A method for producing a cutting tool, in particular a drill bit, is specified wherein the cutting tool has a front end (F) at the front and a rear end (R) toward the rear, wherein a tool tip is formed on the front end (F), a point thinning is ground at the tool tip with a grinding tool, the point thinning being ground to be narrower toward the front than toward the rear. The point thinning is ground with a constant point thinning angle (AW). Furthermore, a corresponding cutting tool is specified.

The multi-directional force modulation cartridge system has a modular relationship the drill bit so that the cutting profile of a cutter in the drill bit can be adjusted without requiring modification of the drill bit itself. The force modulation cartridge system includes a cutter and a cartridge. The cutter can be independently replaced due to wear or replaced when the cartridge is replaced. The cartridge includes a holder, a seat, and a cartridge force member. The cartridge can have different holders and seats adjusted for different formations and drilling conditions. The alignment of the holder and the seat is set by a holder sliding angle and a seat sliding angle with the holder sliding surface and the seat sliding surface being parallel and in sliding engagement. A seat post supports the cartridge force member to exert a restoring force according to the holder sliding angle and the seat sliding angle.

The multi-directional force modulation cartridge system has a modular relationship the drill bit so that the cutting profile of a cutter in the drill bit can be adjusted without requiring modification of the drill bit itself. The force modulation cartridge system includes a cutter and a cartridge. The cutter can be independently replaced due to wear or replaced when the cartridge is replaced. The cartridge includes a holder, a seat, and a cartridge force member. The cartridge can have different holders and seats adjusted for different formations and drilling conditions. The alignment of the holder and the seat is set by a holder sliding angle and a seat sliding angle with the holder sliding surface and the seat sliding surface being parallel and in sliding engagement. A seat post supports the cartridge force member to exert a restoring force according to the holder sliding angle and the seat sliding angle.

A multi-layer downhole drilling tool designed for directional and horizontal drilling is disclosed. The drilling tool includes a bit body including a rotational axis extending therethrough. A plurality of primary blades are disposed on exterior portions of the bit body and a plurality of secondary blades are disposed on exterior portions of the bit body between the primary blades. The drilling tool further includes a plurality of first-layer cutting elements disposed on exterior portions of the primary blades and a plurality of second-layer cutting elements disposed on exterior portions of the secondary blades. The second-layer cutting elements are track set with the first-layer cutting elements in an opposite track set configuration.

A multi-layer downhole drilling tool designed for directional and horizontal drilling is disclosed. The drilling tool includes a bit body including a rotational axis extending therethrough. A plurality of primary blades are disposed on exterior portions of the bit body and a plurality of secondary blades are disposed on exterior portions of the bit body between the primary blades. The drilling tool further includes a plurality of first-layer cutting elements disposed on exterior portions of the primary blades and a plurality of second-layer cutting elements disposed on exterior portions of the secondary blades. The second-layer cutting elements are track set with the first-layer cutting elements in an opposite track set configuration.

Downhole tools with a topographical pattern, and anti-balling material over the topographical pattern. The topographical pattern may be defined by at least one of a plurality of recesses extending into a surface of a body of the tool and a plurality of protrusions protruding from the surface. Downhole tools include an insert disposed within a recess in a body, and the insert comprises an anti-balling material having a composition selected to reduce accumulation of formation cuttings on the tools when the tools are used to form or service a wellbore. Downhole tools include anti-balling material disposed over a porous mass provided over the surfaces of the tools. Methods of forming downhole tools include providing anti-balling material over features on and/or in a surface of a body of a tool. Methods of repairing downhole tools include removing an insert therefrom and disposing a replacement insert therein.

The present disclosure relates to roller cone drill bit journals with asymmetric ball races and extended friction races. The disclosure also relates to methods of forming such journals, and methods of finishing these journals to produce finished journals with symmetric ball races.

A core pin used to create a cutting tool has at least one flute configured as an inverse shape of at least a portion of the cutting tool. Alternatively or in addition, a core pin has at least one step mold configured to form an axial surface with a stepped diameter having a diameter smaller than an overall diameter an outer axial surface of the core pin, and a radial surface between the axial surface and the outer axial surface. A core pin can include a main cooling passage mold and either a straight coolant channel mold or at least one arcuate cooling channel mold having a first end and a second end, the first end engaging the main cooling passage mold and the second end configured to create a coolant exit on a surface of the cutting tool. Carbide blanks are carbide material embedded with a core pin, and near-net shape cutting tools are created by pressing and heating the carbide blanks.

A drill bit has, along a drill bit axis, a drilling head, a multi-start helix made of two or more helical coils, and an insertion end. The helix has a helix slope and a pitch in a delivery region. In an outlet region of the helix, the outlet region being directed towards the insertion end, the helical coils merge continuously, within a first portion, from an orientation in alignment with the helix slope into an orientation parallel to the drill bit axis. A length of the first portion is at least one quarter of the pitch of the delivery region. The helical coils, in a second portion, are oriented parallel to the drill bit axis.

A drill bit has, along a drill bit axis, a drilling head, a multi-start helix made of two or more helical coils, and an insertion end. The helix has a helix slope and a pitch in a delivery region. In an outlet region of the helix, the outlet region being directed towards the insertion end, the helical coils merge continuously, within a first portion, from an orientation in alignment with the helix slope into an orientation parallel to the drill bit axis. A length of the first portion is at least one quarter of the pitch of the delivery region. The helical coils, in a second portion, are oriented parallel to the drill bit axis.