5 Reasons You Need Thread Compounds and Lubricants ...

Drill rods are a hugely important part of your drilling equipment and how you take care of your drill rods can have a major impact on your drilling performance. The regular use of drilling lubricants and thread compound is imperative for breaking in and maintaining a healthy drill string and helps avoid many problems. Here are a few reasons you need to use thread compounds and lubricants, and the purpose of each. 

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Prevent rods from cracking

Excessive vibration can cause drill rods to crack. Rod grease can help reduce in-hole vibration and extend the life of your drill string.

Prevent leaking rods

A good quality thread compound will help protect the metal surfaces of the threads and provide a good seal to prevent leaks. Little or no lubrication of the drill rods can cause more vibration and increased torque which in turn increases wear and tear of the rods. Drill rod threads that are worn, cracked or otherwise damaged prematurely will eventually leak.

Prevent rods from galling

High torque or loading without proper thread compound can cause galling of the drilling rod threads. This can also occur when there is dirt and dust on the threads, when the wrong kind of thread lubricant is used or when not enough of it is used. Grease is not thread compound.  A quality thread compound must have a percentage of soft metal in it such as zinc, lead or copper.  This provides protection of the two mating metal surfaces.

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Prevent rods from belling

When a drill rod begins to &#;bell&#; it can have severe implications on the bore hole. Causes of this problem include over torqueing, over-tightening and excessive vibration in a dry hole. Lubricating the rods with good quality rod grease or a good mud program will help reduce these conditions.

Increase resistance to rust and corrosion

High quality lubricants are highly water repellant so they are resistant to water washout. Applied properly, the lubricant will adhere and protect the rods. A cutting oil such as Torqueless helps keep the rods and bit lubricated and extends the life of all steel parts including rods, casing, wireline etc.

As you look at the points above, you see that the use of compounds and lubricants will help lower wear and tear on drill rods and their threads. The use of a good thread compound with at least 50% zinc particle content, such as PIPE DOPE Z50, is recommended for the entire life of the rod and casing. Longer life for your drill rods leads to lower operational costs and better drilling performance. Proper maintenance can also have a positive impact on penetration rates and extend core bit life.

1. According to the torque, push-pull force and allowable minimum curvature radius of the drilling rig, select the drill pipe of the appropriate specification and model.
2. Avoid connecting large-diameter drill pipes to small-diameter drill pipes during construction (ie, mixed use of large and small drill pipes) to prevent small drill pipes from being broken or deformed due to insufficient strength.
3. When clamping the drill rod with a vise, do not clamp the female part of the female connector to prevent the female buckle from being clamped and deformed.
4. When attaching the drill pipe, the pre-tightening force of make-up should be controlled within 15MPa to prevent the difficulty of unloading due to excessive pressure. Avoid using fire to bake the joint, which will reduce the mechanical properties of the joint (especially the female joint) and affect the service life. Without pre-tightening the threaded connection swings, the threads grind each other and the tooth crests become sharper, resulting in ridges on the sides, resulting in the damage of the threads and the phenomenon of sticking. If there is no pre-tightening and the step of the female buckle is not pressed tightly, the thread root of the male joint may be fatigued and broken. Under the action of high-pressure liquid flow, the female joint will be pierced, resulting in puncture corrosion, which may easily lead to longitudinal cracking of the female joint.
5. Pay attention to clean the male and female buttons before attaching the drill pipe, and apply thread oil (thread oil cannot be replaced by other waste oil or inferior pressure oil) to prevent premature wear or damage of the male and female buttons .
6. Pay attention to cleaning the water channel holes before installing the drill pipe to prevent the debris from blocking the channel and causing the mud system to hold back pressure.
7. Be careful not to forcibly buckle up. When buckling, the male buckle must not impact the shoulder and thread of the female buckle, and ensure that the male and female connectors are centered. Ensure the coaxiality of the shackle of the drilling rig and the main shaft of the power head.
8. Pay attention to check the wear of various parts of the drill pipe. If abnormal wear occurs, the cause should be found in time:
1) Determine whether the drill pipe is scratched by sharp and hard substances in the hole.
2) Determine whether the drill rod is scratched by the drill guide device.
3) When the scratch marks on the body of the drill pipe are about 1mm deep in a spiral shape for more than one circle, please use it with caution. Prevent the drill pipe from being broken during construction, resulting in greater losses.
9. Pay attention to the damage of the short connection of the drill collar (wrong buckle, serious wear of the random buckle, etc.), and it should be replaced in time to avoid damage to the drill pipe thread.
10. Pay attention to hoisting and avoid impact damage to the male buckle when handling the drill pipe.
11. Be careful to avoid mixing drill pipes of different buckle types, even if they are not produced by the same manufacturer, do not mix them (because the technical parameters, processing methods, props, and mechanical equipment of drill pipes manufactured by various manufacturers are different, and the tolerances of the drill pipes processed are different. , close distance, etc. must be different); the difference between the old and the new is too large, and the drill pipes with too much wear and tear should not be mixed to avoid construction hazards.
12. It is found that the drill pipe buckle is damaged in a small area (about 1-2 buckles, the buckle length is 10mm), and it should be repaired in time before use.
13. Be careful not to hold any part of the drill pipe body with a vise, so as to avoid the rod body being pinched by slips and reduce the service life of the drill pipe.
14. Use qualified zinc-based rib grease. Butter is not suitable for thread oil. Insufficient thread grease will cause damage to the shoulder of the joint and produce high points, which is easy to "loose" the threaded connection and cause the thread to be damaged. Do not use thread grease or use unqualified thread grease, the surface of the thread will be glued, resulting in the phenomenon of sticking.

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