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May 2, 2017 By webadmin

May Update to Guidelines/FAQs

There are a few more changes to the Drillbotics Guidelines and FAQs released on this site today.
See Revision 2 of the FAQs for details.
4.6.1
Bit4.6.6
Bit4.7
               Pipe/Tubing4.8               Fittings10.0             SPE/IADC instead of ATCEThis is an addition to the 31 Jan update: The important item:  The wall thickness on the tubing is 0.035” not 0.016”.  This was mentioned in an earlier blog post on the Drillbotics site but the Guidelines were not updated until today.  The wall thickness was increased from 0.016 in 2015 to 0.035 in 2016, but the change was not caught when we did the 2017 update.  Changes to the Guidelines Section 4.7    Wall thicknessSection 4.8    Reference info for Lenz fittingsSection 9.2    Weighting factor now included in tablePlus               Minor clarifications and corrections

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