There are many difficult problems associated with tool joint and drill pipeware. New drilling technologies are a primary source of pipeware. The actions and forces generated by modern drilling methods greatly increase wear conditions. This wear can exceed API or customer specifications and greatly limit the working life of pipe and connections. Difficulty in tracing pipeware complicates long-term maintenance. The conventional hard banding used to protect against wear damage is expensive and time consuming to apply. Transportation is often an even greater cost as drill pipe is moved to and from the rig in order to apply and reapply the hard banding. And when worn pipe must be replaced, the long delivery time and large expense of new drill pipe can be a significant impediment to drilling operations. The Arnco wear sleeve offers many advantages in addressing tool joint and drill pipe wear. The Arnco wear sleeve can be visually inspected for wear during tripping operations. When it's necessary to replace the Arnco wear sleeve, the work can be done on the rig floor without any rig tools. As a result, there's no need to send drill pipe on shore or to a hard banding facility for repair, which also eliminates renting pipe during long repair turnarounds. In addition, with the Arnco wear sleeve, there's no need for re-hard banding on tool joints. Frequent re-hard banding does cause tool joint damage, but the Arnco wear sleeve doesn't damage internal plastic coating. And tool joints keep their original bevel diameter for the life of the drill pipe.