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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2014
Drilformance Technologies, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Sean Gillis, Beaumont, CA;
Matt Mangan, Edmonton, CA;
DRILFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A drilling apparatus including a drill bit and a nutation device. The drilling apparatus is configured to enable the drill bit to be rotated at a rotation frequency while the nutation device simultaneously nutates the drill bit at a nutation frequency. The nutation device may include a vibrating device for imposing vibrations upon the drilling apparatus at a vibration frequency, thereby causing nutation of the drill bit at the nutation frequency. The drilling apparatus may include a tuning mechanism for tuning the vibration frequency of the vibrating device. A method including rotating a drill bit at a rotation frequency and simultaneously nutating the drill bit at a nutation frequency.