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us) United States cz) Patent Application Publication co) Pub. No.: US 2019/0352999 A1 Greenlee et al. (54) FILAMENEREINFORCED COMPOSIT MATERIAL WITH LOAD-ALIGNED FILAMENT WINDING (1) Applicant (72) Inventors: 1) Appl. No. [Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC, Houston, TX (US) Donald Roy Greenlee, Murchison, TX (US); Donald Jonathan Greenlee Murchison, TX (US): Belan David Oligschlueyer, Aledo, TX (US) 15/981,592 (22) Filed: May 16, 2018 Publication Classification Gly Inc E21B 33/129 (2006.01) BOSH 5500 (2006.01) 10 US 2019035299941 (43) Pub. Date: Nov. 21, 2019 Rost SUT (200501) BOSH Sus (2006.01) (2) E20B 33/1293 (2013.01); BOSH 54/04 (2013.01); BOSH $471 (2013.01); BOSH ‘35/00 (201301) ABSTRACT A filament-reinforeed composite material having with load- ‘aligned filament windings enables improvement of mectani cal propectes for specific loading of parts made from the ‘material, The orientation ofthe winding within the pact may be changed depending on ua orientation of an extemal oad to the pat. Inne example, the part may be a sip in a fae plug of a bridge pg ia dowabole application, FRACKING PLUG WITH COMPOSITE SLPS ‘US 2019/0352999 AI Nov. 21, 2019 Sheet 1 of 4 Patent Application Publication ONIGNIM LNB mR SNIGNIN, (GANSMV-CVOT HIM ONIGYOT dITS BLISOdMOD ~ 402 —_LNAWWTId TATIV&Vd HLIM ONIGVO1 dT ALISOANOD bold NX one ‘Sdf1$ ALISOdNOD HLIM 9M1d ONDOVYS “No US 2019/0352999 AI Nov. 21, 2019 Sheet 2 of 4 Patent Application Publication vols Dy € Old cm ONIQNIAA LNAW 114 G3NDITV-O¥OT V ONINNOS YO OIr TaNANY GaLNaNOIs “~ 00 Patent Application Publication Nov. 21,2019 Sheet 3 of 4 US 2019/0352999 AI 500 ~y IMAGE OF SEGMENTED MANDRELS FIG. 5 Patent Application Publication Nov. 21,2019 Sheet 4 of 4 US 2019/0352999 AI 600 ~~ METHOD OF FORMING FILAMENT-REINFORCED COMPOSITE PARTS 602 § ASSEMBLING A PLURALITY OF SEGMENTED MANDRELS ON A BASE TUBE, WHERE EACH OF THE SEGMENTED MANDRELS HAS A SMALL DIAMETER PORTION AT A FIRST END AND A LARGE DIAMETER PORTION AT A SECOND END, AND WHERE EACH ‘SUCCESSIVE SEGMENTED MANDREL IS PLACED ON THE BASE TUBE IN A REVERSED ORIENTATION SUCH THAT THE SMALL DIAMETERS AND THE LARGE DIAMETERS OF ADJACENT SEGMENTED MANDRELS RESPECTIVELY MEET TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTIGUOUS OUTER SURFACE 604 5 PREPREGNATING A FILAMENT WITH AN EPOXY RESIN 606 WINDING THE PREPREGNATED FILAMENT OVER THE OUTER SURFACE TO FORM ALTERNATING SMALL DIAMETER PORTIONS AND LARGE DIAMETER PORTIONS. CORRESPONDING TO THE SEGMENTED MANDRELS 608 S CUTTING A PLURALITY OF PARTS FROM EACH OF THE CYLINDRICAL PORTIONS, WHERE EACH OF THE PARTS HAS A FIRST ORIENTATION OF THE FILAMENTS AT A FIRST END OF THE PART AND HAS A SECOND ORIENTATION OF THE FILAMENTS AT A SECOND END OF THE PART OPPOSING THE FIRST END, WHERE THE FIRST ORIENTATION AND THE SECOND ORIENTATION RUN AT DIFFERENT ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO AN OUTER SURFACE OF THE PART, SUCH THAT THE FIRST ORIENTATION IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE PART FIG. 6 US 2019/0352999 AI FILAMENT-REINFORCED COMPOSITE, MATERIAL WITH LOAD-ALIGNEI FILAMENT WINDINGS BACKGROUND Field ofthe Disclosure [0001] The present disclosure relates generally 1 com posite materials and, more panicularly, to a filament-rein- Toreed composite material with lond-aligned filament wind- ings. The present disclosure also describes a slip made wsing such & flament-reinforced composite material with load- ‘aligned Glament windings for use ina dowahole assembly. Description of the Related Are 10002] | Composite materials are known in various appli ‘cations as a combination of two of more phases tha are ‘combines! 1 produce a new material having unigue proper- ties, Composite materials are typically formed using matrix phase tht typically refers to a homogenous “back- ground" material «© which at least one inclusion phase is ‘addled. The inclusion phase may be particles, bers, fakes, powder or even a guid, When the inclasion phase inclades ‘bets, tho fibers may’ be of various lengths from very short fihers to longer, continuous strands of fiber. Such longer, ‘continuous strands of fiber are refered to herein 38 “fila [0003] As the name suggests, the combination of the phases in a composite material may result in composite Iaterial with properties that provide one or more improve- ‘ment over each of the phases individnally. For example, 9 hard inclusion phase added toa relatively soft matrix phase may’ improve overall wear or toughness properties of the resulting composite material {0004} Various types of parts for industrial applications may be formed using composite materials. One example of a widely used class of composite materials are fiber ein- forced polymers. For example, fiber-reinforced composite polymer parts may be used as slipe for dawnbole high- pressure applications, eh as ina Trac plug or in a bridge plug, in which a high streagth to failure is desirable. SUMMARY 10005] In one aspect, a disclose flament-reinforced com- posite slip includes a matrix phase comprising aeross-linked polymer, and an inclusion phase comprising Mamentshav- {ng a fist orientation at a first end ofthe sip and having @ Second orientation at a second end of the slip opposing the first end. In the flameat-reintorced composite sip, the first ‘orientation and the second orientation may run at different angles with respect to an outer surface ofthe slip atthe frst fend. In the flameat-reinforced composite slip. the fist ‘orientation may be substantially parallel the otter surface ‘ofthe slip, while the outer surface of the slip may’ be enabled to engage an inner surface of a wellbore to socure

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