Sub-Sea Petroleum Manifolds: Opening Drill®

Code:

6515

The Challenge

The customer manufactures sub-sea petroleum manifolds using a Giddings & Lewis boring mill with 250 PSI (17.237 bar) water soluble coolant.

Since this operation consumed half the day, the customer asked Allied for a better solution.

The Opening Drill® drastically reduced the costly machine run time, which ultimately resulted in a decreased cost per hole.

The Solution

The Opening Drill

Measure	Competitor	Opening Drill
RPM	125	150
Feed Rate	0.003 IPR (0.076 mm/rev)	0.004 IPR (0.102 mm/rev)
Penetration Rate	0.375 IPM (9.525 mm/min)	0.6 IPM (15.240 mm/min)
Cycle Time	4 hours (20 passes)	15 min
The Opening Drill offered *93.75%* cost per hole savings over the competitor tooling.

The Advantages

The Opening Drill provided: