IMPROVEMENTS IN HEAT FLOW CONTROL FOR MOLDING DOWNHOLE EQUIPMENT

Title:

IMPROVEMENTS IN HEAT FLOW CONTROL FOR MOLDING DOWNHOLE EQUIPMENT

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/072513

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

There is disclosed herein a method of designing a mold, the mold being at least part of a unitary body to be formed from a plurality of layers by 3D printing, the method comprising: defining an inner surface of the mold corresponding to at least part of an outer surface of an object to be molded in the mold; selecting a first material from which at least part of the mold is to be printed; and selecting a second material from which at least another part of the mold is to be printed, the second material having a higher thermal and/or electrical conductivity than the first material, wherein at least one of the layers from which the mold is to be formed by 3D printing includes areas to be printed from each of the first and second materials.

Inventors:

ATKINS WILLIAM BRIAN (US)
WEAVER GARY EUGENE (US)
SILLEN VALERIE (BE)

Application Number:

PCT/EP2011/071038

Publication Date:

April 04, 2013

Filing Date:

November 25, 2011

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERV INC (US)
ATKINS WILLIAM BRIAN (US)
WEAVER GARY EUGENE (US)
SILLEN VALERIE (BE)

International Classes:

B22F3/03; B22F3/105; B22F5/00; E21B10/00; E21B41/00

Domestic Patent References:

WO2007127899A2	2007-11-08
WO2008146698A1	2008-12-04
WO2001056736A2	2001-08-09

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