Method for increasing the roughness of injector gripper blocks for coiled tubing operations

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PATENT NO 9770805
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14508712

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A method of increasing a roughness of coiled tubing injector blocks that includes providing a pair of gripper blocks each having a gripper surface configured to grip coiled tubing within an injector head and increasing a first roughness on the gripping surfaces to a second roughness. A coating may be applied to the gripping surfaces to increase the roughness. The coating may be chromium carbide, molybdenum boride, iron boride, titanium boride, or a transitional metal boride. The gripping surfaces may be treated to increase the roughness to a second roughness. The gripping surfaces may be blasted by abrasives or shot peened to increase the roughness. The second roughness may be greater than 20 μm. A system to inject coiled tubing into a wellbore may include an injector head, coiled tubing, and at least two gripper blocks having a gripping surface with a roughness of at least 20 μm.

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BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC17021 ALDINE WESTFIELD HOUSTON TX 77073

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Delorey, John Calgary, CA 3 15
Livescu, Silviu Calgary, CA 38 183
Sista, Vivekanand The Woodlands, US 9 23
Watkins, Thomas J Calgary, CA 16 79

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