The mud agitator is an important part of the mud solids control system. The agitator is mounted on top of the mud tank and has one or two impellers immersed in the mud slurry to maintain suspension of solids.
Types of mud agitator
Mud agitators are highly efficient mud mixing units, which includes horizontal and vertical drive configurations are available for all sizes of mud agitators. The horizontal drive is designed for installations having limited space above the mud tank. The vertical drive agitator employs and all helical gearing system, the horizontal drive utilises a helical bevel system to drive the agitator shaft. The agitator shaft can have one or two straight or canted mixing impellers. The impeller shaft is directly coupled to an electric drive motor that is available in many different horsepower ratings from 3hp (50Hz only) to 30hp (60Hz).
Why we must use mud agitator?
1. Ensure mud additives are homogeneously mixed, preventing spot over treatment of chemicals, dilution water or weighting agents.
2.Prevents the pits from” gelling” by keeping the active mud system moving when the mud pumps are disengaged.
3. When drilling with weighted mud, properly sized agitators will keep the weighting agents in suspension, minimizing solids from settling in corners or dead spots of the pit.
With the development of drilling technology, lots of excellent Chinese mud agitator manufacturer appeared. Aipu solids control is a professional manufacturer of mud agitators, If you want to learn more about mud agitator and the whole solid control system please contact us.
