Down Hole Mud Injunction Tube: Original T-A®

Code

1003

The Challenge

A contract machine shop repairs and maintains equipment for the oilfield industry. They are machining a down hole mud injection tube used in offshore drilling. The tube is made from heat treated alloy steel. They are using a manual lathe running with water soluble oil coolant through the tool with a rotary coolant adapter.

Seeking to improve the production process, the customer needed to reduce the cycle time and decrease the cost of production.

The Original T-A lowered cycle time and increased tool life.

Product:	Original T-A
Objective:	Decrease cycle time
Industry:	Oil & gas/petrochemical
Part:	Mud injector tube
Material:	Heat treated alloy steel
Hole Ø:	0.75" (19.05mm)
Hole Depth:	10" (254mm)

The Solution

The Original T-A Drill:

Holder: 27010S-100L
Insert: 151A-0024

Measure	Competitor Drill	Original T-A
RPM	475	750
Feed Rate	0.005 IPR (0.127 mm/rev)	0.0065 IPR (0.165 mm/rev)
Cycle Time	4 min 42 sec	2 min 33 sec
Tool Life	8 holes	11 holes
*The T-A offered 59.12%* cost per hole savings over the competitor tooling.**

The Advantages

The Original T-A provided:

45% cycle time decrease
Lowered the cost of production
Increased tool life