An integral part of the drilling process, iron roughnecks connect and disconnect drill pipe. Whether pipe is being fed into the wellbore or it is being taken out, the iron roughneck uses a rotary ...

The ability to build and rack back stands of pipe became a reality in the late 1990s as programmable logic circuit controls allowed the piperacking system, pipehandling system, iron roughneck, and ...

Iron roughnecks are mechanized tong systems that make up (tighten) and break out (loosen) drillstring and tubular connections on rigs, replacing manual tongs and spinning chains to improve safety, ...