The Tips for Drilling Shale Shaker Operation

The drilling shake shaker is a important solids control equipment in drilling fluids system,there are some using tips for it in the operation process.

KOSUN drilling shale shaker

Replace shale shaker screen process

To make shale shaker screen installation and uninstall more easy, designed fast installation structure. The structure is a special type use tension wedge to fix screen. Refer to fig IV. The structure including shelve strip, wedge. The first screen installation, we should inspect the screen dimension, such as 1250±2mm, the tolerance can’t over it. After fixing rubber strip, then put screen, shelve strip from shaker back (drilling fluid input), and push wedge evenly on two sides use hammer to push or tension wedges, make two sides identical. Tension each screens subsequently.

Shaker screen replacement, during operation, when screens broken or need to be replaced , please refer to fig IV. Get wedge out, then bring out screen, check if rubber strips are sufficient; then put new screen on shaker deck and tension it steadily. The replacement is finished.

PMD hooking screens

PWD hooking screens

Shale shaker deck angle adjustment

Shaker deck angle adjustment . There are lifter, pipe, lifter pipe, scale indicator, scale, connection plate, etc. When we make adjustment, handle wheel rotary by clockwise, shaker deck angle will be larger; handle wheel rotary by anti clockwise shaker deck angle will be less.

Shale shaker output angle adjustment can be operated under running and off. When finish the shaker deliver it, the shaker deck is 0°. When user operate shaker, according to drilling mud property and flow rate on job site, and adopts same screen, the angle is higher, the treating performance will be better while treating capacity will be higher. When drilling fluid is leaking on shaker deck, increase deck angle can get rid of fluid flow away.

Angle range: -1 ~ +3°， rated angle is 0~ +5°

AWD angle adjustment system

About KOSUN

Founded in 1992, Xi’an KOSUN Machinery Co., Ltd. (KOSUN) specializes in drilling, sales, services and manufacturing of solids control, drilling waste management and all other related oilfield equipment. With 20 years of experience, we are totally committed to customer satisfaction.

KOSUN is dedicated to providing a solution to water based, oil based and synthetic based drilling fluids. Our equipments can be used in onshore and offshore drilling as well as in HDD, CBM and shale gas drilling area. KOSUN’s main solids control equipment include shale shakers, decanter centrifuges, mud cleaners, desanders, desilters, centrifugal pumps, vacuum degassers, mud tanks, shaker screens and the complete set of various solids control systems.