UPCO <BR> Incorporated

Tuesday 21st of May 2013 04:36:23 PM CST

News:

UPCO, Inc. has achieved a Sigma Six level of quality in regard to field failures. During the past 7 years there have been only six rod failures due to manufacturing or field defects while the company has produced and shipped over 1,765,000 rods. This is a failure rate of less than 3.4 failures per million.
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UPCO, Inc. is not attempting to be the largest sucker rod manufacturer, but everyone of our employees is committed to making us the best. Continuous improvement has become a way of life for us. We track our forging die life to provide consistent forgings. We monitor our forging temperatures to prevent microstructure problems in our finished rods. Our heat treat furnaces are inspected and adjusted to insure consistent and adequate normalizing and tempering. Our new end-finish machines are serviced daily to insure accurate machined surfaces and threads. Add our distributors' service and you are getting the BEST!

  • Micro-alloyed, special bar quality steel
  • Raw bar NDT inspected
  • Full length normalized, air quenched, and tempered
  • Cold rolled threads
Sucker Rods : UPCO Type K | UPCO Type C | UPCO Type CD | UPCO Type AD | UPCO Type KD | UPCO Type SD | UPCO Type HS | UPCO Type HX

Sucker and Pony Rod Specifications

Chemical Composition | Physical Properties | Weights and Bundle Dimensions | Sucker Rod Selection

UPCO Rod Type K C CD AD KD SD HS HX
Material 4620M 1536M 1541M 4142M 4720M 4730M 4138M 4334M
API Grade K C D Carbon D Alloy D Special Exclusive Exclusive Exclusive
Color Code Blue White Brown Yellow Orange Gray Green Purple

Chemical Composition, %

UPCO Rod Type K C CD AD KD SD HS HX
Carbon .20/.25 .30/.37 .40/.44 .40/.45 .19/.23 .25/.33 .38/.42 .32/.36
Manganese .75/1.00 1.20/1.50 1.35/1.55 .75/1.00 .85/1.05 .95/1.15 1.20/1.40 .75/.95
Phosphorus .035 Max .040 Max .035 Max .035 Max .035 Max .035 Max .035 Max .035 Max
Sulphur .040 Max .040 Max .040 Max .040 Max .040 Max .040 Max .040 Max .035 Max
Silicon .20/.30 .20/.30 .15/.30 .15/.35 .20/.35 .15/.35 .20/.35 .15/.35
Copper .40 Max .35 Max .35 Max .45 Max .40/.60 .40/.60 .35 Max .35 Max
Nickel 1.65/2.00 .25 Max .25 Max .25 Max .90/1.20 1.20/1.45 .30 Max 1.65/1.85
Chromium .25 Max .25 Max .25 Max .80/1.10 .80/1.05 .80/1.05 .55/.85 .70/.90
Molybdenum .20/.28 .05 Max .05 Max .15/.25 .22/.30 .22/.30 .24/.32 .20/.30
Vanadium .015/.030 .015/.030 .05 Max .020/.030 .020/.030 .02/.03 .045/.065 .060/.090
Niobium .030/.040

UPCO reserves the right to deviate from the above listed percentages of a particular chemical element of a grade of steel, however we will always adher to the requirements of API Specification 11B.

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Physical Properties

UPCO Rod Type K C CD AD KD SD HS HX
Tensile, KSI 90/115 90/115 115/140 115/140 115/140 135/150 140/160 140/160
Yield, KSI 60 Min 60 Min 85 Min 85 Min 85 Min 100 Min 105 Min 115 Min
Elongation 2", % 16 Min 14 Min 10 Min 10 Min 10 Min 16 Min 8 Min 8 Min
Reduction, % 40 Min 45 Min 40 Min 40 Min 40 Min 35 Min 30 Min 30 Min
Hardness RC 6/21 10/21 21/31 21/31 21/31 29/33 30/36 30/36

Tensile value is the only steel sucker rod and pony rod physical requirement of API Specification 11B. All other physical properties are expected values only and UPCO reserves the right to deviate from the above listed values.

Hardness values below 20 are for reference use only.

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Sucker Rod Weights and Bundle Dimensions

Diameter
* Length		 Weight/Rod
Less Cpfg		 Weight/Rod
SH Cpfg		 Weight/Rod
FS Cpfg		 Rod * Layers =
Rods/Bundle		 Bundle Dimensions
Lgth * Width * Hght		 Feet Per
Bundle
5/8" x 25' 27.57# 28.29# 28.89# 20 x 6 = 120 312" x 29" x 10" 3000'
3/4" x 25' 39.20# 40.30# 40.60# 20 x 5 = 100 312" x 29" x 9-1/4" 2500'
7/8" x 25' 53.47# 54.67# 55.23# 20 x 4 = 80 312" x 29" x 8-1/2" 2000'
1" x 25' 70.89# 72.93# 73.55# 15 x 4 = 60 312" x 29" x 9" 1500'
1-1/8" x 25' 90.41# 93.09# 93.86# 10 x 5 = 50 312" x 29" x 11-1/2" 1250'
5/8" x 30' 32.85# 33.57# 34.17# 20 x 6 = 120 372" x 29" x 10" 3600'
3/4" x 30' 47.14# 48.24# 48.62# 20 x 5 = 100 372" x 29" x 9-1/4" 3000'
7/8" x 30' 63.79# 64.99# 65.55# 20 x 4 = 80 372" x 29" x 8-1/2" 2400'
1" x 30' 84.35# 86.41# 87.03# 15 x 4 = 60 372" x 29" x 9" 1800'
1-1/8" x 30' 107.48# 110.48# 110.93# 10 x 5 = 50 312" x 29" x 11-1/2" 1500'

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Selection of Steel Sucker Rods

UPCO Type K

  • Light to medium loads
  • Shallow to medium depths
  • Where corrosion is a problem and the well fluids are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type C

  • Light to medium loads
  • Shallow to medium depths
  • Non-corrosive or mild corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type CD

  • Medium to heavy loads
  • Medium to deep well depths
  • Non-corrosive or mild corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type AD

  • Medium to heavy rod loads
  • Medium to deep wells
  • Mild to medium corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type KD

  • Medium to heavy rod loads
  • Any depth
  • Corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type SD

  • Heavier rod loads
  • Any Depth
  • Corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.
  • More difficult wells

UPCO Type HS

  • Extra heavy rod loads
  • Any depth
  • Non-corrosive or mild corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type HX

  • High alloy, toughest high strength rod
Loads Depths
Light Up to 25,000 psi    Shallow Up to 4,000'
Medium Up to 35,000 psi    Medium Up to 7,000'
Heavy Up to 42,000 psi    Deep 7,000' & over
Extra Heavy 42,000 psi & over      

Contact UPCO or one of our select distributors for a rod string design based on your specific well data to ensure that the optimum rod type is selected for your application.

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