Mud agitator is used in drilling mud systems to suspend solids and maintain homogeneous mixture. A mechanical agitator is driven by an explosion-proof motor, coupled to a gear box that drives the impeller shaft. The impellers transform mechanical power into fluid circulation or agitation. The objective is to obtain a uniform suspension of all solids.
Agitator function in drilling mud process
In order to keep the drilling fluids even and make particles suspending, we need to fix the agitators on recycling tank. Agitating will promote the coordination of drilling mud material, such as bentonite and barite. The agitation is very important to dissolve the bentonite, it increases the area between each part and increase the speed of reaction.
What will keep drilling mud density and other features steady? We should keep agitator working continuously to avoid solid precipitating and keep solid suspending is helpful to separate them by desander, desilter, and decanter centrifuge, etc. But the useful solid such as weighting materials including red iron, barite powder and some bentonite need even suspension.
Features of drilling mud agitator
1. Helical-bevel gearbox.
2. Explosion-proof electric motor.
3. Able to process 20 ppg drilling fluid.
4. Power available ranging from 2.2 to 22KW.
5. Compact, quiet, smooth and easy to maintain.
