Besides cutting through thicker steel, the new blade design – which features a wicked-looking spear in the center – requires less ram force to do the job, allowing use of lighter support equipment, such as smaller accumulator bottles that use compressed gas to slam the valves shut.
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Houston Chronicle Shear Rams Piece – On the Cutting Edge
Posted in accidents, drilling, well control incidents, tagged blowout preventers, blowouts, offshore oil, shear ram, well control on August 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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