摘要 |
A grinding shoe is designed to be a passive grinder that is advanced within the bore of a pipe being rotated in a typical pipe operation. Apparatus currently used to deliver reamer rocks on the end of a rotating lance can be modified to achieve considerable cost savings. Specifically, the apparatus utilizes a lance for advancing the shoe within the pipe without rotation. The shoe is affixed near the end of the lance in a selected attitude that determines the degree of grinding to be accomplished. A pair of shoe walls extending substantially paraxially with the rotating tube form a dual reaming head which engages the pipe interior across a cord over the bottom of the pipe.
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