A mud motor stator or a pump comprising of a tubular outer portion; a number of lobes extending radially inwardly from the tubular outer portion, at least one of which comprises a skeletal structure and method for producing a mud motor stator or a pump comprising of placing material and bonding the material together in a pattern dictated by the design shape of the stator or pump.

A hydraulic tool includes a stator and a rotor rotatably disposed within the stator. At least one of at least an inner portion of the stator and at least an outer portion of the rotor includes an insert comprising a hard material. A method of forming a hydraulic tool includes attaching at least one insert comprising a hard material to a surface of a stator or a surface of a rotor. A downhole motor or pump includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes at least one insert comprising a hard material disposed over at least a portion of an interior surface thereof and a matrix material at least partially surrounding the at least one insert. The rotor includes at least one insert disposed over at least a portion of an exterior surface thereof and a matrix material at least partially surrounding the at least one insert.

A progressive cavity pump is provided, having a stator section and a rotor section axially aligned with and surrounded by the stator section, a drive shaft connection section and a suction chamber, arranged between the stator section and the drive shaft connection section; wherein the suction chamber is configured such that it can be disassembled without moving the stator section or the drive shaft connection section, thereby facilitating the performance of maintenance operations.

A mud motor and a drill string having the mud motor. The mud motor includes a stator and a rotor. A lining between the stator and the rotor includes fibers forming a fiber pattern. The lining is a coating of at least one of a lobed inner surface of the stator and a lobed outer surface of the rotor.

A stator for eccentric screw pumps with a stator casing for an elastomer body for accommodating a rotor, the elastomer body being provided with at least one collar, wherein the collar is disposed in a recess between the stator casing and a connection body, wherein the fixing of the elastomer body in the stator casing is to be improved. The stator casing includes for this purpose open cavities, recesses and/or elevations at least at one side on the end face.

The invention relates to an eccentric screw pump comprising at least one stator (1) made from an elastic material and a rotor (2) that is rotatable in the stator (1), wherein at least some regions of the stator (1) are surrounded by a stator casing (3), and the stator casing (3), as a casing split along its length, consists of at least two casing segments (19) and forms a stator clamping device by means of which the stator can be clamped against the rotor (2) in the radial direction, wherein the stator clamping device has one or more movable adjusting elements which work on the casing segments (19) to adjust and clamp the stator. Said pump is characterised in that the stator clamping device comprises one or more actuators which are connected to the adjusting elements or are equipped with adjusting elements for an automated advancement of the stator.

A stator assembly for a progressing cavity pump is provided. The stator assembly includes a number of stator laminates having a planar body defining a primary, inner passage and a number of outer passages, the outer passages disposed effectively adjacent the inner passage whereby the inner passage is at least partially defined by a band, wherein the band is outwardly flexible. The stator laminates are coupled to each other in a stack wherein the stator laminate body inner passages define a helical passage. The helical passage is a flexible helical passage.

A stator for an eccentric screw pump with an internal hollow space with a helically coiled inner contour for accommodating a rotor. The stator includes a stator core arranged in a stator casing, which stator core includes at least two radially separable core parts. According to the invention, the at least two radially separable core parts are each made from a metallic material or a technical ceramic material. The stator casing is a stator tube and is made of a metallic material. The stator casing is shrink-fitted onto the stator core. The invention also relates to an eccentric screw pump and a method for producing a stator.

A method of lining an inner surface of a tubular with a polymer, includes positioning a polymer injecting head within the tubular, forming an annular space between the injecting head and an inner surface of the tubular, injecting polymer through the injecting head into the annular space, and moving the polymer injecting head longitudinally relative to the tubular while injecting polymer.

A mud motor stator or a pump comprising of a tubular outer portion; a number of lobes extending radially inwardly from the tubular outer portion, at least one of which comprises a skeletal structure and method for producing a mud motor stator or a pump comprising of placing material and bonding the material together in a pattern dictated by the design shape of the stator or pump.