardfacing composition of carbide particles selected from the class of cast and macrocrystalline tungsten carbide dispersed in a steel matrix deposited on the gage surface of at least some of the heel row teeth. A substantial portion of these particles are characterized by a high level of abrasion resistance and a lower level of fracture resistance. A second hardfacing composition of carbide particles selected from the class of spherical sintered and spherical cast tungsten is dispersed in a steel matrix deposited over at least the crest and an upper portion of the gage surface to cover the corner that tends to round during drilling. A substantial portion of the particles of this composition are characterized by a high level of fracture resistance and a lower level of abrasion resistance.