Oil & gas drilling

Rotary Steerable Tool Bushings.

Bearing sleeves and bushings in downhole tools face concentrated contact loads, wear and limited lubrication.

The challenge

Contact stress, galling and wear in a confined high-load sliding interface.

Copper-Nickel-Tin Alloy

High-strength Cu-Ni-Sn alloy for load-bearing sliding and wear-sensitive components.

Nickel Aluminum Bronze

Copper aluminum-nickel alloy for wear, mechanical loading and environmental demands.

C72900 is a candidate for wear-sensitive bushings; qualification requires equipment-specific validation.