Patent · granted family
RipTerra™
- Patent
- AU 2014273848
- Coverage
- Concave-profiled underside · shaped discharge channels · single-pass evacuation
- Protection
- International protection
- Status
- Granted - IP Australia
- Inventor
- David Hanns
INNOVATION & IP
One platform. Three technologies. Protected end to end.
DrillTerra's IP strategy tracks the product platform: the RipTerra™ bit patented in Australia, the next-generation RockTerra™ family filed worldwide, and the TurboTerra™ sub protected in every system.
The IP behind the platform
Three families. One roadmap.
PCT · next generation
RockTerra™
- Patent
- WO 2025/073006 A1
- Focus
- Next generation, very hard ground
- Protection
- International protection
- Status
- International application filed worldwide
In-system technology
TurboTerra™
- Product
- the TurboTerra™ sub
- Result
- 2.6× standard-bit life via reduced bearing wear, Bengalla production trial
- Mechanism
- Extended bit life through savings on bearing wear
- Protection
- Patent pending · international protection
- Status
- In active protection - IP strategy managed with IP Solved
Simulation
Watched in DEM. Confirmed in the field.
DEM SIMULATION - CUTTINGS FLOW ACROSS THE RIPTERRA FACE
Designed in DEM, confirmed in the field. Simulation lets us watch millions of rock particles cross candidate face geometries before steel is cut - then instrumented production trials close the loop.
Innovation pipeline
Research to commercial - a staged, evidence-gated flow.
01
Research
- Face-profile studies
- Wear materials
02
Development
- RockTerra™ (very hard ground) - filed worldwide
- Next-diameter RipTerra™ variants
03
Field trials
- TurboTerra™ - 2.6× at Bengalla
- RipTerra™ production trials (+15% ROP over 10,560 m)
04
Commercial
- RipTerra™ - available now
Technology advances only when it clears objective performance, safety and IP criteria on operating rigs.
How we work
Field-first. Simulation-led. Partnered.
Field-first
Every claim on this site traces to operating rigs in real ground.
Simulation-led
Simulation compresses years of trial-and-error into weeks of engineered iteration.
Partnered
Structured trials with Tier-1 operators - shared data, honest results.
The evidence pack - on request
Technical whitepaper · DEM simulation · field trial record · live cost model.
Delivered under NDA to qualified operators.
