O IL & G A S PDC Cutters

FASTER DRILLING, LONGER LIFE, LOWER COSTS ——— Our PDC cutters deliver the highest level of performance throughout the drilling cycle. Whatever the application or drilling conditions, our cutters meet the challenge to increase efficiency.

HOW WE DELIVER THE BEST PERFORMING CUT TERS IN THE INDUSTRY —— By combining materials engineering with a partnership approach and manufacturing excellence INNO VAT ION W HE R E T HE CU S T OMER C OME S F IR S T Element Six can deliver the right innovation at the right time thanks to our customer centred approach to innovation.

UNR I VA L L ED END -T O - END INNO VAT ION C A PA BIL I T IE S : –– Material characterisation –– Synthesis and sintering

Working closely with our customers means;

–– Tool assembly

–– We understand the real-world application requirement from the outset

–– Prototyping –– Application testing

–– You share the benefits of expertise from a 60 year history of continuous diamond innovation

A HUB F OR M A RK E T RE A DY INNO VAT ION S Working with customers, our Global Innovation Centre can take a product concept and quickly turn it into a tested market-ready product. Our GIC has more than 140 top engineers, materials scientists, physicists and technologists wholly dedicated to the development of synthetic diamond and carbide.

BACK ED BY W OR L D - CL AS S M A NUFAC T UR ING C A PA BIL I T IE S Element Six is an ISO9001 2008 Registered Company. Continuous investment in both R&D and production technology ensure that Element Six continues to push the boundaries of materials performance. –– Our worldwide manufacturing sites can quickly scale up innovations into production ready products –– Our global manufacturing facilities exploit the benefits of the latest press technologies including both belt and cubic presses –– Consistently high performance can be delivered every time thanks to our unequalled diamond synthesis capabilities and unrelenting focus on quality

Over 140 engineers, material scientists and technologists work in partnership with customers at our Global Innovation Centre.

Element Six’s unequalled synthesis capability includes the very latest belt and cubic press technology to continuously push the boundaries of materials performance.

PDC Cutters

CUT TER TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES ENHANCED DRILLING EFFICIENCY —— Improved cutter performance is a product of design, material qualities and manufacturing capabilities unique to Element Six ACHIE V ING T HE PE RF E C T BA L A NCE F OR E X T R EME PER F ORM A NCE

A BR AS ION R E S I S TA NCE I S V ER IF IED IN V ER T ICA L T UR R E T L AT HE T E S T S

Our PDC cutters achieve the highest performance by a complex balance of edge toughness and thermomechanical durability, with a select microstructure, interface height and design. We achieve this through optimising sintering conditions using both belt and cubic presses – a range of capabilities only available from Element Six.

The Vertical Turret Lathe tests abrasion and allows us to tailor the thermo-mechanical characteristics of our cutters to application requirements. INCR E A S ING A BR A S ION R E S I S TA NCE H I G H I M PA C T CUTTER

GENERAL PURPOSE CUTTER

ABRASION R E S I S TA N T CUTTER

Residual stress modelling and optimisation is an integral part of our cutter development process.

DE S IGN A ND SY N T HE S I S OP T IMI S ED F OR A N Y A PPL IC AT ION We achieve a balance between impact and abrasion resistance by optimising grain size and synthesis parameters and by adjusting the diamond feed and interface in the cutter design. D E S I G N – P E R F O R M A N C E R AT I O N A L E

BEST

In-house application tests are further validated by analysis of performance in the field.

HIGH IMPACT CUT TER

GENERAL PURPOSE CUTTER

GOOD

RE L AT I V E IMPA C T RE S IS TA NCE

BACK ED BY F IEL D PER F OR M A NCE A N A LYS I S

ASSURED CUTTER

GOOD

A BR A S ION R E S I S TA N T CUTTER

BEST

RE L AT I V E A BR A S ION RE S IS TA NCE

Element Six closely examines the dull condition of cutters, and the operating conditions in customers applications. Through this continuous feedback and in-house performance tests, Element Six ensures a detailed understanding of its cutter performance is integrated back into the design process – for cutters that meet the demands of real world applications.

PDC Cutters

CUT TERS THAT DRILL FURTHER AND PERFORM CONSISTENTLY —— Providing exceptional durability for longer drilling intervals at greater rates of penetration NE X T GE NE R AT ION HIGH IMPAC T CU T T ER A market leading product offering the highest level of performance. –– For applications where high impact and wear resistance are required –– Superior resistance to surface flaking –– Good edge retention and toughness

A BR A S ION R E S I S TA N T CU T T ER Field proven to provide exceptional durability. –– Engineered for applications where thermo-mechanical abrasion is dominant

Our range of PDC cutters are engineered for all application areas, to meet customer’s specific challenges.

–– Smaller wear flat generation leads to more efficient cutting

A S S UR ED GENER A L P UR P O S E C U T T ER

GENE R A L P UR P O S E CU T T ER

Element Six also offers an affordable alternative where premium cutter properties are not required.

Reliable performance in unpredictable drilling conditions.

–– Manufactured with the same assurance of quality and reliability as our premium cutters

–– Delivers a balance between impact and abrasion resistance for drill bits required to drill a variety of rock types and strengths –– Exceptional diamond table toughness combined with good thermo-mechanical abrasion resistance enables it to cope with unpredictable conditions

–– Deliver consistent performance in general purpose applications that do not demand premium abrasion and wear resistance

F OR L E S S CH A L L ENGING R EQUIR EMEN T S PRIMARY CUTTERS FOR LESS DEM A NDING A PPL ICAT IONS BACK-UP CUTTERS

A L L C U T T E R S AVA IL A B L E IN S TA ND A R D D I A ME T E R S O F 13 MM , 16 MM A ND 19 MM . O T HE R D I A ME T E R S C A N B E M A N UFA C T UR E D U P O N R E Q UE S T. F O R D E TA IL S O F S P E C IF I C C U T T E R GR A D E S AVA IL A B L E IN E A C H A P P L I C AT I O N A R E A P L E A S E C O N TA C T Y O UR L O C A L E L E ME N T S I X O F F I C E .

BACK REAMING CUTTERS GAGE CUTTERS

Element Six Assured General Purpose cutters can be used in a variety of positions on the drill bit for more cost-effective yet reliable drilling.

PDC Cutters

PERFORMANCE BACKED BY E X TENSIVE APPLICATION TESTS —— We make sure our cutters work successfully in our customers’ applications by analysing and testing them in real world conditions UNDER S TA NDING T HE OIL & GA S INDU S T RY At our Global Innovation Centre, a dedicated Oil & Gas team of over 30 scientists, engineers and technologists, supported by an array of advanced test equipment, work closely with customers to understand how our Oil & Gas products behave in the working world of drilling wells.

OUR T E S T ING FACIL I T IE S A ND C A PA BIL I T IE S Our laboratory based application tests replicate failures observed in the field: –– Vertical Turret Lathe testing measuring thermo-mechanical wear

Extensive laboratory application tests and in-field performance analysis give our team an industryleading understanding of the relationship between tool performance, materials microstructure and design.

–– A range of abrasion tests to measure abrasion resistance

A LWAYS S T RI V ING F OR IMPRO V EMEN T

–– General laboratory testing to assess performance in specific applications. For example, to measure performance in impact resistance, the propensity for spalling and durability

In addition, at Element Six we are always developing new test methods and instrumentation to improve the evaluation of our product’s performance.

–– Chipping Tests measuring impact resistance and edge toughness

These unrivalled capabilities and our partnership approach enable our customers to be first to market with successful new products.

Our application testing capability allows us to better assess the true field performance of our cutters.

PDC Cutters

E L EME N T S I X Element Six is a synthetic diamond supermaterials company and a member of the De Beers Group of Companies. Element Six designs, develops and produces synthetic diamond supermaterials and operates worldwide. The Head Office is registered in Luxembourg with primary manufacturing facilities in Germany, Ireland, South Africa, US and UK. Element Six supermaterials solutions are used in applications such as cutting, grinding, drilling, shearing and polishing, while the extreme properties of synthetic diamond, beyond hardness, are already opening up new applications in industries such as optics, power transmission, water treatment, semiconductors and sensors.

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