Roller Cone Bits
Product Line Overview
December 2010
Product Lines
Advanced Designs/Systems
Product Range
Insert Bits
Bit Size Range: 3 to 32
Milled Tooth Bits
Bit Size Range: 3
3 XR30Y 32 GS18 36 MGSS+7
Standard Products
Milled Tooth, TCI and Open Bearing Bits
Size Range: 3 to 26
Gemini
Milled Tooth and Insert Bits
Most demanding applications
Steerable assemblies
Long hours and bit revolutions
Size Range: 8 to 36
Gemini Features
Dual Seal
Precision Machined Bearings
Enhanced Leg Forging
High Flow Capability Extended
Nozzle Tubes
Xplorer
Milled Tooth and Insert Bits
Small diameter wellbore
Directional, Horizontal and Geo-
Steering applications
Size Range: 3 to 6
Xplorer Features
Optimized Leg Forging
Enhanced Hydraulics with Mini-jets
Bullet Seal (IADC < 547Y)
Premium O Ring (IADC >617X)
Ridge Cutters
HM-16 Hardfacing
Xplorer Expanded
Milled Tooth Bits (IADC 117)
Size Range: 4 to 36
Xplorer Expanded Features
Optimized Leg Forging
FlexFlo Hydraulics
Gemini Twin Seal System for
Sizes between 8 to 17
Premium Sealed Roller Bearing
for Sizes between 13 and 36
MIC2 Hardfacing
Shamal
TCI Insert Bits
Designed for Carbonate drilling applications
Limestone
Dolomite
Tough Cutting Structure
Dog Bone Insert
Size Range: 8 to 32
Shamal Features
New, Tough Carbide
Dog-Bone Insert
Gemini Bearing system
FlexFlo Hydraulics
Shamal Typhoon
Typhoon Hydraulics Package
(VE/J3)
Optimized Insert Geometries
New Coarser Grades Carbides
IDEAS Methodology and
Advanced Cutting Structures
Unmatched Reliability
Size Range: 16 to 28
Shamal Typhoon
Incisor Dogbone Conical Chisel Ace
Flex-Flo
Milled Tooth and Insert Bits
Adaptive Hydraulic Design
Multiple configuration, based upon
application
Featured on many of the Product
Lines
Flex-Flo
Flow Visualization
S-Flo (Standard Flow) X-Flo (Cross Flow) V-Flo (Vectored Flow)
TCT - Two Cone Technology
Premium Two Cone Bits
Aggressive cutting structures
Larger Bearing capacity
Directionally responsive
Flexible Hydraulics
Size Range: 7 to 17
TCT Features
Four points of stabilization
V-Flo (Vectored Flow) Five
precisely directed nozzles
Gemini Twin Seal System
Larger Bearing capacity compared to
same size three cone bit
Aggressive cutting structures with
lower insert count to the same size
three cone bit
FH Product Line
Premium TCI Insert Bits
Size Range: 7 to 9
Created to replace IDEAS
product line
FH Features
Fast Hole Precision engineered
cutting structure
Formation Hardy Proprietary
carbide technology
Field Honed Pacesetting Reliability
Flexible Hydraulics Advanced
FlexFlo Hydraulics options
