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High adaptability to wear and tear resistance wireline core barrel assembly
The inner-tube group is composed of:
• Head assembly
• Inner-tube
• Core lifter case
• Core lifter
• Stop ring
HEAD ASSEMBLY
The head assembly provides latching and pivoting spearpoint
mechanisms to allow insertion and retrieval of the inner-tube
assembly, a bearing assembly to allow the inner-tube to remain
stationary and avoid sample damage while drilling, fluid pressure
operating indications and fluid control valves.
All head assemblies incorporate a shut off valve assembly which
provides a fluid pressure
signal to the drill operator when the valve members are compressed,
indicating a full or blocked inner-tube
INNER-TUBE
The inner-tube captures the core sample as drilling progresses.
Multiple inner-tubes can be assembled with couplers or extensions
to accept longer core samples.
CORE LIFTER CASE
The core lifter case mates to the inner-tube and houses the core
lifter in a tapered socket which controls movement of the core
lifter. As the drill string is lifted during a core breaking
operation, the core lifter case bottoms out on the inside of the
drill bit transferring the pullback load from the drill string to
the core lifter until the core sample breaks.
CORE LIFTER
The core lifter is a hardened steel, split collar with a tapered
body that mates to a tapered
socket in the core lifter case. In a core breaking operation, the
drill string is lifted off bottom and the core sample begins to
slide out of the inner-tube. Grip features on the inner surface of
the core lifter catch the moving core sample and pull the core
lifter towards the smaller end of the tapered socket in the core
lifter case. The core lifter is constricted against the core sample
and retains it after it has broken, allowing retrieval to surface.
STOP RING
The Stop Ring is a hardened steel snap ring designed to seat into a
mating groove, and retain the core lifter in the core lifter case.