What attaches the hook to the elevator?
Once latched, the driller can raise and lower pipe in and out of the hole. Rig crews attach the elevator to the hook or Top Drive with two forged high-grade steel rods called links or bails.
What do elevator pads do?
The custom elevator pads provide a cushion and protective barrier for the walls of the elevator. Any elevator that carries freight or passengers and freight needs elevator pads. Workers moving furniture or supplies are not always terribly careful as they are putting things into or pulling things out of your elevator.
How do I protect my elevator when moving?
You generally need to reserve the elevator in advance so the building management can lock it off and hang pads inside to protect the elevator walls. If you cannot lock off the elevator for the purposes of moving then you are at the mercy of calling it every time the mover has a load up or down.
What is a casing slip?
At a basic level, casing slips are steel wedges hinged together. Just like rotary hand slips, they are used to grip the tubular pipe and carry the weight of the whole string to keep it from falling into the well.
What is a casing elevator?
These casing elevators provide a positive grip onto the casing without the need to weld on tabs. The carbide teeth dig into the casing on two sides. The entire process is faster because you do not have to weld on and then remove tabs.
What is a Palmer pad?
Palmer® pads are specially designed to protect the cab walls of passenger, residential, and freight elevators. Palmer® quilted elevator pads are custom-made in the U.S.A. using a variety of colors and materials. All pads are constructed with an impact-resistant core for long-lasting protection from dents and scratches.
How do you clean an elevator pad?
Washing is not recommended. Please note that your elevator pads are manufactured to a specific fire rating per building code. Putting the pads in a washing machine will compromise them. You can spot clean with a sponge as required.
Why are there curtains in the elevator?
Elevator smoke curtains create a smoke barrier system for buildings that comply with smoke and fire codes. Installing an elevator smoke containment system for smoke and prevention can be done very easily and will eliminate the need for an enclosed elevator lobby.
What are elevator covers?
With a housing for mounting inside the cabinet, ELEVATOR COVER holds all ELEVATORS perfectly. ELEVATOR can be raised as usual with one press of the thumb and provides up to three sockets in a very small space. After use, ELEVATOR disappears back into the ELEVATOR COVER.
What is a slip on a drilling rig?
Slips are wedge-shaped tools that wrap around the drill string. Inside, the slip is lined with small serrated teeth, known as inserts, designed to firmly grip the outside of the pipe, stabilizing and suspending the drill string in the rotary table.
What is a collar clamp used for on a drilling rig?
Type C Safety Clamp The KET Type “C” Safety Clamp is one of the most valuable tools on the Rig Floor. It helps guard against dropping flush-joint pipe, streamlined drill collars, etc. into the hole while making-up or breaking-out the string.
How casing is run in the hole?
Casing is run from the rig floor, connected one joint at a time by casing elevators on the traveling block and stabbed into the previous casing string that has been inserted into the well. Hanging above the drill floor, casing tongs screw each casing joint to the casing string.