US 11,692,409 B2
Gap control for wireline shear rams
Andrew Ingram, Houston, TX (US); and Connor Cook, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/35,429.
Prior Publication US 2022/0098952 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 33/06 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/063 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shear ram system, comprising:
an upper block coupled to a first arm, the upper block positioned to transition from a first location outside a bore to a second location within the bore, the upper block comprising an upper blade having a cutout formed at a radially outward end, the cutout having a cutout profile;
a lower block coupled to a second arm, the lower block positioned to transition from the first location outside the bore to the second location within the bore, the lower block comprising a gap control arm including a removable wear insert secured via a wear insert fastener arranged axially higher than a lower blade, the gap control arm having an arm profile that conforms to the cutout profile and at least a portion of the gap control arm overlaps at least a portion of the lower blade;
wherein the wear insert of the gap control arm is configured to engage the cutout when the upper block and the lower block are moved to the second location.