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FORUMLOK™
Thread-Locking Compound
Fast Cure Forumlok Thread-Locking Compound
replaces welding for casing joints on the bottom
lengths to prevent unscrewing while drilling out
cement. Welding of shoes, couplings, and collars
to casing often weakens the casing and should be
avoided wherever possible.
FEATURES/ADVANTAGES
Withstanding High Breakout Torque. Tests under Corrosion Resistant. Five different samples of Forumlok covered
bottom hole temperatures ranging from 50° through steel and underwent a 96 hour ASTM and salt spray test. The
400° F showed Forumlok withstood greater torque result: no visible change in Forumlok; no acceleration of the
than a standard joint welded in three places with 2 normal corrosion rate on the five samples of steel.
inch beads.
Unaffected by Low Temperature Storage. Forumlok was stored
Unaffected by Vibration. At 400° F Forumlok was at -50° F and then thawed, mixed, applied, cured and tested for
subjected to a steady breakout torque for 8 hours breakout torque. No detrimental effects due to freezing were
while under continuous vibration from a 6 pound air detected.
hammer. Breakout torque was increased until six times
the 3,300 ft-lb makeup torque finally broke the joint. FORUMLOK COVERAGE
Number of joints each
High Lubricity. Tests were made using Forumlok on one Casing OD (in.)
Forumlok kit will lock
side of a standard coupling and API Modified Thread 4-1/2 10
Dope on the other. Identical pin threads were made up
5-1/2 6
into the coupling. For the same amount of torque, the
6-5/8 or 7 4
joint with Forumlok made up further and was cooler
than the joint lubricated with standard thread dope. 7-5/8, 8-5/8 or 9 5/8 3
Forumlok has a 1.18 Friction Factor/Torque Factor. 10-3/4, 11 3/4 or 13-3/8 2
16 or 20 1
Leak proof Seal. Joints made up with Forumlok using
standard torque were tested with water pressures in EMERGENCY RELEASE
excess of the listed burst pressure of the casing. The In case of emergency, Forumlok™ can be released by heating
joint showed no leakage. the joint from 500° to 600° F and applying breakout torque
immediately.
FORUM DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES
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