Bit, mining drill
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- OBJECT TYPE
- hard rock
- DATE
- 2000
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2015.0118.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Varel
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.5 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 15.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 22.7
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mining and Metallurgy
- Category
- Mineral extraction
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Varel
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Alberta
- Period
- Early 2000s
- Canada
-
Taken from acquisition proposal: This drill was used in Encana’s operations in Alberta. - Function
-
Cutting head, used to drill through rock surface. - Technical
-
Taken from acquisition proposal: This is a polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bit with an N nozzle pattern designed for oil or natural gas drilling. "N" NOZZLE PATTERN. With the "N" feature, a bit will have less than one nozzle per blade. The number of nozzles will be determined by the application or bit design. Typical nozzle pattern is one nozzle per blade. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Both ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Varel, Bit, mining drill, circa 2000, Artifact no. 2015.0118, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2015.0118.001/
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